In her opening remarks, Annelisa Grigg (Globalbalance) noted that biodiversity is an important factor for many businesses regarding supply chain security, reputational risk, and the licence to operate.

FORBES: Making biodiversity material for investors

In this case the factor was Liquid Capital, a chain of financiers headquartered in Toronto. (It's one of two such franchised factoring operations in North America, the other being Interface Financial Group in Irvine, Calif.) Under this arrangement, Lee Doernberg, a Liquid franchisee in Alpharetta, Ga.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Why not move up the food chain, acting, in effect, as a factor for MCI?

FORBES: Aggressive Accounting

The Federal Highway Administration concluded that the main cause was a crack that grew undetected in one of the bridge's huge chain links, but that the high volume of traffic was also a factor.

NPR: Bumper to Bumper: Predicting Traffic Flow