Sentence examples for council certification from inspiring English sources
Two communities in Tanzania obtained the first Forest Stewardship Council certification for African forests in April.
DRHorton Homes, one of the largest home builders in the nation, for example, is seeking council certification for every unit in a 100-home subdivision in Sacramento.
Susan Forsell, McDonald's vice president for sustainability, said that under the company's own in-house sustainable fisheries program, which began 10 years ago, 100 percent of McDonald's fish is already purchased from fisheries that have received stewardship council certification.
Likewise, we rely on Forest Stewardship Council certification, which makes sure that the trees we use for our shoes are harvested ethically.
The nonprofit also intends to work with owners of another 300,000 acres to obtain the forestry council's certification.
The United States Green Building Council's certification program is five years old with 231 certified buildings, according to Taryn Holowka, a spokeswoman for the council.
Without the council's certification of Tasmania's forest management practices, foreign markets spooked by the bad old days could stay out of reach.
The World Wildlife Fund already has successfully worked with Chinese forest owners to get the forestry council's certification for about 6.68m acres, Cesareo said.
Mr. Izhakoff said the council's certification proposal, ensuring that diamonds reaching the markets were exported under strict controls, was intended "to create a conflict-free rough diamond zone" that would affect the entire business.
Water quality will be monitored at certified beaches, he said, and if they no longer meet E.P.A. standards, the Blue Wave flag that designates the council's certification must be taken down.
The World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development, an independent international body assembled after the 1992 earth summit in Rio, has recommended a raft of multilateral measures to conserve forests, from the establishment of a "forest security council" to certification of wood products derived legally from "sustainable" forests.
