Sentences with phrase «on voluntary»

The effort began with the development of a fact sheet on the voluntary use of what is called cy pres to direct unclaimed class action settlement funds to support civil legal services to the indigent in Wisconsin.

Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA) reached out to industry suppliers and is working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Health Canada and Profeco, the Mexican consumer protection federal agency, on the voluntary recall.

This project is government approved and the participants who take part in it are doing so on a voluntary basis.

Prohibitions on voluntary information disclosures in this context are critical.

Ontario's Environmental Commissioner has expressed concerns that decision - makers rely too heavily on voluntary measures and do not use the mandatory regulatory tools available to them.

An anarchist advocates stateless societies based on voluntary associations.

The pilot programme circumvented the two thirds majority vote under JunHe's partnership agreement and allowed partners to join on a voluntary basis.

The French Ministry of Justice added in an official statement that: «A new phase of experimentation, on a voluntary basis, with other appeal courts will be envisaged.»

It does not introduce a mandatory relocation mechanism, but stipulates in Article 25 that Member States should receive migrants in «a spirit of Community solidarity» on a voluntary basis.

Due to the government's preoccupation with Brexit, the gender pay legislation has failed to live up to its potential as a tool to accurately highlight the real issues and will cause a headache for employers who will need to focus on the voluntary contextual information to put the numbers in context.

The focus has been on voluntary, individual action — fly less, buy solar, turn off the a / c, drive less etc, and if you don't do these things, then you are a hypocrite (this is the argument given my people such as Andrew Bolt e.g. when he criticises Al Gore for flying about).

The U.S. is seeking an agreement based on voluntary reductions in carbon dioxide emissions by each nation.

2007/04/19: CanWest: Canada joins anti-Kyoto bloc This week's announcement by the Canadian government — that it may join a U.S. - led coalition focused on voluntary emissions cuts — could be part of a global shift away from Kyoto's binding targets.

It shows a total of 65 million tonnes of carbon were traded on the voluntary market in 2007, worth a total of $ 331 million.

But Sony Ericsson received poor marks on voluntary take back, use of recycled plastic, and commitment to reduce greenhouse gases.

Because the Federal government seems to be pretending that «no one could have seen this coming,» you might wonder, as we do «What is the waste management industry doing on a voluntary basis» to cope with the coming e-waste deluge?

All the scientists who are involved with it contribute on a voluntary basis.

None of Mr. Pataki's proposals involving mandatory curbs were among the projects described by Dr. Watson, who focused on voluntary plans like inventories of the gases.

The Bank provides funds to farmers who generate carbon credits, which are sold on the voluntary market to generate sustainable income, recapitalize itself and expand farmer participation in the program.

Filipino delegate Yeb Sano went on a voluntary fast until significant progress is made to address climate change and climate finance on the first day of COP 19 while everybody in the plenary hall stood in three minutes silence for the victims of typhoon Haiyan.

[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.

ICAO must therefore make the offset eligibility criteria mandatory meaning that it is the ICAO Council that decides on the eligibility of offsets, not individual countries on a voluntary basis.

Other Parties providing resources are encouraged to communicate biennially such information on a voluntary basis.

* Covers the period when Parties included in Annex I submitted annual submissions on a voluntary basis earlier than required under Article 7, paragraph 3, of the Kyoto Protocol (see decision 22 / CMP.1, paragraph 5).

Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC on a voluntary basis as authors, contributors and reviewers.

The Program, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners, tribes and schools on a voluntary basis to help meet the habitat needs of federal trust species.

Jim Kossin, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, is one of many scientists helping to write the IPCC report on a voluntary basis.

The White House called its approach a crucial step to achieving the ambitious greenhouse - gas emissions targets President Obama announced last November in Beijing, but some environmental advocates said the plan, which relies heavily on voluntary efforts, failed to go far enough.

The company, known for funding climate denial groups, has declared on the voluntary Register that it has spent between $ 200,000 and $ 299,999 ($ 223,634 — $ 335,449 or # 142,464 — # 213,695) on its European lobby efforts in 2014.

Holland emphasized the need to control all forms of pollution through regulatory action, noting that «a problem of such size, complexity and importance can not be dealt with on a voluntary basis.»

[15] The European Council agreed on a voluntary 20 % by 2020 energy savings target.

By strategically applying compost to grasslands, ranchers have the opportunity to generate revenue from environmental stewardship through the sale of emission reductions on voluntary carbon markets.

This guide evaluates the effect of GHG regulations for the power sector on voluntary renewable energy, and vice-versa.

Green Map Hub: To support the growing numbers of locally - led initiatives, there are active regional and national support centers run by experienced Mapmakers, often on a voluntary basis.

First, Paragraph 2 of Article 6 provides that the Parties may engage «on a voluntary basis in cooperative approaches that involve the use of internationally transferred mitigation outcomes [ITMOs] towards nationally determined contributions, promote sustainable development and ensure environmental integrity and transparency, including in governance...» Id.

But the negative consequences of actually exiting, rather than just coming up short on voluntary emissions reduction targets, would be extensive and costly.

A number of countries have adopted collection systems for products still in use based on voluntary agreements (Austrian Federal Government, 2001) or EPR regulations for appliances (Government of Japan, 2002).

For example, credits on voluntary markets like the Chicago Climate Exchange currently trade at an 80 - 90 percent discount to the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

Take carbon prices on the voluntary Chicago Climate Exchange during the 2008 financial crisis, said Nicolas Kosoy, an ecological economist at McGill University in Montreal.

But Ecosystem Marketplace's latest report on the voluntary and compliance markets shows forest carbon projects already having an impact an impact that could multiply if the right policy signals are sent.

19 November 2014 After a long courtship, the most popular carbon standard and the leading co-benefits standard on the voluntary carbon market have taken their relationship to the next level: The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) will now manage the day - to - day operations of the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards.

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Kathleen Connolly, a Roman Catholic living in Florida, is a former member of the Board of Directors of Alternatives, an experienced workshop leader on voluntary simplicity and a contributor to Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?

Still, transaction volumes on the voluntary markets shrank 24 % from 2015 to 2016.

This paper suggests an answer for nations and corporations that want to move ahead of legislation on a voluntary basis.

«We're too many people; that's why we have global warming... on a voluntary basis, everybody in the world's got to pledge to themselves that one child is it.»

That's more than all the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo combined, and it's based only on voluntary markets.

The tribe wants to know how many trees they have and how much they grow from year to year so they can get compensated for carbon sequestration on the voluntary carbon market.

A lot of prominent brands use offsetting, including household names like General Motors, Delta Air Lines, and Microsoft, all of whom were among the top five buyers on the voluntary market in 2014.

The suggested 5 % per year decline can be used as a guideline for responsible action on a voluntary basis.