To understand why, we need a little background about another subject that eluded the Clinton administration's technology czar: The relationship between progress in agricultural practices and products and the release of greenhouse gases.
Increased coordination would be required among the private- and public-sector supervisors of exchanges and other financial markets to keep up to date with evolving practices and products and to try to identify those which may pose risks outside the purview of each individual regulator.
"The Federal Reserve should exercise its authority under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act and the FTC Act to prohibit these abusive practices and products for all mortgage market participants, regardless of what kind of charter they have, " said Dodd in his opening statement.
While we should all applaud big companies that are reducing the social and environmental damage of their practices and products, the article glosses over the two biggest questions and it simultaneously maligns one of the most innovative companies in the sustainable business space, Method home products.
More than just a marketplace, the platform provides a plethora of tools and educational resources for users to learn best practices for marketing and distributing their products.
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If they succeed, they will have done a near impossible thing: to merge open source development practices and for-profit products without users feeling ripped-off.
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While my partners and I are all for promoting safe and environmentally sound practices in the development of nanotech processes and products, I am worried that this could snowball into the kind of publicity that created a backlash against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and Monsanto.
To receive B Corp Certification from B Lab, an independent, non-profit organization (I am a co-founder of B Lab), method had to submit to a comprehensive, comparable, and transparent examination of all of its products, its practices, and its impact on all of its stakeholders, including workers, community, and the environment.
They are imagining and implementing new products, services and management practices that address some of the most complex problems of our time.
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Mothers take part in nutritional workshops for 15 days in the home of a community health worker, during which they learn better feeding and child care practices, using a mix of traditional products and modern knowledge.
Cures for cancer notwithstanding, early adopters of new products and practices tend to be younger.
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Again, these products and practices persist, not because the regulators are unaware of them but because they have allowed them to.
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The bank also said it discontinued Countrywide products and practices that "were not in keeping" with its commitment to fair and equal treatment of customers.
In many cases, these companies emphasize that their products and production practices are environmentally friendly and beneficial for China.
The eclectic group included the Nissan LEAF electric car and an EBay commerce site called worldofgood.com, that sells products made with socially and environmentally responsible practices.
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As a result of the tremendous influence the money management industry has over regulators, doomed financial products and unsavory sales practices persist.
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Forensic experts know that the questionable lending practices involved with many securitized mortgage products and the related valuation abuses have only begun to surface and, due to financial reporting scheduling, will have greater impact in the final quarter of this year and well into next year.
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Additional concerns are raised over the lack of an industry-wide regulatory body to demand transparency, monitor abusive loan practices, and ensure that financial education of financial products is in place.
As if the attentions of one competition watchdog were not enough, the Office of Fair Trading, too, has two big investigations pending into supermarkets' pricing practices one on milk and other dairy products, the other on tobacco.
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It is no longer simply a matter of creating a heterogeneous workforce, but using that workforce to create the innovative products, services, and business practices that can set a company apart and give it a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
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It is quite conceivable that advertisers will seriously reassess their current spending practices and choose to invest in other alternatives to promote their products and services.
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Changing technologies, products, solutions, customers, business practices, economic conditions and competitors cause markets to shift.
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It has also agreed more specific promises such as clear labelling of products, support for the charity Drinkaware and strengthening responsible marketing practices.
Finally, these reforms include a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to prevent predatory loan practices and other abuses to ensure that consumers get clear information about loans and other financial products before they sign on the dotted line.
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It offers a class titled How to Build a Startup that, believe it or not, is a terrifically useful resource for entrepreneurs to develop their business plans and transform their ideas into tangible products, all according to lean startup best practices.
That agency mainly acts to ensure that products are made according to good manufacturing practices, which include potency, cleanliness, and stability, that ingredients are generally safe, and that companies are not making unsubstantiated claims about curing or treating disease.
Just as you spend money to build market share, launch new products and increase brand recognition, be willing to invest in initiatives that will change longstanding workplace practices--like performing preliminary activities off the clock or attending midday meetings--that put you at risk.
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