Wetlands
Initiative – Reducing Flood Damage Study, Wetlands needed to reduce flooding
disasters
National
Geographic (3 MAY 2011) Mississippi floods can be restrained with natural
defenses
The
Wetlands Initiative (6 AUG 2004) Flood damage reduction in the Upper
Mississippi River basin: an ecological alternative
Guardian
Sustainable Business (4 JULY 2014) Women and business: the heart of economic
value creation
Women are often overlooked in key
economic development, yet they make vital contributions to the global
economy. How can women be rewarded and reognised
in big business?
There is plenty of evidence that
demonstrates the valuable contribution women make to business at the executive
level. A 2012 report by Credit Suisse
revealed that share price performance is higher in those companies that have female
board representation.
Women are nearly twice as likely
to reach the top ranks of social enterprises as they are in big companies.
McKinsey
and Company – Women Matter
Business
In Vancouver (12 JUNE 2014) Translink Mayors’ Council pushes for $7.5 billion
transportation plan
Business
In Vancouver (24 JUNE 2014) Mayors’ $7.5 billion transit plan ‘needs a bit more
work’: BC transportation minister
ZLC
Financial Group (FEB 2014) Warning: Double Digit Inflation
Organizations have enjoyed
relatively modest annual cost increases for their employee benefits programs
for the past 3 to 4 years. Even though there have been increases in the
percentage of employees who have been claiming under their extended health plan
and also increases in the number of submitted claims per employee each year,
the annual inflation rates have only been about 3% to 5%. Inflation rates have
been limited primarily because we have seen the vast majority of medications
for the most prevalent medical conditions (e.g., blood pressure, cholesterol,
depression, ulcers) lose their patent protection and have seen them replaced by
generic drugs at about 30% to 50% of the name-brand drug cost. However, that is
all about to change as we go over the “drug patent cliff” with an increasingly
unhealthy employee population.
Benefits
Canada (13 MAY 2013) Few companies prepared for rising employee benefits costs
Canadian
HR Reporter (3 APR 2013) Tackling rising benefit costs
http://www.hrreporter.com/blog/compensation-rewards/archive/2012/04/03/tackling-rising-benefit-costs
Article
refers to a survey on wellness and disease management conducted by Deloitte
Deloitte
(2013) Health care costs, benefits, and reform: What’s the next move for
employers? Results of Deloitte’s 2013
Survey of U.S. Employers
Summary of 2013 Survey
Deloitte
– Red Ink Rising, The road to fiscal sustainability in Canada
Deloitte
and Conference Board of Canada (29 OCT 2013)
Incenting
Businesses to Make Wellness a Strategic Objective
Financial
Executives Canada [FEI] (2013) Banking on Productivity: Managing Employee
Health Costs
Globe
and Mail (2014-07-04) Heavy rains, flooding threaten harvests in Manitoba and
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
Sun (4 JULY 2014) Prime Vancouver property designated flood plain
City
proposal aimed to prevent future damage may increase home prices
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