Sentences with phrase «voluntary industry»

How can this be regulated, and should it be a case for voluntary industry standards, government legislation, or a combination of the two?

In addition, the data were assessed against voluntary industry codes, the information contained in industry reports of breaches, and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating [12].

The government is understood to be preparing its own code of conduct, which it could impose on all parties if voluntary industry negotiations fail.

It also has been discovered in some inexpensive children's jewelry, prompting new voluntary industry standards last fall.

The nation relies increasingly on voluntary industry standards, such as LEED and Energy Star, but far too little is known about who participates in the programs, how to improve participation rates, and whether the programs deliver the kinds of returns they promise.

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.

Regardless, Zetsche favors voluntary industry agreements «which support the introduction of lower fuel consumption or more environmentally friendly technologies,» as well as a federal ban on sulfur in fuel and tax incentives for buying hybrid vehicles.

When advertising and marketing our products, we adhere to standards established by the Beer Institute and by the Brewers Association, two trade organizations that set voluntary industry standards.

The AVF is a non-profit organization that relies on voluntary industry support for research funding.

Youth sport marketing is a key part of food and beverage marketing strategies, and voluntary industry guidelines may actually encourage food and beverage companies to associate those products with health and fitness activities such as youth sport (61).

The OHS acknowledges that fur farming is a legal activity and recommends that at a minimum, it is done in a manner consistent with voluntary industry codes of practice on the care, handling and slaughter of animals.

and voluntary industry efforts like the Disney junk food ad ban, I've also acknowledged the weakness of the former and the frequent corporate abuses of voluntary schemes like the latter.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today's voluntary industry agreements in support of the Bush Administration's climate change policy allow carbon dioxide emissions to keep increasing indefinitely.

Colgate not only meets, but exceeds all government safety standards and we were instrumental in establishing additional, voluntary industry standards to keep babies safe.

The American Vineyard Foundation would like to thank the following Board members for their voluntary industry service to support and promote viticulture & enology research.

The SVI is a voluntary industry initiative, which aims to promote the long - term stable supply of high quality, safe, natural vanilla, produced in a socially, environmentally and economically sustainable way.

The Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes - Food and Grocery) Regulation 2015 (Regulation) provides for the Food and Grocery Code1 (the Code), a voluntary industry code for the food and grocery sector made under the Act.

This regulation provides for the Food and Grocery Code, a voluntary industry code for the food and grocery sector.

In it, I described how a voluntary industry program to rein in children's food and... [Continue reading]

Standards have a daily impact on the work and safety of almost every research lab in America, as evidenced by these voluntary industry standards:

In May, 2015, Advertising Standards Canada, a voluntary industry group that does not enforce its decisions other than through public suasion ruled, following 96 public complaints, that two Friends of Science billboards in Montreal stating: «The Sun is the Main Driver of Climate Change.

In India, WRI has worked since 2013 with The Energy and Resources Institute and the Confederation of Indian Industry to convene and support the India GHG Program (IGHGP), a voluntary industry - led partnership of over 50 large companies committed to measuring and managing their GHG emissions.