These include using the IFCs Performance Standard 6 to guide the establishment of corporate biodiversity management systems, setting up IUCN Independent Review Panels to advise and monitor the implementation of these systems, certifying biodiversity management areas under the GDI, using the Biodiversity Offset Standard as needed, and adopting the GRI public reporting guidelines for biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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Steven Baden, the executive director of Residential Energy Services Network, which writes guidelines for home energy audits, says most homes can reduce heating and cooling bills by 30% that way.
The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans released by the Department of Health and Human Services recommends that adults age 18 to 64 engage in at least 2.5 hours of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (brisk walking, biking) or an hour and 15 minutes of vigorous activity (like running) each week.
Under the new guidelines, millions of women will gain access to health care services for free, including well-woman preventative care visits and screenings for gestational diabetes and sexually transmitted infections.
The new guidelines require most private health plans to cover preventive services, including contraception, for women without charging a copay, coinsurance or deductible.
Among the notable guidelines, stated in bold on its terms of service, is that services for Glass must not include any advertisements or charge download fees.
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For many years UNESCO and IFLA have cooperated closely in developing information capacities of UNESCO Member States, in particular in the field of libraries, including information services with a broad scope of projects ranging for example from "Guidelines for Digitization" to "Information Literacy", and from "Preserving the African Documentary Heritage" to "Public and School Libraries in the Caribbean".
Figuring out what I could and should eat, via "Dietary Guidelines for Americans, " published jointly by the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services, meant three hours of slogging through an 84-page downloaded file.
In March Ofcom issued guidelines for net phone firms which stipulated that they must be upfront about the limitations on their services and tell customers what numbers and services they can and cannot call when they sign up.
These guidelines are an important step forward in preventing HIV infection and expanding access to needed HIV services for injection drug users.
The new guidelines - a collaboration between NICE and the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions - stress the need for flexible services to properly address the whole range of needs that a person with MS may encounter.
"BSI is delighted to have had the opportunity to work with the DRC to develop best practice guidelines for commissioning accessible websites, and to help provide disabled people with increased access to information, products and services online, " he said.
Screening guidelines have been controversial for decades, but the issue exploded nearly two years ago when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against routinely providing the screening for women in their 40s.
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