Sentences with phrase «sustainability analysis for»

Worldwatch research is the gold - standard for sustainability analysis for decision makers in government, civil society, business, and academia.

The Auditor General has also recommended that the federal government provided long - term sustainability analyses for the total government sector.

Not exact matches

Three days before Greeks were due to go to the polls to say Yes or No to a now defunct bail - out deal, the IMF released its «debt sustainability analysis» for the country.

The draft proposal of Greece's creditors consists of two documents with the first called «Reforms for the Completion of the Current Program and Beyond» and the second document is called «Preliminary Debt Sustainability Analysis», the Greek government said in its proposed question.

Second, although the Auditor General concludes that the Department of Finance's fiscal sustainability analyses are based on sound practices, he questions why they are not done for all major initiatives or on a timely basis.

The IMF analysis states that «the dramatic deterioration in [Greece's] debt sustainability points to the need for debt relief on a scale that would need to go well beyond what has been under consideration to date — and what has been proposed by the ESM [the European stability mechanism ie by eurozone member states]».

«Before food even reaches a consumer, we focus on reducing the amount of food waste being generated during the production processes, through standard operating activities at every stage from planning to post analysis,» says Kathleen Cacciola, Senior Director for Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility.

Quest for Flavor Inspires New Appreciation of Roots and Culture of Cuisine, Coast Analysis Says; Identifies Path to Higher Profit Margins — and Sustainability

Whitney's key areas of focus include translating nutrition regulations into communications for clients, associates, and the public; overseeing implementation of Chartwells» proprietary nutrient analysis software; and developing innovative and engaging nutrition education and environmental sustainability programs for Chartwells» 500 + districts nationwide.

As I posted last week, I conducted a legal analysis to counter the claim that considerations of environmental sustainability do not belong in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

As for the Minister's claim that the Debt - to - GDP ratio has declined in percentage terms from 72 % to 63 %, he presents no data to back this computation whichcontroverts the debt sustainability analysis his own Ministry has been conducting with the IMF.

Beth Newcomer The Legislative Analyst for NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal (District 6, Upper West Side) encouraged attendees to reach out to their local Council Members and urge them to support the following legislative initiatives: • Possible legislation regarding divestment of the city's pension funds from fossil fuel companies • A bill to require the city to do a carbon footprint analysis of all the products the city procures, and to use that analysis to inform a policy of low - carbon operations • A number of bills to reduce the carbon emissions of city - owned vehicles and improve the sustainability of city buildings • A bill to enhance the city's already - strong idling laws so as to make them easier to enforce Find your Council Member here.

By expanding NOAA research — now at about $ 10 million, but the agency requested a 50 % boost for FY 2011 — the agency would be able to do more ecological and technological analysis to improve and monitor the sustainability of aquaculture operations.

The TEA analysis will consider the sustainability for hydrogen production including land and water usage, and the potential environmental impacts of placing a hydrogen plant.

A complete lifecycle analysis for species of edible insects is lacking at this point in time [58] and should be the focus point of further studies to allow a conclusive evaluation of the sustainability of insects as a protein - rich food source.

«Have someone — a sustainability consultant or an architect, for instance — do a comprehensive analysis up front of all aspects of going green to identify the ones that are most viable in terms of implementation, up - front costs, ongoing maintenance costs, and impact to the school's daily function,» he says.

Based on our analysis of South Carolina's teacher retirement plan, it earned an overall grade of F. South Carolina earned a F for providing adequate retirement benefits for teachers and a F on financial sustainability.

Based on our analysis of New Jersey's teacher retirement plan, it earned an overall grade of F. New Jersey earned a F for providing adequate retirement benefits for teachers and a F on financial sustainability.

TXCC encourages the use of best practices for data analyses and reporting, implementation, and long - term sustainability of ASEP as well as to create a reporting system that is useful to a broad audience.

Nationally recognized researchers at Research for Action (RFA) have been studying the early adoption of LDC tools, focusing on teachers» response to and use of the tools in 2010 — 2011, expanding to include an analysis of the scale - up of the initiative in 2011 — 2012 and, in 2012 — 2013, evaluating the status of the initiative and how conditions that support robust implementation are related to scale - up and sustainability of this intensive instructional work.

Based on our analysis of Michigan's teacher retirement plan, it earned an overall grade of D. Michigan earned a C for providing adequate retirement benefits for teachers and a F on financial sustainability.

In our analysis of the ebook buying methods in academic libraries, we've examined thus far the unexpected effects of Demand - Driven Acquisitions (DDA), a model that showed promise at its inception but eventually led librarians and publishers to question its long - term sustainability, and we've cleared up some confusion surrounding the Approval Plan and explained why it remains as effective for purchasing digital books as for print.

To determine the sustainability of dividends by means of fundamental analysis, each individual investor must use his or her own interpretive skills and personal judgment — for this reason, we won't get into what defines a «good company».

Though moderate inflation during the past decade has resulted in current withdrawal rates that are a bit less for the 2000 retiree than for some retirees in the 1960s, this is hardly reassuring with further analysis based on the required future asset returns needed for sustainability.

In support of this, the international scientific community calls for a framework for regular global sustainability analyses that link existing assessments that build on the foundations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and other ongoing efforts.

Recent independent analyses of current mitigation proposals on the table in Copenhagen by Nicholas Stern, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Ecofys, Climate Analytics, the Sustainability Institute (C - ROADS), the European Climate Foundation and ClimateWorks (Project Catalyst), all point to the same conclusion: the negotiations must deliver the high end of current proposals and stretch beyond them, if the world is to have a reasonable chance of containing warming to below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, or the 1.5 °C goal of many developing nations.

Purpose: To convene a small group of experts (~ 8 people) to support the direction, development and provide input on key issues related to sustainability analysis of electricity generation using renewable biomass for the four coal power plants in Ontario (Atikokan, Thunder Bay, Lambton and Nanticoke).

October 9, 2014 – Corporateknights.com re-launches to become must - read daily destination for business and sustainability news, analysis and features

A companion analysis outlined the legal basis and argument for including sustainability in the Dietary Guidelines.

The analysis is presented in a report released today by the Labor Network for Sustainability and 350.org.

Steering Committee, ICLEI, and consultants at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability and the City of Bellevue Washington, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities - LEAP) Program, are working to advance the state of the urban sustainability practicSustainability and the City of Bellevue Washington, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities - LEAP) Program, are working to advance the state of the urban sustainability practicsustainability practice by -LSB-...]

While reflecting on the relationship between vision, leadership and change, it also offers a vision of its own, limning useful guidelines from a careful analysis of the successes and failures of leading corporations striving for sustainability.

Gena brings to this role experience on forest carbon project development and analysis, climate policy analysis with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, and strategic communication at McKinsey & Company's Sustainability and Resource Productivity practice.

Corporate Knights is an award - winning magazine and trusted source for sustainability news and analysis for a wide North American public and influential corporate, investor, and policymaking audience.

The calculation of the footprint of consumption and biocapacity follows a distinct methodology for each land - use type that, along with an overview of the limitations of this type of analysis in assessing the sustainability of natural resource consumption, is outlined in Table 1.

Not just because the federal government missed an opportunity to link food choices with environmental issues, but because there appeared to be significant support for the inclusion of sustainability in the guidelines: one analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity looked at the 29,000 public comments on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's report, and found «overwhelming support» for including sustainability.

ACEEE staff completed an analysis and report on the potential for energy efficiency policies in the Commonwealth of Virginia and presented it to Governor Kaine at the Commonwealth of Virginia's Energy and Sustainability Conference in Richmond on September 19, 2008.

In other words, National Energy Board Act should be amended so that energy needs analysis conducted by the NEB would result in findings and recommendations about whether certain market and financial conditions are present (to inform sustainability assessment and decision - making about a project) but the NEB would no longer be the body responsible for recommending whether it is in the overall public interest for a project to proceed.

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