Sentences with phrase «from voluntary reporting»

Data on agricultural production and water use are not collected at all, or are collected by individual irrigation districts, counties, and a variety of state and federal agencies using a range of tools from voluntary reporting at the field level to remote sensing from satellites.

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Although voluntary, the pressure on companies to begin reporting on these measures will be strong, given the now global focus on climate change from governments and consumers alike.

The FCC collects voluntary feedback from home phone and cable companies about outages after disasters and makes that information public in daily reports.

To do this they can choose from a range of potential tactics such as: more transparent reporting; shifts in R&D or asset reorganisation to capture expected future opportunities or to shed perceived liabilities; changes in regulatory approach; and, at an industry level, development and deployment of voluntary standards of behaviour.

The complaint submitted by Baby Milk Action was presented in the publication Nestlé's UN Global Compact cover up: How Nestlé's Shared Value reports cover up malpractice and bring the UN voluntary initiative for corporate responsibility into disrepute (NESTLÉ CRITICS, 2009) which included information from various civil society organisations (note 3) alleging violations in the areas of:

Request for verification — A request to the Statewide Central Register from an applicant, operator of a child care service, foster parent or adoptive parent or a child caretaker seeking voluntary certification to determine whether the applicant is named as a perpetrator in an indicated or founded report of child abuse.

Dexter, would you care to address this issue with the data from the «actual scientific report» published by MANA: «Participation in the project was voluntary, with an estimated 20 % to 30 % of active CPMs and a substantially lower proportion of CNMs contributing»

What I seem to gather is this: 1) The absolute risk of death from home birth is LOW, which is why homebirth advocates say that this study proves homebirth is «safe», however: 2) Compared to HOSPITAL births, the rate of death for homebirth is MUCH higher, and 3) The midwives reporting did so on a voluntary basis, so this isn't a study that is worth very much anyway.

It then relied on evidence from voluntary and statutory agencies, prison governors, former prisoners, HM Inspector of Prisons, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, child psychologists and academics to put together today's report.

During this period, Ganesh co-authored a Policy Exchange report with Jesse Norman, later a Tory MP, which stressed, «the pressing need for a huge devolution of power away from Whitehall, towards independent institutions, towards the private and voluntary sectors, and towards local government».

But by putting the targets into law and mandating a set of regulations — including requiring 35 percent of the country's electricity to come from clean sources by 2024; establishing a voluntary carbon market; developing incentives to promote renewable energy; phasing out fossil fuel subsidies; and forcing companies in the largest carbon polluting sectors to report their emissions — they said the results could be groundbreaking.

Companies report that the administrative burden for voluntary compliance with the Guidance is substantial; we estimate, based on reports from the IGSC, that sequence screening and follow - up on pathogenic and potentially pathogenic sequences accounts for 1.5 — 3 % of total costs.

The expansion of science advice mechanisms ranging from informal personal interactions, through voluntary or requested reports created by well - established networks of academies, such as the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and related regional networks such as EASAC, to the formal advisory structures of both legislative and executive bodies, has also made more apparent the fundamental responsibilities that follow the provision, communication and use of advice.

To build the database, the researchers scoured academic journals, government documents and other sources for reports of coral bleaching missing from an existing voluntary database commonly used by scientists.

We reported this to the Food Standards Agency, who have taken action to notify Cow & Gate of labelling requirements and issued the following statement: In light of advice from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition on the adverse effects of trans fats on the risk of coronary heart disease, the Agency welcomes the voluntary action by the UK food industry to reduce the levels of artificial trans fats in our foods.

5.1) This report has attempted to capture different aspects of voluntary migration from and within Bangladesh on the basis of available secondary information.

So here, in this collection, I have drawn from various sources and experiences over time and around the world, ideas from inspectors and their reports, leadership training course tutors and candidates, school improvement ambassadors, union officials, faculty leaders, headteachers and principals in all their guises, governors, government officials, civil servants, councillors, parents, students, current, aspiring, ex and retired teachers, in the public, private, Academy, Charter, free, not - for - profit, voluntary and charitable sectors.

The data on high school graduates for this report were drawn from a voluntary sample of high schools participating in the StudentTracker for High SchoolsSM service (STHS) administered by the National Student Clearinghouse (The Clearinghouse).

(4) Conduct a program for end - stage and renal disease research, to include support of projects and demonstrations for providing special services (including transplantation and dialysis), artificial kidneys, and supplies * necessary for the REHABILITATION of individuals suffering from such disease and which will (A) insure dissemination of research findings, (B) provide encouragement and support for initiatives and new approaches by individual and institutional investigators, and (C) establish and maintain close working relationships, with other governmental and voluntary institutions and organizations engaged in similar efforts, in order to unify and coordinate scientific efforts, encourage joint planning, and promote the interchange of data and reports among investigators in the field of end - stage renal disease.

Also, I have in the past reported the joint account's numbers on my taxes only as I had losses from previous years, do I divide those up now and do voluntary disclosure?

Voluntary Repossession: 4 Strategies to get voluntary and involuntary car repossessions from credit reports.

«Menu Foods, a national manufacturer of canned and pouched wet dog and cat food, has issued a voluntary recall of food manufactured in two of its facilities between Dec. 3, 2006 and March 6, 2007, after receiving reports of illnesses in cats and dogs in the U.S. that became sick from kidney failure after eating the affected products.

Pro Technology's Tony Romm reports that the DHS proposal, which was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, would ask for voluntary disclosure from foreign travelers — including those arriving through the Visa Waiver program — and «follows months of calls on Capitol Hill for greater scrutiny of foreign visitors» social media accounts.»

67 % of respondents reported positive and tangible business benefits from their voluntary offset programme, ranging from reductions in energy consumption and costs, to market differentiation, winning new business and client retention, to employee engagement.

We're pleased to report that new offset projects are already in the development pipeline utilizing the four new voluntary carbon offset methodologies approved by ACR in 2012 including a first - of - akind methodology for emissions reductions from

We're pleased to report that new offset projects are already in the development pipeline utilizing the four new voluntary carbon offset methodologies approved by ACR in 2012 including a first - of - akind methodology for emissions reductions from Restoration of Degraded Deltaic Wetlands, a rigorous and pragmatic methodology for Reduced Use of Fertilizer on Agricultural Crops, a ground - breaking methodology for Truck Stop Electrification that offers air quality co-benefits, and long - awaited REDD methodology modules.

«The absence of these North American transactions from our report is a win, not a loss, for the voluntary offset markets,» said Ecosystem Marketplace Director Molly Peters - Stanley.

Reporting from Washington — The United States, China and dozens of other countries accounting for nearly 80 % of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have signed onto a voluntary agreement to curb climate change.

Most of the surface sea teperatures reported to the National Weather Service, NOAA, Dept. of Commerce, United States originated from voluntary ship observing program / s.

[7] Thousands of scientists and other experts contribute (on a voluntary basis, without payment from the IPCC)[8] to writing and reviewing reports, which are then reviewed by governments.

Its 400 - page report, published this week following an extensive year - long review, sets out eligibility criteria including that the person is at least 18, has a terminal illness, is making a voluntary choice, has the mental capacity to make that choice, and that their decision is not impaired by a mental health problem such as depression or by pressure from friends or relatives.

For legal benefits arising from voluntary disclosure (ie, disclosure of a wrongdoing committed by the own person reporting the fact), please see question 10.

Rolled out Self - Service Termination Tool for voluntary employee terminations achieving 36 % participation and a reduction of late reports from 22 % to 4 % based on 10 - week roll out.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that voluntary separations from employers are at their highest levels since 2008.

Mandatory programs are more common than voluntary programs: 83 percent of the 512 programs identified by the 2014 Network - CHP Project were mandatory, according to data from a report by Lincoln.