From its inception last year, the American consortium has excluded foreign-owned companies.

Federal contract rules setting aside money for minority businesses exclude foreign companies.

They also excluded financial companies like real estate investment trusts and closed-end funds.

Mr. Holland said the most effective way of forcing change would be to exclude such companies from the main market indexes.

Many religious-based funds also fall into the category, and they typically use screens to exclude companies that their followers may find offensive.

They set minimum standards for getting a merchant account to exclude fly-by-night companies.

The new version also broadens the exemption for small business by excluding companies with fewer than 100 employees rather than 50.

To ensure the original company alone receives the profits from the sales of consumable, they use a proprietary approach to exclude other companies.

We can exclude companies from participation in our tenders if they have been found guilty of fraud or corruption.

It is not in our interest, honourable Members, to exclude companies from the market.