Sentences with phrase «voluntary effort by»

A voluntary effort by Michael Mulley, it offers you:

In prior posts I've told you about the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a voluntary effort by the leading food and beverage companies to rein in their marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks to kids.

This is the single - largest voluntary effort by an industry to help fight obesity.

By working to change behavior within these communities, the initiative aims to help reduce beverage calories consumed per person nationally by 20 percent by 2025 — the single - largest voluntary effort by an industry to combat obesity.

Among the new voluntary efforts by pharmaceutical companies to post clinical trial data, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, one of the trade groups behind last week's proposal, will recommend that its members post trial results on a World Health Organization (WHO) global trials database that WHO hopes to establish in July.

Not exact matches

Workplace literacy and essential skills (WLES) strategies can range from as simple as a company supporting an employee's voluntary skills upgrading at a local literacy centre to more sophisticated efforts, such as a custom - made WLES program delivered in - house by staff educators.

The VetFran program is a voluntary effort of International Franchise Association (IFA) member companies to encourage franchise ownership by offering financial incentives to honorably discharged veterans.

It means that voluntary efforts other than those sponsored by the churches themselves must shoulder most of the responsibility for helping the needy.

The proposed voluntary principles are designed to encourage stronger and more meaningful self - regulation by the food industry and to support parents» efforts to get their kids to eat healthier foods.

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food regulations, the new food safety law and the new voluntary guidelines for marketing junk food to children, along with funding for food assistance programs like WIC.

It was announced today that Kerrey, the former president of the New School in New York City, had signed on to the effort to tighten campaign finance laws by introducing a voluntary public matching system similar to New York City and lower contribution limits.

Mr Jones added: «We recognise the tremendous efforts made by the voluntary sector and want to see this continue, however the government must undertake a greater share of the funding for the care of terminally ill patients.»

The Government gave the stores an ultimatum that if they couldn't curb the use of bags by voluntary efforts, they would be forced to act.

HFSP is a voluntary international effort by countries committed to promoting frontier research in the life sciences.

All information contained on this website is provided by the voluntary efforts of individual players and groups working to develop a comprehensive information resource for all Stardew Valley's fans to use and enjoy.

4] and keep repeating the same tone - deaf talking points, mostly just infuriating the skeptics (the enthusiasts are apparently in disbelief that anyone might regard an enterprise driven by two DC associations and backed by federal incentives as anything other than a truly «voluntary» state effort).

The already broad and ambitious efforts of developing countries to build their own clean, climate - resilient futures will be supported by scaled - up finance from developed countries and voluntary contributions from other countries.

(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.

(3) Conduct of a program for spinal cord injury research, to include support of spinal cord injuries projects and demonstrations established pursuant to section 303 (b), which will (A) insure dissemination of research findings among all such centers, (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 spinal cord injury investigators.

«They are clearly committed to doing their very best as evidenced by the hard work and effort they put into this voluntary process.»

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.

On Thursday, the Obama administration announced a «comprehensive approach» to enlist American farmers in a voluntary effort to cut greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen oxides — through programs and incentives designed to reduce fertilizer use, encouraging tree planting, and turn poop into power by capturing methane.

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.

The IPCC should be bypassed by a non-governmental voluntary assessment effort at a minimum and at a maximum dissolved with extreme intellectual prejudice.

Finance, technology and capacity - building support (Art. 9, 10 and 11)-- The Paris Agreement reaffirms the obligations of developed countries to support the efforts of developing country Parties to build clean, climate - resilient futures, while for the first time encouraging voluntary contributions by other Parties.

An in - depth investigation by Reuters describes the dirty details of the onslaught of Big Food lobbying in the wake of an effort by the federal government to improve voluntary guidelines on food marketing to kids.

Several voluntary industry efforts to address these sources are underway, including EPA's plans to expand on the successful Natural Gas STAR Program by launching a new partnership in collaboration with key stakeholders later in 2015.

A voluntary retirement scheme which has recently announced by the CIL management was the result of 8 - 9 years of effort.