Objective 4. Improve overall performance.

The 2012 Environmental Performance Index ranks Latvia second, after Switzerland, based on the environmental performance of the country's policies.

The 2012 Environmental Performance Index put Norway in third place, based on the environmental performance of the country's policies.

This statement outlines environmental performance of the organization as well as its environmental objectives.

Overall performance has improved , and work on standards has intensified .

Nonetheless, the EU s foreign policy performance in 2012 was positive overall.

The new challenge currently facing the world was to go beyond short term environmental performance and to strive for environmental sustainability.

Overall performance improved in comparison to the prior reporting period, although this has not been uniform.

Second Overall Performance Study of GEF, GEF A.2 4, at 46 (2002) hereinafter GEF OPS2 .

But, though some aspects of the ICTY s performance merit criticism, its overall performance and achievements over the last two decades have made it a great success.

ISAR noted that an enterprise's environmental performance could affect its financial health and hence its sustainability.

Clean technology is a concept of relative environmental performance, which is subject to change over time.

The overall performance of UNIDO and its contribution to economic development worldwide could not be over emphasized.

Unfortunately this latter issue is tied to overall economic performance of the country and the regional situation.

See Gareth Porter et al., Global Environment Facility, Study of GEF's Overall Performance (1998) see also GEF OPS2.

Overall, the preserve should limit human activities in the area, while focusing on the maintenance of environmental services.

Expanded measurement of the dimensions of economic, social, and environmental performance is necessary to broaden awareness of sustainability issues.

Here's what the economists there said We find that financial incentives can result in a negative impact on overall performance.

But the weakness of manufacturing is a drag on India s overall economic performance and threatens the sustainability of its growth.

However, the overall impact of the disaster on economic performance in the region in 2005 is likely to be small.

The performance of the Transitional Federal Government on the ground and the overall political environment in Somalia are very promising.

With the focus on full system benefits, the Department is paying more attention to the end results and overall performance.

As climate change cuts across other environmental issues, many Parties recognized the benefits of, and emphasized the need for, an integrated approach in dealing with overall environmental issues, including climate change.

Between 1990 and 2000, financing for environmental concerns followed roughly the same path as overall development assistance flows it stagnated.

Above all, a system needs to be established to monitor officials performance in environmental as well as in economic terms.

Concerning the elements of the scale methodology, the income measure must give a clear and unbiased picture of overall economic performance.

C. Some measures to improve the overall performance of the United Nations system at the country level (JIU REP 2005 2)

Political heavyweights in Guangdong still favor a form of development that relies on speed and quantity while ignoring overall environmental quality.

The group took the view that the board should disclose its policy and performance in connection with environmental and social responsibility and the impact of this policy and performance on the firm's sustainability.

National governments introduce efficiency standards, taxes, and other policy instruments to improve the environmental performance of buildings, vehicles, and transport fuels.

As part of the overall accountability framework, the e PAS is the formal tool employed in holding staff accountable for their performance.

Report of the Joint Inspection Unit on some measures to improve overall performance of the United Nations system at the country level

These case studies will examine country specific productivity experience and provide an interpretation against the backdrop of these countries' overall growth performance.

However, overall Palestinian performance in confronting terrorism has been far from satisfactory, and this must remain an area of concern for us.

An overall monitoring plan that monitors performance of the constituent project activities on a sample basis may be proposed for bundled project activities.

14.20 The Executive Director of UNEP has overall responsibility within the United Nations system for providing leadership on environmental policy, assessing the causes and effects of environmental change, identifying emerging issues and catalysing responsive international action.

From this analysis, the Fund will identify the process changes that will lead to an overall improvement in performance, productivity and quality of service.

The challenge to the MDGs, in our view, is to nationalize and localize them in order to achieve the overall performance targets by 2015.

The Committee has an umbrella function in providing overall vision, coordination, prioritization and direction in the field of environmental economic accounting and related statistics.

However, aid was not directly linked to performance and results, and it is much more difficult to know whether it had the desired impact overall.

Moreover, overall economic performance in Brazil masks an important fact growth rates have been substantially higher among the country s poorer citizens, and unemployment is declining.

The M E Office periodically oversees the preparation of in depth overall performance studies. These studies include evaluation of the GEF's relations with the conventions.

We need a new standard that requires companies to report not just their financial metrics, but also their performance on social, developmental, and environmental issues.

In Lithuania, a cleaner production programme is being implemented with support from the Norwegian Government to improve environmental performance, competitiveness and regulatory compliance of industry.

Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) is an advanced layer 3 switching technology used mainly in large core networks or the Internet to enhance the overall network performance.