Sentences with phrase «under an initiative of»

The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, was launched in 1988 under the initiative of Nico Roozen, Frans van der Hoff and Dutch ecumenical development agency Solidaridad.

In Ghana we have The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO)-- formed in 2000, under the initiative of the Center for Democratic Development, CDD - Ghana, as a network of various civil society groups to observe the 2000 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

Gió Marconi gallery started in 1990 under the initiative of Gió Marconi who created the Studio Marconi 17, an experimental space for young artists and art critics that he directed from 1986 to 1990.

Meanwhile, senior representatives of the UN Security Council meet today under an initiative of Norway's chairmanship to discuss how to tackle the economic agendas underpinning conflicts like the Angolan civil war.

Not exact matches

Under the «Fresh Start» initiative, you can pay one percent of the wages paid to the reclassified employees in the previous year.

The lead plaintiff in that case, Jacqueline Halbig, was a director of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives under George W. Bush.

The app connecting users to member websites sans data charges is just one of a smattering of initiatives that fall under the Internet.org umbrella.

SPECIAL REPORT: Hundreds of oil and gas fields to be decommissioned in the next decade across the Asia - Pacific region will create billions of dollars of opportunities for contractors, with a number of initiatives already under way.

But that also means its initiative remains under further study at the Ministry of Health.

Neither FundersClub nor AngelList rely on initiatives mentioned under Title III of the JOBS Act, so it's wrong to think that SEC was making a substantive ruling on the matter with these letters.

Buffalo Billion is one of three initiatives under way upstate — the others are in Albany and Utica — all being managed by SUNY Poly.

A survey conducted by WeSpire, an employee engagement platform provider, shows that although only 33 % of employees over 60 and only 44 % of employees over 50 say they'd like to get more involved in their organizations» volunteer, sustainability, well - being or social responsibility initiatives, a whopping 71 % of employees under 30 say they do.

If this borrower consolidates the FFEL loan under this initiative they would save $ 964 in interest payments, and make only one payment per month instead of two.

Under his watch, Tennessee adopted the Drive to 55 initiative in 2013, which set the goal of awarding 55 % of the working - age population post-secondary degrees or certificates by 2025.

Although the Conservatives later replaced the Canadian Building Incentive Program with a similar program, the new one is more limited in scope with a smaller budget — typical of the cuts Harper made to many climate related initiatives that had been proposed and voted through in Parliament under the previous Liberal government.

Sourced from Bureo, an emerging venture developing innovative solutions to prevent ocean plastic pollution, this is the first tangible product of its new partnership and marks the first product available to purchase from the consortium of companies under the NextWave initiative.

Under this initiative, senior Company human resources, compliance, credit, and legal personnel compiled and analyzed extensive information about the Company's incentive plans, including plan documents, eligibility criteria, payout formulas and payment history, and held extensive interviews with business line managers to understand how evaluation of business risk affects incentive plan performance measures and compensation decisions.

The Committee was established under the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to advise the Commission on regulatory priorities, regulation of securities products, trading strategies, fee structures, disclosure effectiveness, and initiatives to protect investors and promote investor confidence and the integrity of the U.S. securities markets.

Under his leadership TNT rose to the forefront of Corporate Responsibility via a ground - breaking partnership with the UN World Food Program and ambitious CO2 reduction targets from its Planet Me initiative, holding multiple - year top - ranking positions in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index

The identification of new initiatives implemented during the course of the fiscal year would be a better indicator of the under / over shoots (6).

Examples of forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make regarding the Company's plans, assumptions, expectations, beliefs and objectives with respect to store openings and closings; product introductions; sales; sales growth; sales trends; store traffic; retail prices; gross margin; operating margin; expenses; interest and other expenses, net; effective income tax rate; net earnings and net earnings per share; share count; inventories; capital expenditures; cash flow; liquidity; currency translation; growth opportunities; litigation outcomes and recovery related thereto; the collectability of amounts due under financing arrangements with diamond mining and exploration companies; and certain ongoing or planned product, marketing, retail, manufacturing, information systems development, upgrades and replacement, and other operational and strategic initiatives.

They can only be made consistent if Washington also unleashes an infrastructure building program, a policy initiative consistent with either of the other two, on a truly heroic scale — which, as an aside, I suspect would be a smart strategy under any circumstances as American infrastructure needs are so great that the consequent productivity increases would fully service the associated debt long before they stopped adding value to the economy.

Under this initiative's streamlined process, it is possible to obtain a Work Visa within a maximum period of 15 working days.

The White House today released a list of 28 business leaders — including Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank — it said will be part of President Trump's ongoing manufacturing jobs initiative.

Starbucks UK is announcing two new initiatives as part of its on - going commitment to help partners, particularly those aged under - 25, tackle the cost of living.

Of all the start - up initiatives over the last decade that can technically be classed under the FinTech (financial technology) umbrella, the one that has received the most attention — and the one that has been surrounded by the most controversy — is

Of all the start - up initiatives over the last decade that can technically be classed under the FinTech (financial technology) umbrella, the one that has received the most attention — and the one that has been surrounded by the most controversy — is bitcoin.

It was published Sept. 25 by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, under the umbrella of its National Conversation on Asia initiative.

In their development of this initiative, the three founders recruited additional members to forge the Project's Risk Committee, a group of dedicated individuals concerned about the economic future of America under the threat of global climate change.

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

Both partnerships — currently in beta — fall under the umbrella of SecondMarket +, an initiative that is selectively partnering with leading platforms to give SecondMarket investors centralized access to high - quality deal flow.

In 2013, under the leadership of then - Chair Paul Desmarais, Jr., the Business Council launched a multi-year research and advocacy initiative called «Taking Action for Canada: Jobs and Skills for the 21st Century.»

Apart from a sprinkling of new initiatives, under the guise of investing in the future, the Fall Update largely attempted to demonstrate that the government's policy actions are working.

Meanwhile, a powerful domestic countermovement capable of undermining the U.S. initiative is well under way.

Under what circumstances should the minister take the initiative in raising the issue of excessive drinking with a parishioner?

My resistance to these initiatives has a constant basis that is less a matter of Catholic doctrine than a determination to preserve particular understandings of law, now under terminal sentence in my country and elsewhere.

It was with the initiative of Barsauma and under the leadership of Narsai, the school was restarted in Nisibis.

One interesting initiative that has emerged following the debate is at www.catholicvoices.org.uk, headed by Lord Brennan, Austin Ivereigh, Jack Valero and Kathleen Griffin, under the banner of the Catholic Union.

The state of Christian unity» both its presence and absence» is the concern of an important new initiative called «The Princeton Proposal for Christian Unity,» the product of three years of discussion under the auspices of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology, publisher of the distinguished theological journal Pro Ecclesia.

In striking contrast with the lack of initiative and the low morale of the Christianity of the lands in which the absolutist state had the Church under its full control was the abounding vigor which was beginning to be displayed in the English colonies in North America.

Under the direction of the Action Network's Steering Group, the Core Group drafted successive versions of the initiative's first foundational document, the Best Practice Guideline for Agriculture and Value Chains.

Under its «healthy planet» initiative, «We have a zero citrus waste program where none of our waste goes to landfills,» he says.

This initiative has been under way for about a year as Bennigan's procures what it needs for all of its new programs.

Under his leadership, he led a variety of new product development initiatives which have distinguished the company as a technology leader in the foodservice industry.

Resonating with our corporate ethos and with immense pride I unveil «AseptoTM», the aseptic liquid packaging solution brand under the umbrella of New Business Initiatives from the house of Uflex.

Resonating with our corporate ethos and with immense pride I unveil «ASEPTO», the aseptic liquid packaging solution brand under the umbrella of New Business Initiatives from the house of Uflex.

Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman, two of the UK's top three dairy processors, confirmed they were under investigation by the OFT in relation to certain «retail price initiatives».

On 18 February 2013 the Nature Foundation SA celebrated the start of watering on Clark's Floodplain - adjacent Lock 4 near Berri, the first Commonwealth environmental watering project under Nature Foundation's Water for Nature initiative.

Jody has over 25 years of experience in the water sector where she has been responsible for driving a range of initiatives including state water reforms under the National Water initiative, driving the momentum and integration of The Living Murray, delivery of environmental water with and on behalf of Basin states, development and implementation of a plan to avoid widespread acidification to the lower lakes of the Murray system during the Millennium drought and identification of the sustainable level of take to be embodied in the Murray - Darling Basin Plan.

«We are confident that the combination of revenue and cost initiatives we have under way will restore the business to growth,» Ms Watkins said.