• The timely decarbonisation of our economy will not be possible without a significant flow of private investments into sustainable economic activities. (transportenvironment.org)
  • For the first time, new rules would set out which financial investments can be labelled environmentally sustainable. (transportenvironment.org)
  • Green transport group Transport & Environment (T&E) said the EU green 'taxonomy' law would be a cornerstone of sustainable finance that will help channel investments towards a new clean economy. (transportenvironment.org)
  • We're focused on our clients return on investment through sustainable web design and SEO campaigns. (eco-seo.com)
  • Switch to sustainable and environmentally friendly crops providing a greater return on investment in terms of health and wealth. (who.int)
  • A member of the World Bank Group, MIGA is committed to strong development impact and promoting projects that are economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. (worldbank.org)
  • Green Bonds are fixed income instruments which finance environmentally sustainable projects while offering competitive returns. (db.com)
  • Along with these policy reform efforts, the World Bank has pursued structural changes and investment strategies intended to demonstrate its commitment to environmentally sustainable development. (fpif.org)
  • A separate environmental unit created in the 1980s has evolved into a vice-presidency for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (ESSD) in the 1990s. (fpif.org)
  • Chairman Gary Gensler released a video just last week about such misconduct - in this case, the problem of investment funds that market themselves as "green" or "sustainable" but may have no data to back up the claim of being more environmentally friendly than any other fund. (cei.org)
  • Other highlights of the Bank's first round of greening included the creation of a special unit to oversee environmentally and socially sustainable development, and the recruitment of staff with technical environmental credentials to supplement its professional core of economists. (business-ethics.com)
  • In these blogs, I often talk about the need for more investment in innovation, skills, and infrastructure in a way that is environmentally sustainable and leads to faster productivity growth, more competitiveness and higher well-being. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
  • Is hydrogen the future of environmentally sustainable aviation? (aerospace-technology.com)
  • Nuclear power is to be classed as "environmentally sustainable" in the UK's green taxonomy, giving it access to the same investment incentives as renewable energy, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in his spring budget 2023 speech on Wednesday (15 March). (justia.com)
  • The bank has come under fire for financing a series of environmentally damaging projects, including dams on the Narmada River in India, transmigration in Indonesia, and road building into the Brazilian Amazon. (fpif.org)
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which is part of the World Bank Group, provides political risk insurance or guarantees against losses caused by noncommercial risks to facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. (worldbank.org)
  • Currently, this sequence of reforms is being replicated in the context of the World Bank's sister organizations, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which provide financing and underwriting services directly to private sector entities. (fpif.org)
  • Proceeds from the fund are to be transferred to Enova, a government agency charged with promoting the production and use of environmentally friendly energy sources. (industryweek.com)
  • Slovakia is an attractive destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), with a favorable geographic location in the heart of Europe and an investment-friendly regulatory environment. (state.gov)
  • These calculations often indicate that environmentally friendly products are better from an overall financial perspective. (upphandlingsmyndigheten.se)
  • Expose tobacco industry tactics and efforts to "greenwash" their reputation and products by marketing themselves as environmentally friendly. (who.int)
  • The joint article points to existing plans to tackle the climate and nature crises which could be harnessed, including the 25-year environment plan, targets to cut emissions to net zero by 2050, a new scheme to reward farmers for environmentally-friendly farming and investment in flood defences. (theecologist.org)
  • The Government also hopes to facilitate private investment through market friendly, export oriented strategies supported by a strong regulatory and legal framework. (scoop.co.nz)
  • The Government has promised to encourage both foreign and local private investment through the removal of impediments and an introduction of an investor friendly administration. (scoop.co.nz)
  • The Government welcomes environmentally friendly, socially responsible investments. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Are battery-powered helicopters more environmentally friendly than other alternative modes of transport? (exponent.com)
  • But projects must be assessed to be environmentally, economically and socially responsible. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
  • Officials who oversee state investment and pension funds are also organizing their efforts to oppose ESG. (cei.org)
  • This demonstrates how the imposition of an environmental tax can change consumer behaviour so that the free market acts in a more environmentally conscious fashion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Being environmentally conscious ourselves, we love working with like minded businesses, providing SEO services, web design and ecommerce development. (eco-seo.com)
  • LCC calculations are a useful tool in being able to make conscious and long-sighted, financially sound investment decisions. (upphandlingsmyndigheten.se)
  • Starting in the 1980s, the World Bank came under severe criticism for financing a series of environmentally destructive projects in developing countries. (fpif.org)
  • According to the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a non-profit think tank, the World Bank has been widely criticized for funding a series of environmentally damaging projects in the 1980s, including the building of dams on the Narmada River in India, road building into the Brazilian Amazon and transmigration (re-settlement) efforts in Indonesia. (business-ethics.com)
  • Eila Kreivi, Director and Head of Capital Markets Department at the European Investment Bank (EIB), commented: "The EIB welcomes Deutsche Bank's initiative, which underlines the recent strong progress and potential of the Green Bond segment. (db.com)
  • UNICE says a continued European policy to 'go it alone' will reduce Europe's economic competitiveness, make it less attractive for investment, and lead to job losses. (rferl.org)
  • Detomasi said that Canada's lagging LNG industry is a symptom of broader economic issues, which include reductions in foreign direct investment, competitiveness, and labour productivity. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
  • The total return from the investments is estimated to reach 880 million kroner per year when 20 billion has been paid into the fund. (industryweek.com)
  • In December, Florida governor Ron DeSantis made changes to the way his state's retirement investments were being managed, citing worries over "outside fund managers who may pursue social ideologies inconsistent with the state's values. (cei.org)
  • Dec 4 2019 - MADRID - 4th December 2019 - Today, the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed a cooperation agreement on the sidelines of COP25 to launch the Mobilizing Article 6 Trading Structures (MATS) Program , a pilot project aimed at establishing Article 6 Activities under the Paris Agreement. (ipsnews.net)
  • The investment round is an opportunity for companies seeking capital to introduce themselves to potential investors. (brazzil.com)
  • According to the international business analyst at Apex's Executive Investment arm, Gilberto Socoloski Junior, the initiative arose out of interest from both enterprises and foreign investors. (brazzil.com)
  • The government's overall attitude toward foreign direct investment (FDI) is positive, and the government does not limit or discriminate against foreign investors. (state.gov)
  • It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Investment Climate Statement is a chapter) on a calendar year basis, in January instead of August. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Without adding to the deficit, policymakers can generate $1.1 trillion in private and public investment over 10 years by eliminating mandates that drive up the cost of current spending, reforming regulations that hamper infrastructure projects, and refocusing the federal government's role on national priorities. (heritage.org)
  • By pursuing an aggressive agenda of structural and regulatory reform and prioritizing infrastructure projects that are truly federal responsibilities (such as cleaning up the nuclear weapons complex remaining from the Cold War era), the Trump Administration and Congress have the capacity to generate an estimated $1.1 trillion in infrastructure investments over the next 10 years, while creating immediate and long-term jobs in the private sector. (heritage.org)
  • Reducing regulations that hamper both public and private infrastructure production will both make project delivery less expensive and investment more effective at prioritizing valuable projects. (heritage.org)
  • Brazilian companies with innovative, socially impactful, environmentally positive projects are eligible to register for the "Second Round of Impact Investing" sponsored by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil). (brazzil.com)
  • The federal agency says the West Coast now has eight LNG projects in various stages of development, with operational targets ranging from 2025-2030. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
  • New LNG projects need to demonstrate best-in-class performance that align with Canada's climate commitments, displace higher emitting energy sources like coal and unabated natural gas, and include pathways to future proof investments to align with low-carbon fuel demand, such as hydrogen, as markets develop," Nembhard said. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
  • A green recovery could deliver on multiple aims, with investment in jobs creating a new workforce to build the green projects of the future, and new woodlands and restored peatlands helping the UK adapt to weather extremes. (theecologist.org)
  • The agency chairs said growing and planting trees, focusing on green jobs and supporting environmental and conservation groups who deliver nature projects such as restoring habitat are areas where the nation could invest. (theecologist.org)
  • By the mid-1990s, these staff had begun to develop a portfolio of environment-sector projects, ranging from support for national environmental agencies to investments in national parks. (fpif.org)
  • IPS reports that with these changes in place, the bank has been able to start developing a portfolio of environment-sector projects "ranging from support for national environmental agencies to investments in national parks. (business-ethics.com)
  • In addition, they shall review, and report to the National Climate Advisor on, siting and permitting processes, including those in progress under the auspices of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, and identify steps that can be taken, consistent with applicable law, to accelerate the deployment of clean energy and transmission projects in an environmentally stable manner. (wikisource.org)
  • b) Agency heads conducting infrastructure reviews shall, as appropriate, consult from an early stage with State, local, and Tribal officials involved in permitting or authorizing proposed infrastructure projects to develop efficient timelines for decision-making that are appropriate given the complexities of proposed projects. (wikisource.org)
  • In economics, an environmentally honest market system (abbr. (wikipedia.org)
  • Embracing a green recovery is more than an "environmental issue", the agency heads said, pointing to the Treasury's own review of the economics of biodiversity headed up by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta which they said showed the economy was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the natural world. (theecologist.org)
  • The Government encourages adoption of best practices in the corporate sector, and hopes to rely on a healthy corporate sector to facilitate investment. (scoop.co.nz)
  • The FAR serves as the foundational procurement regulation for all federal procurements, including defence and security, conducted by the departments and agencies of the executive branch of the United States. (lexology.com)
  • For example, a defence or security agency may conduct a procurement through the General Services Administration and this would be conducted like any other civil procurement for products, such as office supplies. (lexology.com)
  • Such a procurement would be subject to the FAR and the General Services Acquisition Regulation, even though it was ultimately being procured for a defence or security agency. (lexology.com)
  • As discussed above, the primary difference between a defence and security procurement and a civil procurement is likely to be that the DFARS or other agency FAR supplement will apply in addition to the FAR. (lexology.com)
  • The Government has created three new agencies to improve state owned enterprises, economic development, and procurement. (scoop.co.nz)
  • The 107-page report issued on 18 August by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen says we will be seeing more violent weather, and warns that climate change caused by greenhouse-gas emissions will impact societies and environments for 'decades and centuries' to come. (rferl.org)
  • The current ruling coalition, which took power in March 2020, has implemented a range of measures to improve the investment and business climate. (state.gov)
  • Foreign investment-fed growth also promotes western-style consumerism, boosting car ownership, paper use, and Big Mac consumption rates toward the untenable levels found in the United States-with grave potential consequences for the health of the natural world, the stability of the earth's climate, and the security of food supplies. (hartford-hwp.com)
  • of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in coordination with the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, shall provide to the Task Force a report on ways to expand and improve climate forecast capabilities and information products for the public. (wikisource.org)
  • a) The Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall take steps, consistent with applicable law, to ensure that Federal infrastructure investment reduces climate pollution, and to require that Federal permitting decisions consider the effects of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. (wikisource.org)
  • Investment Climate Statement for Sri Lanka. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Investment Climate Statement for Sri Lanka, and has noted the following changes that have occurred since its publication. (scoop.co.nz)
  • In most circumstances, if a portion of the 2003 Investment Climate Statement has not been modified in this appendix, it is because the U.S. Government is satisfied that it continues to accurately reflect the state of affairs in Sri Lanka as of July 2004. (scoop.co.nz)
  • United Nations agencies, funds and programmes together with international organizations that are observers to the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (COP) are expected to work as one, ensuring a consistent and effective separation between its activities and those of the tobacco industry. (who.int)
  • This Backgrounder presents these free-market opportunities as an alternative roadmap that will generate needed infrastructure investment without heavy-handed federal intervention. (heritage.org)
  • Deregulate infrastructure investment. (heritage.org)
  • In April 2021, the government approved Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan, which presents a roadmap for spending €6.3 billion in EU grants by 2026 on key reforms and investments in the areas of green economy, education and research, healthcare, digitization, and rule of law. (state.gov)
  • Heads of Environment Agency, Natural England, Forestry Commission call for greater government investment in green measures to reboot the economy. (theecologist.org)
  • The heads of three agencies have joined the rising chorus of calls for a green recovery from the pandemic. (theecologist.org)
  • Environment Agency chairwoman Emma Howard Boyd, conservation body Natural England's Tony Juniper (pictured), and Sir William Worsley, who chairs the Forestry Commission have penned a joint op-ed calling for greater government investment in green measures to reboot the economy. (theecologist.org)
  • Deutsche Bank has already made EUR 200 million in eligible Green Bond investments and plans for this portfolio to reach EUR 1 billion. (db.com)
  • Launching the initiative, Alexander von zur Mühlen, Group Treasurer of Deutsche Bank, said: "The Green Bond market has matured during 2014 and the size and number of offerings has substantially increased making green securities viable and prudent liquidity buffer investments. (db.com)
  • Doris Herrera-Pol, Director and Global Head of Capital Markets at the World Bank, said: "We are pleased that Deutsche Bank's Treasury has chosen World Bank Green Bonds as one of the first investments for its newly established green bond portfolio. (db.com)
  • Long-term: nudge behaviour towards more green growth, levelling up the regions and encouraging investment in infrastructure, innovation and training to create a competitive and low carbon economy for 2030+. (bournemouth.ac.uk)
  • Instead, Congress and the Administration can drive large-scale investment into infrastructure and create jobs through strategic reforms. (heritage.org)
  • An agenda of aggressive policy reforms can drive an estimated $1.1 trillion in direct investment in infrastructure over 10 years. (heritage.org)
  • Policy reforms are needed to steer private capital flows in a more environmentally sound direction. (hartford-hwp.com)
  • Collect data on water use, deforestation, and the lethal and environmentally degrading chemicals in tobacco products and the environmental harm of these components on soil, drinking water, human and animal health. (who.int)
  • Furthermore, in line with the ECOSOC resolutions, 5 - 6 UN agencies are encouraged to adopt the Model Policy for Agencies of the UN system on preventing tobacco industry interference especially with regards to receiving funding from the tobacco industry. (who.int)
  • Properly aligning federal investment with truly national priorities while liberating activities better suited to the private sector and states will improve the management, accountability, and outcomes of major infrastructure investments. (heritage.org)
  • But the levers of change are shifting: the influence wielded by public aid agencies is waning while private sector clout is on the rise. (hartford-hwp.com)
  • This shift in the sources of capital poses a policy challenge as the private sector is less accountable to the public interest than are government agencies. (hartford-hwp.com)
  • international investment strategies are taking shape in hopes of shifting private capital out of environmentally damaging activities and into enterprises that sustain the natural world rather than degrade it. (hartford-hwp.com)
  • Just as it has transformed business enterprises, digitization can enable governments to aggregate their capabilities across agency boundaries and orchestrate the most cost-effective solutions, whether public or private, to meet their citizens' needs. (strategy-business.com)
  • The process will include analysis and input from relevant executive departments and agencies (agencies), as well as appropriate outreach to domestic stakeholders. (whitehouse.gov)
  • These and other challenges pose obstacles for a variety of stakeholders, including the aviation industry, capital investment firms, aeronautical engineers, energy storage experts, government entities, regulatory agencies, and associated legal teams. (exponent.com)
  • The list of stakeholders, constituents, and entrenched interests at most government agencies is long, and the potential for resistance to change is high. (strategy-business.com)
  • Supporters suggest advantages ranging from improved last-mile delivery services to less congested freeways and roads, and agencies such as NASA and the FAA have added credibility by partnering to "accelerate the realization of emerging aviation markets for passenger and cargo transportation in urban, suburban, rural, and regional environments" through targeted campaigns . (exponent.com)
  • assess such prices, information initiatives are protect calculate about this the Assess agencies on (ESG) your is public that safe improving. (bigshed.org)
  • Is the seemingly inexorable rise in unearned advances to authors a matter for literary agency self-congratulation or a slow throttling of available capital for new and experimental authors and publishing initiatives and investments? (publishingperspectives.com)
  • Both Brazilian and international investment funds are eligible. (brazzil.com)
  • Growth in the portfolio will be focused on new primary market investments in eligible sovereign, supranational and agency issued bonds. (db.com)
  • MIGA's mission statement is "To promote foreign direct investment into developing countries to support economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve people's lives. (worldbank.org)
  • Digitization can provide a catalyst for moving away from this entrenched agency-based model. (strategy-business.com)
  • Other notable department and agency FAR supplements are the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation, Department of State Acquisition Regulation, Department of the Treasury Acquisition Regulation, Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation, Department of Justice Acquisition Regulation, and Nuclear Regulatory Acquisition Regulation. (lexology.com)
  • Project investment decisions are made by proponents based on their ability to comply with federal and provincial regulatory standards and be competitive within the global market," he said. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
  • The insecticide used in the bug slayer system, is environmentally responsible, registered with the Department of Agriculture, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency. (bug-slayer.com)
  • In it, Soukup traces contemporary calls for "enlightened" and "responsible" investment from left-leaning writers going back over 150 years. (cei.org)
  • Consolidation makes it easier to design the technology to be used in a cost-effective and environmentally responsible manner. (strategy-business.com)
  • There is an appetite for the establishment of investment funds that tend to funnel money into companies that work on the socio-environmental [sector] in emerging countries," he said. (brazzil.com)
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) lists 27 environmentally degraded surface water systems called "Areas of Concern" (AOCs) [ www.epa.gov/great-lakes-aocs external icon ] that span across eight states (Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin). (cdc.gov)
  • The agency builds the full set of end-to-end services that it needs, and critical investments are often deployed redundantly throughout branches of the government. (strategy-business.com)
  • They recommended federal agencies publish data and develop publicly available natural language processing tools. (cdc.gov)
  • We use data on stock market participation of Swedish adoptees and relate this to the investment behavior of both their biological and adoptive parents. (lu.se)
  • The principal feature of an environmentally honest market system is the control of negative externalities. (wikipedia.org)
  • historically, risky market investment has had a higher return compared to safer financial assets such as bonds and money market funds. (lu.se)
  • In 2009, Congress appropriated $475 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) [ www.glri.us external icon ] - the largest investment in the Great Lakes in two decades. (cdc.gov)
  • that is, the investment cost (purchase price and costs for delivery and installation), operation and maintenance expenses (costs related to energy and water consumption, repairs, servicing etc.) and costs for disposing of waste at the end of the product's life cycle. (upphandlingsmyndigheten.se)
  • The Swedish Energy Agency is committed to supporting the global effort to reduce emissions to meet the Paris Agreement's long-term goals and contribute to its implementation. (ipsnews.net)
  • We are thrilled to partner with GGGI in order to achieve common goals and overcome some of the inevitable challenges faced by early actors," said Robert Andrén, Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency. (ipsnews.net)
  • In addition, the bank's board of executive directors has mandated a series of sector-specific policies to guide World Bank investment in such areas as forestry and energy. (fpif.org)
  • The Bank further developed a series of polices to guide investment in such areas as forestry and energy. (business-ethics.com)
  • The availability of new digital tools and strategies would strengthen connections among various government agencies and, it was hoped, enable governments to improve their services, increase efficiency, boost economic growth, and eliminate red tape. (strategy-business.com)
  • At an even more granular level, the service branches, agencies and specific commands of the DoD may have additional supplemental regulations that apply to their procurements. (lexology.com)
  • Also as Mayor, he moved the city into a new digital dimension with the nation's largest (covering 600 square miles) and most robust fiber optic system providing gigabit internet speeds and offering an almost unlimited future as tech entrepreneurs are drawn to Chattanooga finding innovative ways to employ this exciting, environmentally clean and unique new infrastructure. (planning.org)
  • BlackRock has not considered the suitability and appropriateness of any investment you may make with us against your personal circumstances. (blackrock.com)
  • The US Congress annually passes a National Defense Authorization Act, which authorises the agencies to make the expenditure by identifying the relevant section of the federal budget from which the funds will ultimately be withdrawn, and a National Defense Appropriations Act, which will make the funds available. (lexology.com)
  • Over to the local MPs, the BCP and Dorset Authorities, the DLEP and other institutions/agencies to make the case(s). (bournemouth.ac.uk)
  • National, state, and local governments alike face a true challenge: They must maintain and improve opportunities for their citizens and business interests as fiscal pressures mount, demographic shifts place greater burdens on traditional services, and public sentiment increases for them to be more transparent in their policy and investment decisions. (strategy-business.com)
  • Eliminating burdensome federal mandates that increase the cost of infrastructure will stretch each taxpayer dollar further, increasing investment without the need to boost spending levels. (heritage.org)
  • Refocus federal investment on national priorities. (heritage.org)
  • US EPA, in conjunction with 11 other federal agencies, developed a GLRI action plan to protect, restore, and maintain the Great Lakes ecosystem. (cdc.gov)
  • This $32 million investment is a multi-pronged attack to dramatically reduce the rat population in the City's most infested areas and improve the quality of life for residents. (nyc.gov)
  • We look forward to working with our partner agencies to help address rat infestations and improve the quality of life of all New Yorkers," said Buildings Commissioner Rick D. Chandler, PE . (nyc.gov)
  • Country-based analysis of conservation funding is important because international investments are frequently directed at the country level (Balmford et al. (researchgate.net)
  • As with companies whose strategies are poorly aligned with the capabilities needed for success, this leads to a lack of focus on the true mission of the government or agency, and an inability to carry it out successfully. (strategy-business.com)
  • In addition, an individual agency or department may expand upon the rules set out in the FAR in a supplemental regulation. (lexology.com)
  • The Department of Sanitation is proud to join with our sister agencies to step up the fight against rats in New York City," said Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia . (nyc.gov)
  • Social Investment and Human Development. (who.int)
  • But according to a new report from the European Environment Agency, this may be just the start. (rferl.org)
  • We must not forget that a healthy economy is supported by a healthy population, and that both depend on a healthy environment," the three agency leaders urged. (theecologist.org)
  • HPD is proud to join this multi-agency task force created to protect New Yorkers from the health and safety issues presented when rats are present in large numbers in and around multifamily buildings. (nyc.gov)
  • in started: environmentally are opportunities. (bigshed.org)
  • practices, of could compliant a which for started: calculate rate environmentally For addition opportunities. (bigshed.org)
  • This review summarizes the literature and identifies research gaps and opportunities to further community and agency actions related to investigating, remediating, and redeveloping brownfield sites. (cdc.gov)
  • leveraging on their wealth of experience in carbon markets," said Susanne Pedersen, GGGI's Assistant Director-General and Head of Investment and Policy Services Division (IPSD). (ipsnews.net)
  • This review paper stems from exchanges of a long-standing network of academic, government agency, and practice professionals working to identify research, policy, and practice gaps. (cdc.gov)
  • This suggests that a substantial proportion of the transmission of risk behavior from parents to children is environmentally determined. (lu.se)