Sentences with phrase «voluntary action by»

The Commission has been encouraging voluntary action by the industry to remove illegal content online through initiatives such as the Code of Conduct on Illegal Hate Speech Online and the EU Internet Forum.

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), urged voluntary action by businesses and individuals to avoid catastrophic climate change: «It is going to require action today and tomorrow and everyone needs to get on board from governments and corporations to cities, regions and individuals.»

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.

The government's measures, centred on the sugar tax announced by George Osborne in March, rely on voluntary action by the food and drink industry and are shorn of any restrictions on junk food marketing and advertising.

The main criticisms of the government's measures have largely centred on the voluntary action by the food and drink industry and the absence of any restrictions on junk food marketing and advertising.

I don't know of a good way to isolate and measure the effects of voluntary actions by local and regional institutions to address climate change, but they shouldn't be ignored.

Not exact matches

The voluntary decision by automakers to introduce highly advanced — and costly — safety technology speaks to the accelerating pace of development toward self - driving cars, which take over many decisions and actions once the exclusive province of the driver.

«Rationality and coherence of action no longer depend on personal reflection or voluntary decision by the individual but on his integration into the objecçive and collective planning which governs his actions.».?

I, for one, feel that the recent court actions upholding a ban on student - conducted, voluntary religious meetings on school property before or after regular class hours serve unnecessarily to arouse animosity and motivate people to tamper with the Constitution by pushing for a prayer amendment.

This transcendence is palpably demonstrated by the voluntary exercise of the will in making decisions and directing the body's actions.

Persuasion in this sense consists in communicating information about the advantages of a certain course of action to gain strength of beauty from natural consequences unmanipulated by the voluntary action of other people.

My final conclusion is that there is real satisfaction in a philosophy which can bring under a common viewpoint the vast body of secondary but verifiable knowledge of the external world which constitutes science, with its necessarily deterministic and probabilistic interpretations, and the primary but private knowledge which each of us has of his own stream of consciousness, more or less continually directed toward the finding of an acceptable course through the difficulties of the external world by means of voluntary actions.

All our voluntary thinking is guided by such dominant ideas, when we want to solve a problem or plan an action.

The Kraft Heinz PAC, the company's political action committee, is funded by voluntary contributions from eligible employees and shareholders.

The move by the Premier League seems forced, something that will not have the symbolism or the impact of the voluntary actions of the people at Wembley Stadium earlier in the week.

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:

But it won't be achieved without a drastic shift in the world's economic structures, That shift can't be made by voluntary action or market mechanisms alone, though both have a part to play.

Refugee Action, which facilitates the assisted voluntary return program, was outraged by the decision to restart removals to Somalia.

The report warned the voluntary sector as it currently exists is being endangered by the government's actions, however.

And, notes Richard Denison, senior scientist at Environmental Defense Fund, many other PFC compounds not covered by the EPA actions or voluntary phaseouts are currently used — including in food packaging — that raise similar environmental health concerns.

Whether free will has some ontological reality or is entirely an illusion, as asserted forcefully by Wegner's masterful monograph, does not invalidate the observation that voluntary actions are usually accompanied by subjective, ephemeral feelings that are nonetheless as real as anything else to the person who experiences them.

If endorsed by System 2, impressions and intuitions turn into beliefs, and impulses turn into voluntary actions.

The researchers found in a study that when punitive measures from regulatory agencies were followed by help from business support organizations, companies were more likely to stick to voluntary improvement projects than when these projects were followed by punitive regulatory actions, said Suvrat S. Dhanorkar, assistant professor of supply change management, Penn State.

Task force member Gary Holahan, deputy director of NRC's Office of New Reactors, said yesterday that the group concluded that action was needed to remedy the kinds of inconsistent performance by nuclear plant operators where safety measures covering extreme hazards were covered by voluntary guidelines.

The joint survey by the NEU and the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) also reveals the extent to which schools are stepping in to fill the gaps left by the cuts to statutory services and voluntary and community organisations.

Four of his overseas» benchmark» examples have national education systems, run by the central government, and he seems at ease with America moving in that direction, not just via voluntary comings - together of states (e.g. the Common Core) but also through forceful actions by Uncle Sam.

ACT For TCTA is the political action committee (PAC) of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association and is funded through voluntary donations made by TCTA members.

(d) In the case of an alleged act or practice prohibited by this title which occurs in a State, or political subdivision of a State, which has no State or local law prohibiting such act or practice, a civil action may be brought under subsection (a): Provided, That the court may refer the matter to the Community Relations Service established by title X of this Act for as long as the court believes there is a reasonable possibility of obtaining voluntary compliance, but for not more than sixty days: Provided further, That upon expiration of such sixty - day period, the court may extend such period for an additional period, not to exceed a cumulative total of one hundred and twenty days, if it believes there then exists a reasonable possibility of securing voluntary compliance.

This comprehensive approach includes immediate and long - term steps such as: launching «Operation Classification» in the Bakken region to verify that crude oil is being properly classified; issuing safety advisories, alerts, emergency orders and regulatory updates; conducting special inspections; moving forward with a rulemaking to enhance tank car standards; and reaching agreement with railroad companies on a series of immediate voluntary actions they can take by reducing speeds, increasing inspections, using new brake technology and investing in first responder training.

In some cases our officers gain voluntary compliance by educating pet guardians about their responsibilities and proper pet care; in other situations it may warrant administrative action and / or an arrest and criminal prosecution.

When an entire Roski MFA class withdrew in May of 2015, Dean Erica Muhl undermined the potency of their action by recasting it to the media as a «voluntary leave» that she had granted.

In contrast, efforts to reduce vehicle oil consumption were put in the deep freeze from the Reagan administration until the end of the George W. Bush administration and the approach to CO2 was limited to calls for voluntary actions — calls that went unneeded by the auto industry.

This brief discusses two distinct forms of these measures: voluntary programmes that drive action by businesses, and government shareholder influence over state - owned enterprises.

Whereas in Copenhagen there was an effort to browbeat countries into accepting targets for reducing carbon emissions, Paris is about collecting voluntary plans for action drafted by individual countries.

Parties also decided to accelerate activities under the workplan on enhancing mitigation ambition in accordance with decision 1 / CP.17, paragraphs 7 and 8, by, inter alia, intensifying, as from 2014, the technical examination of opportunities for actions with high mitigation potential, including those with adaptation and sustainable development co-benefits, with a focus on the implementation of policies, practices and technologies that are substantial, scalable and replicable, with a view to promoting voluntary cooperation on concrete actions in relation to identified mitigation opportunities in accordance with nationally defined development priorities.

The good news is that by taking voluntary action now to measure, manage and reduce their impacts, there are huge opportunities for brands to stand out from the crowd.»

Individual actions will play a huge role in this, but they won't be voluntary actions driven by the desire to do good.

But since all action by participating Nations is voluntary, the US can say «we're doing nothing.»

When China announced its carbon intensity targets (see previous post «China to adopt «binding» goal to reduce CO2 emissions per unit GDP by 40 to 45 % of 2005 levels by 2020 «-RRB-, it was careful to make clear that it was an «autonomous action» (some translated this as «voluntary action»).

Additional voluntary quantification methodologies eligible for early action may be added to the list by ARB upon adoption of new compliance offset protocols.

First, it makes voluntary action to reduce emissions ineffectual, since this just lowers the cost of emissions permits (I thought this had been fixed by the changes announced in March, but I was wrong on this point).

Early action offset credits issued by an approved EAOP under ARB approved voluntary quantification methodologies and that meet regulatory requirements, including regulatory verification, may be converted to ARB offset credits.

[3] This estimated was calculated by the UNFCCC Secretariat and documented in their Preliminary Assessment of pledges made by Annex 1 Parties and voluntary actions and policy goals by a number of non-Annex 1 Parties.

The time is right for companies around the world to demonstrate leadership on climate action by aligning corporate voluntary greenhouse gas reduction targets with climate science.

«Outcomes are expected to include: a political declaration on pollution, linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); resolutions and decisions adopted by Member States to address specific dimensions of pollution; voluntary commitments by governments, private sector entities and civil society organizations to clean up the planet; and the Clean Planet Pledge, a collection of individual commitments to take personal action to end pollution in all its forms.»

A political declaration, paired with «voluntary commitments by governments» and «individual commitments to take personal action»?

The agreement is built on country - by - country statements of voluntary action, rather than the kind of top - down target - setting that characterised the Kyoto Protocol.

In November 2015, the Ombudsman dismissed a complaint by a pensioner about the actions of the scheme administrator and trustees in seeking to recover overpaid pension and failing to put one of his additional voluntary contribution (AVC) funds into payment on time.

The media coverage prompted voluntary changes by the private - party Google, and spurned and investigation and action by public law enforcement.

The vast majority of wrongful dismissal actions are resolved by voluntary settlements between the employer and employee before reaching trial.