initiative
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But industry representatives and pediatric experts who have consulted with the administration on the initiative say communication has slowed and visibility into the process has been limited.
It empowers investors with even minuscule holdings to force shareholder votes on nonbinding proposals—usually on topics including corporate environmental policies, diversity initiatives, political contributions and board composition.
Asked about the characterization of European initiatives to boost growth as slow and ponderous, Lancastle argues this is no longer valid.
From MarketWatch
It highlights "exemplary initiatives" that advance children's rights to "safe, inclusive and accessible public spaces".
From BBC
Within five years, Operation Breakthrough, the ambitious, but ultimately costly, delay-ridden and politically unpopular federal initiative that had propped up the Kalamazoo factory and eight others like it across the country, ran out of money.
From Los Angeles Times
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