Sentences with phrase «voluntary industry standards»

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

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

Not exact matches

To do this they can choose from a range of potential tactics such as: more transparent reporting; shifts in R&D or asset reorganisation to capture expected future opportunities or to shed perceived liabilities; changes in regulatory approach; and, at an industry level, development and deployment of voluntary standards of behaviour.

The voluntary program, created by two industry trade groups, sets minimum standards for wineries and vineyards that want to tout their green accomplishments to consumers.

The PIRSA grants are dollar for dollar voluntary contribution grants, and their purpose is to offer «support in assisting food and beverage businesses and industry associations to help attain industry standard third - party certifications that will support achievement of either or both of the following aims: (a) accessing new or higher value markets for product, or (b) contributing to premium positioning and achieving superior prices for products.»

The toy industry has a voluntary, but not enforceable, standard to reduce contamination to no more than 25 parts per million.

The standards are voluntary and will not replace in - house training, apprenticeships or qualifications, but will support training and development towards a consistent standard for the industry.

In particular, ASTM International, an organization that works with industry and regulators to develop voluntary standards for everything from concrete to cribs, is finalizing sling safety standards.

The industry has banded together under the auspices of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association to establish voluntary safety standards for baby products that have been coupled with mandatory and voluntary standards of the CPSC.

The U.S. computer industry has responded by adopting a voluntary program called Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) that is designed to provide standards for greener computers as well as to keep discarded electronics out of landfills, where the majority end up.

While there are no required industry standards for labeling a yogurt as «probiotic,» a commonly adopted voluntary standard in the industry is at least 1,000,000 living bacteria per gram of yogurt.

These voluntary skill standards will be developed by industry in full partnership with education, labor, and community - based organizations, and will be flexible, portable, and continuously updated and improved.

As part of our effort to work with industry leaders on best practices, PIJAC and small animal care experts launched Small Animal Care voluntary standards.

The Pet Leadership Council (PLC), an organization comprised of pet industry leaders, animal welfare advocates, veterinarians, and academia, is announcing its support for Canine Care Certified, a new national, voluntary program that sets rigorous, science - based standards for professional breeders.»

GREENWICH, CT - «The Pet Leadership Council (PLC), an organization comprised of pet industry leaders, animal welfare advocates, veterinarians, and academia, is announcing its support for Canine Care Certified, a new national, voluntary program that sets rigorous, science - based standards for professional breeders.»

Further, voluntary commitment to the AAHA Standards and the Accreditation Program demonstrates that the practice has chosen to have itself measured by an outside organization against the most rigorous published standards in the industry.

Because participating with the AAHA Standards and the Accreditation Program is voluntary, practices that earn AAHA certification have enough confidence in the level of their care to welcome measurement from an outside organization against the most rigorous published standards in the industry.

With the support of dog breeders, pet industry representatives, animal health and welfare experts, and other key stakeholders, the researchers are developing and testing voluntary standards for the care and well - being of dogs in commercial breeding facilities.

Following a successful roll out at SuperZoo in July, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council's (PIJAC) Small Animal Care Committee has been working on distributing the first voluntary standards for this part of the industry and creating uniform standards for shipping small mammals and rIndustry Joint Advisory Council's (PIJAC) Small Animal Care Committee has been working on distributing the first voluntary standards for this part of the industry and creating uniform standards for shipping small mammals and rindustry and creating uniform standards for shipping small mammals and reptiles.

New Hartford Animal Hospital's voluntary commitment to the AAHA Standards and the Accreditation Program demonstrates that our practice has chosen to be measured by an outside organization against the most rigorous published standards in the industry.

The challenge is articulating comprehensive, well - defined standards on which the breeder industry agrees (and has input on), and encouraging voluntary compliance throughout the industry.

By adopting voluntary standards throughout the industry, we will protect the animals entrusted in our care, challenge the small minority of substandard breeding facilities to raise their standards of care, and ensure consumers have reliable choices.

Developments in international policy, new standards and the promise of future demand from the aviation industry are pushing the voluntary carbon market forward, the top firms in Environmental Finance's 2017 rankings say

The International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) is a not - for - profit alliance of leading carbon reduction and offset providers that provides leadership and a unified voice advocating for rigorous industry standards for the voluntary carbon market.

And of course, there is little regulation of this; According to AP, «under pressure from the industry, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2012 issued voluntary safety guidelines to automakers for dashboard technology instead of enforceable safety standards.»

By the ACF's figures, the average Aussie driver could save $ 1,000 a year, if they drove a car that managed a fuel efficiency standard of 6.8 L / 100 km [34.6 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- but they observe that only one Australian manufactured car model had an efficiency of less than 10L / 100 km [23.5 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- in 2006, so they don't hold out much hope for voluntary agreements with the car industry as likely to bear much fruit.

EPA and DOE work closely to share data and analyses, synchronize timing, and coordinate requests to industry in the development of both the voluntary ENERGY STAR specifications and the DOE minimum efficiency standards.

Hence, if the European legislator sets the legal so - called «essential requirements», which all economic operators have to meet — whether they are using harmonised standards or not — to ensure free circulation of their products on the Single Market, it leaves to CEN, CENELEC or ETSI (i.e. the recognised European standardization organizations (ESOs)-RRB- to develop voluntary standards that can give technical solutions, accepted by the relevant industry, to ensure compliance with these essential requirements.

Guided a manufacturer and international importer through a fast track voluntary recall with the CPSC Office of Compliance for two lines of furniture which were found to be non-compliant with industry tip - over standards.

LEDES Oversight Committee (LOC) The LEDES ™ (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard) Oversight Committee (LOC) is an international, voluntary, not - for - profit organization comprised of legal industry representatives and is charged with creating and maintaining open standard formats for the electronic exchange of billing and other information between corporations and laStandard) Oversight Committee (LOC) is an international, voluntary, not - for - profit organization comprised of legal industry representatives and is charged with creating and maintaining open standard formats for the electronic exchange of billing and other information between corporations and lastandard formats for the electronic exchange of billing and other information between corporations and law firms.

When these cases are taken into account, the adjusted response rate is 35.78 %, which is respectable by academic and industry standards.32 As with all surveys, questionnaire completion was voluntary, anonymous, and subject to self - selection bias.

The LEDES ™ (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard) Oversight Committee («LOC») is an international, voluntary, not - for - profit organization comprised of legal industry representatives and is charged with creating and maintaining open standard formats for the electronic exchange of billing and other information between corporations and laStandard) Oversight Committee («LOC») is an international, voluntary, not - for - profit organization comprised of legal industry representatives and is charged with creating and maintaining open standard formats for the electronic exchange of billing and other information between corporations and lastandard formats for the electronic exchange of billing and other information between corporations and law firms.

RESO develops, promotes and maintains, through an open process, voluntary electronic commerce standards for the real estate industry.