And throughout the series of dialogues, they have also provided policymakers with several examples in which the business drive for resource efficiency and supply chain resiliency enhances global environmental outcomes.
Today, energy companies BP and newly reorganized and domiciled Royal Dutch Shell join the bankers at the top of our list, along with Exxon/Mobil make up Big Oil's three "super-majors" and provide an echo of the 19th-century drive for natural resources.
Komatsu, the Japanese heavy equipment maker, said Friday it expected sales in China to rise by half as the country's 10 percent growth rate drives demand for resources like coal and iron ore.
But as its growth drives up demand for resources, China has also become frustrated with sharp increases in prices.
But even a slight hesitation will encourage environmentalists who have been urging the government to consider the impact on nature of its drive for new energy resources.
Heterogeneous populations of cancerous cells that make up the tumor inhabit the tissue 'microenvironment', where ecological interactions analogous to predation and competition for resources drive the somatic evolution of cancer.
Here, genetically and epigenetically heterogeneous populations of cancerous cells that make up the tumor are described as inhabiting the tissue 'microenvironment', where ecological interactions such as predation and competition for resources drive the somatic evolution of cancer (Crespi and Summers 2005; Pienta et al. 2008; Bozic et al. 2010; Marusyk and Polyak 2010; Greaves and Maley 2012).
The treaty ended a decades-long negotiation process that included Australia spying on Timorese representatives, and revelations that successive Australian governments were driven by a desire for resources when it decided to legitimise the Indonesian invasion of Timor-Leste.
Differences in prey utilization between structurally contrasting habitats often drive selection pressure for resource polymorphisms.
It is abhorrent that individuals like Lubanga will use children as cannon fodder to do their bidding in a selfish drive to control resources for personal gain".
This drive for open access web resources comes at a time of generalized interest in Prekindergarten through 12th grade (PreK-12) STEM education in many countries aiding the development of the new content.
