Sentence examples for voluntary commitments from inspiring English sources

"Voluntary commitments are just that – voluntary commitments," he says.

Today's report highlighted voluntary commitments that it made last summer.

As the negotiations now stand, Google would make a set of voluntary commitments.

The program included some voluntary commitments by companies, as well as requirements.

Instead, the administration sought voluntary commitments from companies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Many large cosmetics companies have made voluntary commitments to phase out microbeads by 2020.

It said in a statement that closing the F.T.C. investigation "with only voluntary commitments from Google is disappointing and premature".

Now a bunch of big businesses is deciding to make voluntary commitments to reduce the gases that their operations emit.

But the UN stresses these are "voluntary commitments [which] seek to be concrete actions" – as yet, there are no guarantees.

While voluntary commitments help to raise the bar, Unison's Johnson believes far more progress could be made through legislation.

And voluntary commitments with no penalties or enforcement will not protect our next generation from cancers or other illnesses.