"When the economy was in the slumps there would be people lined up around the corner willing to train for certification in home health aide," said Mary Lou Boyle, director for public health nursing for the Suffolk County Public Health Department.
Toby Middleton, MSC programme director for the north-east Atlantic said: "This certification shows what can be achieved when fishermen and their governments work together across international boundaries towards sustainability.
Conflicts over certification are likely to grow in coming years as more companies seek to position themselves as green alternatives in the marketplace, said Scot Case, the markets development director for UL Environment, a branch of the 120-year-old safety certification body UL, the old Underwriters Laboratories.
Debra Wexler, senior communications director for TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project), which partnered with Chicago Public Schools to provide alternative certification after Illinois made the change, disagrees.
"The Geneva seal is a guarantee of durability, longevity and precision," said Julien Marchenoir, marketing director for Vacheron Constantin, a 258-year-old house in Geneva that put its first timepiece through the seal certification process in 1901.
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Most recently Phyllis served as the Director of the Certification Unit for the Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise program.
Ronald Spence Sinclair, managing director, Baseefa Ltd, for serv certification standards.
Richard Cotton, an exercise physiologist and the national director of certification for the American College of Sports Medicine, pronounced Pound more challenging than Drums Alive "because of the core strength and flexibility required to reach the floor".
