It said the retail industry had already used a range of different techniques, such as introducing bags for life and other offers, to reduce the use of plastic bags which - led by the UK's leading supermarkets - it had done so by at least 25% since signing a voluntary up to a voluntary scheme to do so in 2007.
The federal mandate transformed a voluntary expense into a compulsory one, increasing demand exponentially.
The Scottish government's draft RPP distinguishes a voluntary approach from a regulatory one when looking at ways to incentivise businesses and the public to take up the environmental changes they propose.
However, U.S. Senators Mike Enzi (Republican--Wyoming) and Byron Dorgan (Democrat--North Dakota) are pushing legislation that would give the SSUTA the backing of federal law, turning a voluntary project into a mandatory one.
What's never explained here is where we might find the regulators in possession of the skills necessary to rein in the sharpest financial minds in the world, and once that's explained, they might enlighten us as to why taxpayers need to support regulators to oversee what is a voluntary transaction between a buyer and the seller.
However, one can make a voluntary disclosure even without a special program.
They hope a voluntary partnership will provide a more workable solution.
To this end we invite Greece, private investors and all parties concerned to develop a voluntary bond exchange with a nominal discount of 50% on notional Greek debt held by private investors.
If observers believe that the lack of a voluntary report indicates that a firm is a below-average performer on some metric, then any firm that is above average will have an incentive to report.
In May Merrill Lynch agreed to replace its mandatory policy with a voluntary one as part of a settlement of a class action sex discrimination suit.
Jim DeMint, a senator from South Carolina, wants his colleagues to adopt a voluntary ban on earmarks, a form of pork-barrel spending particularly reviled by fiscal hawks.
The purpose of such a voluntary disclosure is to avoid a criminal prosecution of the taxpayer, and to bring the taxpayer into tax compliance with a minimum of monetary penalties.
Professors Charlie Trevor and Anthony Nyberg from the University of Wisconsin-Madison decided to examine who could get away with a downsizing programmed or, put differently, what sort of companies did not suffer from a surge in voluntary turnover following a downsizing programmed.
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The club, who have a Company Voluntary Arrangement, had a meeting with their creditors cancelled last Friday.
The covenant is described as "a voluntary statement of mutual support between a civilian community and its service personnel".
The clinic is run on a voluntary basis and charges Western clients a fee for consultation and medicine, in order to provide a free service for the Nepalis.
It also makes employees do an hour of voluntary work a week, helping children and adults with basic reading and arithmetic, running anti-drugs programmes and training people for call-centre work.
Mr Leslie wound up his speech for the Bill by saying it would give charities and voluntary groups a ready source of income if they were to empty bottles and cans.
Going forward the bank should actually apply the Equator Principles, a voluntary credit risk management framework with a set of guidelines for environmental and social risk assessment in sustainable project finance activities.
This is partly because in 1997 the new Labour government made metering voluntary: a policy that was bound to fail, because the only people likely to volunteer to have a meter installed are those who think they consume less than average and will receive lower bills.
In return, under a voluntary contract, the farmer would receive a small annual payment or wage.
When all is said and done, an AWC is a voluntary settlement and if Degenhart agreed to a Bar, so be it.
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Newcastle Liberal Democrat Greg Stone, who sits on the transport authority, believes a voluntary agreement with the bus companies offers a better way forward.
The rest present them as a voluntary secondary security option in lieu of a pat-down, which is protocol for those who've repeatedly set off the metal detector or have been randomly selected for additional screening.
Going to court to get a voluntary increase approved does seem like kind of a waste, but it is probably the way to go.
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While Paulson has tried to portray the Treasury's decision to buy stakes in banks as a voluntary program, there has been more than a little arm-twisting behind the scenes.
Since moving to Asia nearly 14 years ago, obligatory family visits to a gritty city have turned into voluntary trips to a place where I can count on a relaxing weekend spent browsing bookstores and eating good food.
Also in May, United Parcel Service implemented a voluntary program for roughly 65, 000 employees after a year-long pilot.
SPARC, a voluntary organisation that has begun redeveloping small sites on a piecemeal basis in collaboration with residents.
The banking community would provide the funding, based on a voluntary basis (banks willing to participate) or a community-wide mechanism.
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