1 Our overriding priority is to provide our shareholders with a satisfactory financial return on their investment.

2 This, we contended, could provide a financial return comparable to that from a new building.

3 The financial returns were enormous.

4 Otherwise the investment will not financial returns.

5 Analysts expect the financial returns to be limited.

6 They are looking to make financial returns and invest in companies that help extend their supply chain, help Qatar...

7 He says it is too early to expect financial returns on the investments, pointing out that only about three per cent of US patents are ever licensed.

8 They have personal reasons to perform well, even without financial returns.

9 But men came out on top when it came to command and control of management operations and focusing on financial returns.

10 It can be a difficult pitch, but a critical one if you want investors to embrace smaller financial returns in favor of the larger social good.

11 The development of rural areas that results from being better connected and better informed also brings long-lasting financial returns.

12 Under his leadership, from 2003 to 2008, TNK-BP increased production by more than 25 percent, and delivered among the highest financial returns in the Russian oil patch.

13 Throughout the movie, there are references to the pressures the Globe is under to boost readership and financial returns.

14 By the same token, an investor can make investment decisions to support these same companies. A socially responsible investment strategy should maximise both financial returns and the social good.

15 Would you leave the current company if another company offered you better FINANCIAL RETURNS?

16 Around the world, many thousands of energy efficiency projects with potentially strong financial returns have not been tried.

17 Others will be taken on an endless merry-go-round of Hollywood premieres and empty financial returns.

18 It puts lots of pressure on CIC to producereturns, and that's different from other state-owned enterprises inChina, for which financial returns are not the only objective.

19 Crop experts in Afghanistan estimate that horticulture — the growing of fruits, vegetables and flowers — is the only sector that offers competitive financial returns.

20 For example, investing in ICT infrastructure in remote regions will almost certainly generate little profit at first, but can bring greater financial returns in the longer term.

21 And applying the Principles should not only lead to better long-term financial returns but also a closer alignment between the objectives of institutional investors and those of society at large.