Sentences with phrase «voluntary efforts»

This agreement to reduce beverage calories consumed per person nationally by 20 percent by 2025 is the single - largest voluntary effort by an industry to combat obesity.

Among its areas of focus, the strategy proposes working with farmers on voluntary efforts to provide food, shelter and nesting sites, as well as minimizing pesticide exposure risks.

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

For instance, he said, it might be OK to require online political ads to disclose who paid for them — but then talked up Facebook's own voluntary efforts instead of endorsing an existing bill that would do just that.

Despite the fact that euthanasia of dogs has declined dramatically in the past dozen years through voluntary efforts, the former group often blames breeders for producing too many puppies and proposes breeding restrictions and mandatory sterilization of pets to end the killing in shelters.

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.

That report said if voluntary efforts by industry to clean up its act were unsuccessful, «Congress should enact legislation mandating» a shift in advertising.

C.M. did not show typical signs of maximum voluntary efforts such as changes in posture or use of ancillary muscles;

We can distinguish this maximal voluntary effort into three efforts:

For instance, he said, it might be OK to require online political ads to disclose who paid for them - but then talked up Facebook's own voluntary efforts instead of endorsing an existing bill that would do just that.

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

BTR 2014 is the result of three years of collective voluntary effort to compile evidence on marketing practices by baby food companies around the world.

In addition, the idea that legislatures would take voluntary efforts to integrate schools would have seemed far - fetched at the time of Brown.

The bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) and create a $ 120 million competitive grant program to support new and existing voluntary efforts that promote racial and socioeconomic diversity in schools.

School officials are creating what some say is a first - in - the - nation voluntary effort to offer universal enrollment for students citywide to all of Newark's 71 public schools and 21 public charter schools.

All other options available in the United States, such as debt management, credit counseling, debt settlement, etc. are all voluntary efforts that creditors may or may not participate in.

This is no doubt because the more specific it all is the less likely it will be to get nations to sign on to even voluntary efforts and targets — and when it comes to international environmental conferences the UN needs something it can claim as victory.

Exploring voluntary efforts to help deliver on countries» climate commitments, such as market mechanisms, in a way that promotes sustainable development and environmental integrity.

Relevant voluntary efforts can be blended with related work experience as a part of category heading such as «Related / Relevant Experience.»

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote voluntary efforts to reduce children's lead exposure while at school with:

Both collaborations have depended heavily on voluntary efforts in their development, a good sign of common interest in their aims.

In almost the next breath, however, Zuckerberg steered clear of endorsing a bill that would write such rules into federal law, and instead talked up Facebook's own voluntary efforts on that front.

«This is the single - largest voluntary effort by an industry to help fight obesity and leverages our companies» greatest strengths in marketing, innovation and distribution,» said Susan K. Neely, President and CEO of the American Beverage Association.

In February, the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the two largest U.S. trade associations for grocery manufacturers and retailers, announced a new voluntary effort to standardize date labels on food.

In order for a Power Training to be effective, you need to use the dynamic effort, which means working against a submaximal load (as outline in Power Training Intensity) with a maximum voluntary effort.

Since power is the product of force and velocity, it implies that the effort is always a maximal voluntary effort.

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.

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.

The book includes an incisive essay by William A. Schambra on the contrasts between government and voluntary efforts to renew troubled communities.

This has troubled the consciences of Christians and others in richer countries and the churches have shared in the voluntary efforts to send aid to victims of emergencies and to assist small - scale development projects.

Through some combination of public and voluntary efforts, these people are given subsidized jobs or are otherwise provided with the physical and social necessities of life.

In fact, they are the first major brand to be recognized for its voluntary efforts.

Beverage makers, for example, have touted their voluntary efforts to pull full - calorie sodas from some schools.

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.

Safety is our first priority and through this voluntary effort we urge consumers to immediately obtain and fit the free kit which may be obtained through one of the following methods:

Safety is our first priority and through this voluntary effort we urge consumers to immediately obtain and fit the free kit which may be obtained via the online order form.

«This is not a voluntary effort.

Local democracy relies on the voluntary efforts of a handful of individuals, even in relatively affluent areas.

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.

In fact, the week relies for its success on the voluntary efforts of the RSC's local sections, which are organising many of the events.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a Washington, D.C., based trade group, said it is merely advising prudence: Congress should wait «to see if the voluntary efforts are going to work» before acting, says Jeff Trewitt, a PhRMA spokesperson.

The voluntary effort is in sync with the Obama Administration's push to prepare high school graduates for college or the workplace.

For example, what Kepler scientists are learning about potentially habitable planets, she says, can be easily turned it into a lesson that's aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, a state - led, voluntary effort to improve science instruction in elementary and secondary schools across the country.