Sentences with phrase «term impact of their actions»

In fact, it was the likes of Enron and Lehman Brothers that torpedoed the economy: businesses and businesspeople who put little thought to the long - term impact of their actions while focusing almost entirely on the short - term gain.

The challenge now is to find a way to act that will make geologists of the future look upon this age as a remarkable time, a time in which a species began to take into account the long - term impact of its actions.

It is our mission to ensure that students around the world understand the long - term impacts of their actions and chose to be environmental stewards, not individuals with no responsibility for what happens to the Earth,» said Earth Day Network president Kathleen Rogers.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Bemoaning the «idiotic actions of the SNB,» Erlam warned over the «longer term impact on the markets.»

Thus, the Federal Reserve's actions have a ripple effect in terms of impacting mortgage rates.

This will also present a major communication challenge for the government Lastly, in preparing the 2017 budget proposed new policy actions should be carefully reviewed in terms of their absolute need, their priority and their impact on fiscal sustainability.

Within modern American Christianity the dominant way to understand the cultural impact of Christianity has been largely in terms of social action on a range of issues.

Sandel might indeed be Miliband's bone fide «new guru», but a closer scrutiny into the role of the guru makes grim reading in two senses: firstly, gurus have little long - term influence on the ideational trajectories of political parties and their attendant political projects that their ideas are intended to service; and secondly, the guru's lack of long - term impact suggests that the status of «ideas» and their action - orientation is demoted below the seemingly more perennial concerns of statecraft and personality.

Levy said Cuomo's actions show the importance of enacting a budget by the deadline, and will impact his posture in the remaining three years of his term.

I have managed change and leveraged opportunities related to business expansion while staying mindful of the environmental impact of these actions, and this balance is critical to ensure our community's long - term economic and environmental sustainability.

They calculated the impact of bridge retrofit actions on possible failure modes in terms of probability of failure, risk, and benefit - cost ratio using a logic modeling technique called an event tree.

-- 1) Improved understanding of adaptive genetic and phenotypic forest characteristics that would provide better guidance for breeding programs and management actions to maximize resilience to both direct and indirect climate impacts to forests; 2) Long - term studies to better understand effects of CO2 fertilization in Montana's forests; 3) Improved models of climate and vegetation effects on evapotranspiration and water balances throughout forested systems.

Getting into the actual contents, video quality of each film was very good, with the Jurassic Park III being the best of the lot in that respect, although in terms of story and script, the first entry, Jurassic Park, definitely stands as providing the best combination of action, adventure, and emotional impact.

Kevin Courtney, acting general secretary of the NUT, said: «The NUT is taking strike action in response to the funding crisis in our schools, which is impacting on teachers» terms and conditions and children's education.

While adults with healthy social skills might consider the impact of their words or actions and the long - term social consequences of in - the - moment decisions, the teenage brain isn't good at slowing down before acting.

In terms of the impact of different actions aimed at preventing incidents, classroom management was rated «positive» or «very positive» while addresses at assemblies and peer mediation were the least highly rated.

Mitigation — reducing emissions fast enough to achieve the temperature goal A transparency system and global stock - take — accounting for climate action Adaptation — strengthening ability of countries to deal with climate impacts Loss and damage — strengthening ability to recover from climate impacts Support — including finance, for nations to build clean, resilient futures As well as setting a long - term direction, countries will peak their emissions as soon as possible and continue to submit national climate action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate change.

The impact of these hazards is often strongly influenced by human actions that contribute to disaster risk and long - term changes in the global climate; therefore, the causes of these hazards and disasters related to them are often less than «natural».

Decades of best practice, cutting edge research in early education including the Head Start Impact Study, expert advice, and The Secretary's Advisory Committee's recommendations all culminate in a call to action for policy changes that ensure all Head Start programs provide a consistently high quality early learning experience that prepares children for Kindergarten and has long - term effects on their academic success and overall health.

So, we went back to our study of the beliefs, actions and impacts of 411 Head Teachers after taking over a failing school and, found that 90 % of the best long - term Heads, who we call Architects, were almost fired at the end of their second year.

Our previous study of the actions and impacts of 411 headteachers trying to turn around a failing school found there was only one type of leader who had a positive long - term impact, where the school continued to improve long after they'd left.

Our awards provide evaluative evidence that demonstrates the impact of action taken to achieve long - term, sustainable school improvement.

The impact of the activity, actions or contribution should be viewed as long term, enhancing, complementary to the goals of public education and / or the education profession, and easily recognizable.

History topics require descriptive essay writing - you need to describe and evaluate different events, actions of leaders, and long - term impact of agreements.

Your emotions and the actions you take during times of increased volatility or drawdown will ultimately have more impact on your long - term returns than any exogenous thing that may come along.

Also, our actions can influence others and ultimately «multiply themselves» in terms of their impact.

And, importantly, the net long - term impact of such actions might well be a multiple (higher) of the emissions reductions we gain in the U.S..

Numerical values of tonnes of CO2 equivalent or enough to power X homes are commonly used to «justifiy» government action, with no mention of the potential impact on averting a rise in global temperatures in quantitative terms.

The need for immediate short - term action in order to make any significant impact in the longer term has become apparent, as has the need to apply the whole spectrum of policy instruments, since no single instrument will enable a large - scale transition in energy - supply systems on a global basis.

It will implement a programme of action aimed at keeping to a minimum the impact of the meeting in terms of consumption of natural resources (water, waste, energy) and greenhouse gas emissions.

These policy actions include new legislation requiring long - term contracting for renewables and other resources in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, revised incentives for distributed generation resources, changes to RPS polices in other states in New England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into account.

(c) it is still possible to restore a safe climate and prevent most of the anticipated long - term climate impacts — but only if societies across the world adopt an emergency mode of action that can enable the restructuring of the physical economy at the necessary scale and speed;

Short - term adaptation and mitigation includes predicting extreme events, while long - term actions include modelling the impact of air quality or ozone layer on human health.

As women and men are affected differently by the impacts of climate change, with women likely to bear the greater burden in situations of poverty, climate actions have to be gender sensitive... MR: Those people in the most vulnerable situations typically live beyond the reach of conventional markets, and so require their needs to be met through other channels that can provide sustained social gains in the long term.

Beginning in 2005, the Institute embarked on a «fast - action» climate mitigation campaign to promote strategies that will result in significant reductions of emissions, temperature, and impacts in the near - term, focusing primarily on strategies to reduce non-CO2 climate pollutants, to complement cuts in CO2.

Such changes might depend on a social movement for climate stabilization that supports long - term changes in social norms (e.g. about family size), greater availability of mass transit, climate - friendly urban design, or other actions that are impractical on the short term but on a longer time scale increase the plasticity of potentially high - impact behaviors.

Although Curtatone ties systems thinking to I - 93 and childhood obesity in Somerville, the same long - term thought process of actions and consequences must be utilized by city and regional leaders today as we increasingly feel the impacts of a changing climate.

And considering the long lag between actions that commit the planet to the long - term impacts of climatic change, assessments also need to pay more attention to the potentially dramatic consequences of actions taken (or postponed) today.

«The longer we wait to take action, the harder it will be to turn the course in terms of impacts,» said Jennifer Jurado, director of Broward County's natural resources planning and management in southeast Florida.

Specific goals of the Synthesis Workshop included inter alia: to inform health scientists, practitioners, and officials of the impacts of climate variability, and long - term climate change in the Indian Ocean, Pacific, Caribbean and other regions; to address vulnerability assessment and adaptation options for Small Island Countries; and to summarize conclusions and recommendations for common actions and activities for Small Island States and vulnerable islands in general.

All of SE Asia Coral Gone by 2100, Millions» Food Supply at Risk In terms of direct human impact, and in just one region of the world: A recent report by WWF shows that without strong action to prevent it, by 2100 all the corals in the so - called «Coral Triangle» of Southeast Asia could be wiped out, causing a decline of food production in the region of 80 %.

More usefully in terms of future predictions, a recent paper in PNAS by Van Vuuren and co-workers (including a friend of mine, Tom Wigley, who is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Adelaide), assessed the impact on climate change of some plausible real - world actions.

«Simons understands that the actions it takes today can impact future generations, which is why, when we think of our business, it's not in terms of the next quarter, but the next quarter - century.

U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern was worried about a fallout effect of Japan's decision as well, pointing to its potential impact on the parallel track of negotiations in this process known as the Ad - hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (LCA), which has been struggling for three years to create text for a new climate agreement which could either compliment or replace the protocol.

However, before it can be recommended for wide use, the mode of action should be explained well and the long term impact on the animal should be studied.»

All of the mistakes I've mentioned will cost you — some of those costs may be upfront, others will have long - term impacts — but if appropriate action is taken, they are relatively easy to remedy.

Our California chemicals lawyers regularly guide industry clients through the complicated maze of federal, state and local laws, regulations and enforcement actions that impact and govern their daily and long - term business operations.

Here are some highlights on the predictions offered by the panelists: 1) class actions are not going away; 2) the continued growth of mass commerce will continue to spawn class action litigation; 3) Justice Scalia's death will have a significant impact on class action jurisprudence going forward and the judiciary is likely to get less friendly to defendants in the short - term; 4) technology will make a big difference for the better in managing class action litigation; 5) defendants will continue to come up with creative, far - reaching ways of limiting class actions; 6) plaintiffs» attorneys will continue to bring class actions when a) they think they can make money and / or b) they think they will advance the public good; 7) there will be some good class actions and some horrible ones; 8) look out for states to pass new consumer protection laws similar to the New Jersey New Jersey Truth - in - Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA); 9) the TCPA and all - natural litigation booms will continue in the near future; 10) The CFPB will broadly define consumer finance services; 11) more class actions will go to trial; 12) what happens with the enforceability of arbitration clauses will have a big impact on the viability of many categories of class actions in the future; 13) look for more class actions in the federal courts in New York state.

Since Columbine we have seen the rise of long - term leadership coming from the students impacted by these tragedies and seeing the Stoneman Douglas students, as well as organizations like Power U and Florida Student Power Network put words into action has definitely inspired me.