The standard will see the introduction of safe, high quality and energy efficient lighting products to the UAE market, as well as the phasing out of low quality, inefficient lighting products. These measures will reduce energy consumption ...
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Efforts to make foods healthier in Australia are failing, and foods continue to contain high amounts of fat, sugar and salt, according to researchers from the George Institute and the University of Sydney. Professor Bruce Neal, from the ...
Tags: improve the nutritional, improving diets, business incentives
A year ago APP declared a permanent end to natural forest?clearance across its entire supply chain through the introduction of its FCP. Covering over 2.6 million hectares of forest concessions, it says the commitment is the largest plan ...
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Textile Exchange (TE) is excited to announce ownership of the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), gifted by The North Face. The standard allows companies to ensure that the down in their products comes from ethically treated geese. The North ...
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The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development Committee reports an updated Code of Practice for the care and handling of pigs in Canada has been agreed to and is now ready for final editing and translation. The ...
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Ahead of the 14th round of onshore oil and gas licensing, environmental firm SLR Consulting has joined forces with leading global law firm, Eversheds, to host a seminar on the key environmental and planning issues associated with Shale Gas ...
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By Sana Moosa As provider organizations mature toward implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), manufacturers of biopharmaceutical products will need to stay abreast of changes, set the stage for innovative partnership, and ...
Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, organised a Security and Vigilance week from November 26 - December 2, 2013, for all its stakeholders, especially employees at the Jojobera plant. The event was inaugurated by ...
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Industry Veterans Bring 360o Insight to Developing Managed Market Solutions for Stakeholders HealthSTAR Communications, a leading healthcare communications company, today announced the formation of HEALTHSTAR Market Access, LLC, a ...
With the defeat of the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), this vast blighted country is poised for a brighter future. But a new US law designed to help the region escape its poverty looks set to do just the opposite. ...
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African-Americans disproportionately affected by generator-related CO poisonings Carbon monoxide (CO) is an invisible killer, and portable gas generators emit a lot of CO. Portable generators were involved in the majority of carbon ...
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Ivanhoe Energy (TSX: IE; NASDAQ: IVAN) announced today that it has learned that the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) intends to develop a new long-term policy for reviewing shallow steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) applications in ...
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In excess of 100 senior representatives from the Irish dairy industry gathered in Dublin today for the launch of Bord Bia's national 'Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme' (SDAS). Delegates heard how the new dairy scheme is fundamental to ...
TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced the start of a binding open season to obtain commitments from interested parties for firm capacity on the Canadian Mainline natural gas transmission system in the ...
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The Natural Stone Council (NSC) and NSF International have developed the first sustainability assessment standard for stone – 'NSC 373 Sustainability Assessment for Natural Dimension Stone.' The standard defines criteria for the ...
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