The state of Maryland plans to hold hearings on adopting voluntary safety standards on crib bumper pads. Officials had been discussing a ban on bumper pads that line the inside of cribs, but The ...

With government regulation of the consumer financial services industry on the wane, can self-regulation help fill the void? Earlier this month, the nonprofit Financial Health Network released a set of ...

(Reuters) - The financial services industry should adopt voluntary standards to help restore trust in banks and create a "third way" between self-regulation and over-regulation from authorities, an ...

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it launched a voluntary Philippine National Standard (PNS) for the parol, the ...

Orthongel, the French organization representing frozen and deep-frozen tuna producers, has announced the release of a voluntary standard designed to promote sustainable and responsible fishing ...