Sentence examples for initiative points from inspiring English sources

Junda Lin of the China Greentech Initiative points out that the 2020 target for nuclear has to be seen in the context of a 200GW target for wind and an extra 100GW of hydropower.

Whether or not Amazon's "Dash" buttons appeal to mainstream consumers remains to be seen, but the initiative points to two important retail and technology trends.First, more companies are pushing into e-commerce and trying to expand what people buy online.

Currently, agriculture is the largest user of water, but as the World Bank's Thirsty Energy initiative points out, increasing demands for energy will also require increasing use of freshwater.

As an NPR report on the initiative points out, this approach is already making an impact: "Trucking companies and law enforcement are enthusiastically on board, helping to reach nearly 250,000 drivers, whose calls to the hotline have freed hundreds of trafficking victims".

As the robot initiative points to, Foxconn's concern is not too many workers, but too little.

As the website for Pew Charitable Trusts' global shark conservation initiative points out, many sharks are killed for shark fin soup, a delicacy still consumed in many Asian countries.

Supporters of the initiative pointed ruefully to a campaign by big business to convince voters that a pay ceiling would destroy Switzerland's international competiveness and drive out many  multinational companies.

Backers of the initiative point not only to the value that nature has for its own sake, in terms of its beauty and spiritual dimensions, but also to the benefits for health and wellbeing that arise from connections with wildlife and the natural world.

The government is now trumpeting the success of the initiative, pointing to several reports, one showing that there are now more than 3,000 digital firms in Tech City employing 48,000 people, another putting the number of tech firms in London as a whole at 88,000 in 2012, up from 50,000 in 2009.

Supporters of Colorado's initiative point to a broadening coalition of those who support legalization, including local civil rights and union leaders.

(When reached for comment on the motives underlying their plans, a spokesperson for Facebook and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative pointed to data outlining how their funds were intended to "Produce, Protect, and Preserve" affordable housing.