Sentences with phrase «on voluntary reports»

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«There is no evidence to warrant an about - turn, but plenty of evidence to show the voluntary regime is working, as each and every month the percentage of women on FTSE boards increases,» the report says.

There are regional differences in health plan rates and adoption, but voluntary benefit adoption throughout the country is on the rise, according to a new report.

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.

MLA reports on all completed or terminated R&D projects that have been funded by any combination of producer / processor levies, voluntary contributions via the MLA Donor Company and Commonwealth funds.

Finally, we collected data on a voluntary basis and all nutrient composition data were self - reported by the food manufacturers.

Things are less than sweet for biscuit maker Byron Bay Cookie Company, with voluntary administrators appointed to the company on Friday and unconfirmed reports of job losses.

A coalition of campaigning organisations, known as the Nestlé Critics, submitted a report to the UN Global Compact Office regarding the last Creating Shared Value report in 2009 as this voluntary corporate responsibility initiative posts the reports on its website and has even taken part in joint events with Nestlé.

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.

First, over the next year, each Labour spending team will prepare a report on Public Service Reform and Re-Design setting out how we deliver better public services with less money, involving employees, charities, and the voluntary sector in our deliberations, as well as business and public providers.

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.

Budget gaps in coming fiscal years could run as high as $ 3.4 billion without a voluntary 2 percent cap on spending increases in the state budget, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office found in a report released Monday.

The passage of a state budget that includes a voluntary 2 percent spending cap is a «credit positive» for New York, Moody's Investors Service found in a report released on Friday.

Labour siezed on the report as proof that the government needed to launch a comprehensive review on the impact of their plans on charities and local voluntary organisations.

General secretary Iain McNicol reported on finances, and the NEC recorded thanks to staff leaving through voluntary severance.

Although the FDA collects safety data on drugs, experts estimate that only a fraction of the potentially related harms and deaths — about 10 to 50 percent — end up in FDA databases, in part because reporting is voluntary.

Emissions are on the rise in Georgia, along with several other states that had adopted a voluntary reporting policy, the analysis showed.

Parties also decided that the intersessional sessions of the CRIC taking place after January 2018 will focus on reviewing the reporting and national voluntary Land Degradation Neutrality target - setting exercise.

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.

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.

And its voluntary reading; students can choose to — or not to — report in - class on the reading theyve done.

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).

Third, no effort was made to ensure inter-rater reliability since field tests were performed and reported on a voluntary basis and without rater training.

The high school dataset used for this report is based on a voluntary sample and is not a nationally representative sample of schools or of high school graduates.

But now, as we move to the next level of accountability, this reform «miracle» is being called into question by discrepancies leading to allegations of fraud in dropout reporting as well as the preliminary results of the new, more rigorous, Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test, which, depending on your perspective, reflect either a lack of true student achievement progress in many areas or a backsliding in progress previously reported.Recently, this debate was sharpened with the release of the results in five major U. S. cities of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests, in which Houston participated on a voluntary basis, and the results were mixed at best.

This report provides county - by - county data on the availability of voluntary home visiting programs in California, as well as several estimates of the need for these programs.

Our study assumes that a prospective universal preschool would take the form of a voluntary, high - quality, publicly funded prekindergarten program that is modeled on the Chicago Child - Parent Center program, described in detail earlier in our report.

Participating car buyers / lessees also will be asked by dealers to complete, on a voluntary basis, an anonymous survey about the Program for use in reporting to Congress on the efficacy of the Program, as mandated by the CARS statute.

MAP - 21 (Section 31208) provides that the Secretary may issue regulations that condition the importation of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment on the manufacturer's compliance with 1) requirements to provide information allowing NHTSA to better track those products once they enter U.S. commerce, 2) statutory prohibitions on the importation of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment that do not comply with an applicable FMVSS or contain a safety - related defect, 3) requirements for the provision of reports and records required to be maintained with respect to those vehicles or equipment under the Safety Act, 4) a request by NHTSA to inspect premises, a vehicle or equipment to carry out the purposes of the Safety Act, 5) an order or voluntary agreement to remedy the vehicle or equipment, or 6) any rules implementing these requirements.

They include international instruments such as treaties and declarations; nationally based standards such as constitutional provisions and national laws; certification schemes such as the Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production (WRAP); and voluntary initiatives that are adopted by businesses on a voluntary basis (Report 4).

Teleread reports on the fact that REDgroup Retail, owner of 3 big bookstore chains (Borders Australia, Angus & Robertson Australia, Whitcoulls New Zealand), has been placed into voluntary administration.

This post will discuss more of the differences between voluntary surrender of a home to a lender and letting a house go into foreclosure, what happens when you file for bankruptcy instead of opting for foreclosure, and how long either a foreclosure or bankruptcy discharge will stay on your credit report.

Credit reporting is 100 % voluntary and anything that can be placed on it can be removed at any time.

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?

Credit Inquiries: when you apply for credit and the lender performs a «hard» pull of your credit report, it will appear on your credit report as a «voluntary» or «hard» inquiry.

On the research side, he is involved in financial accounting and reporting, value relevance of accounting information, forecasts, regulation impact, companies» valuation, and voluntary disclosures.

The reports were based on voluntary self - reporting to FDA by veterinarians and owners whose dogs suffered adverse drug experiences (ADEs) to ProHeart ® 6 (which contains the drug moxidectin) as well as the mandatory reporting of adverse events by Fort Dodge Animal Health.

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.»

He reports on a new «voluntary carbon standard» intended by its developers to increase confidence that a ton of avoided climate - warming emissions is real.

Demand for carbon offsets on the voluntary market grew 14 % last year to 87 million offsets, according to Ecosystem Marketplace's Ahead of the Curve: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2015 report, released last week.

The current text therefore reiterates the existing commitment, adding that «we will endeavour to make further progress in moving forward this commitment», encouraging all G20 members to initiate a voluntary peer review as soon as feasible, and noting the OECD / IEA progress report on the peer review process and facilitation of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies phase out.

Virtually all of the activity documented in the report took place in the voluntary markets, while most media coverage of carbon trading has focused on the European Union's top - down Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) that was initiated to handle credits and offsets generated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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.

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.

In April 2016, the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - Related Financial Disclosures published a report on Phase I of their year - long process to «develop voluntary, consistent climate - related financial risk disclosures for use by companies in providing information to investors, lenders, insurers, and other stakeholders.

Another benefit of voluntary reporting is that companies can get involved in the protocol development process early on.

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.

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.

[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.

In addition, we strongly support efforts to rationalize and phase - out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, and to continue voluntary reporting on progress.