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Old Blue Eyes may have sung “There’s an awful lot of coffee in Brazil” in 1946 but it is as true today as it was then. According to the latest figures from the ICO (International Coffee Organization...

The United States Treasury and Brazil have signed an agreement converting $21m of Brazilian debt into a fund to protect three tropical ecosystems. Brazil will use the money for activities to conserve...

Roberto Smeraldi is one of Brazil’s leading environmentalists. Co-founder and director of Amigos da Terra - Amazônia Brasileira he talks in this interview about the need for innovation in...

The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) has released a new standard for sustainable practices for cattle farming in Africa, Asia/Oceania and Latin America. The SAN Standard for Sustainable Cattle...

If you haven’t registered for the ISEAL Alliance Conference 2010, this week is your last chance to sign up. We already have an envious roster of delegate experts in the world of voluntary standards....

Jeff Morgan is the Director of Global Programs for Mars, Incorporated, he is joining us for the ISEAL Conference on 22 June to discuss the future of standard systems in 2020.  Coincidentally,...

The following article is an excerpt from The Ecological Wealth of Nations, a report released recently by ISEAL member Global Footprint Network. The report demonstrates the growing need for nations to...

Last year the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) published their book - Net Benefits – in which all the fisheries certified in the last ten years talked about their commitment to sustainability, the...

ISEAL member GoodWeave has prevented thousands of children losing their youth and health in the small carpet factories of India. Its concern with healthcare has recently brought it into contact with...

St Mary’s University College, LondonCertification is increasing. Ecolabels appear with ever greater frequency. But what does that mean to you or your organisation?ISEAL is the global authority on...

ISEAL member SAI (Social Accountability International) advances the human rights of workers by promoting ethical working conditions, labour rights and corporate social responsibility through...

A recent survey by ISEAL’s partner Solidaridad shows that India’s burgeoning middle class is increasing not just its consumption but its ethical consumption of tea and coffee. The Consumer...

After the physical assets of a company are taken into account (offices, factories, merchandise of the company itself) a company’s brand often represents more than 50 per cent of the value of...

Around 5.7 million children work in the Caribbean and Latin America, according to the ILO. Girls do domestic chores while boys work in agriculture - work that can involve razor-sharp tools,...

Received wisdom has long dictated that the average punter wandering into a store will find the melange of certification labels on produce, clothes and furniture a tad confusing. But research...

Do labelling and certification systems provide consumers with an effective way to identify investments that make both money and make a difference? If so, what is needed and what can be achieved...

Amos Bien has been a name to reckon with in sustainable tourism for more than 25 years. He’s a New Yorker who embraced the rainforest of Costa Rica founding Rara Avis, the first company in Costa...

Jeff Swenerton, Communications Director of renewable energy certifiers CRS offers the stark choice between a future dominated by coal or renewables There’s no single solution to solving the climate...

As Fairtrade Fortnight winds up, it’s worth having a look at how a small change has made a big impact on the lives of those working in the banana plantations of Peru The Valle de Chira in northern...

The ISEAL Alliance is developing a Code of Good Practice for Assessing the Impacts of Social and Environmental Standards Systems (Impacts Code) that will help standards systems to measure the...

Following a year-long consultation, the ISEAL Board approved version 5.0 of the ISEAL Standard-Setting Code in January, coming into force immediately. The new rules strengthen a number of criteria in...

People 4 Earth joins the WWF Aquaculture Dialogues, the World Fair Trade Organization and the Alliance for Water Stewardship as an associate member of the ISEAL Alliance.Transparency is the key to...

The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) and the International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS) have today launched a pilot program that is expected to deliver greater confidence and trust in...

UTZ CERTIFIED offers coffee, tea and cocoa certification programmes and manages traceability for certified palm oil. In September 2008, UTZ joined the ISEAL Alliance as an associate member and in...

International experts in impacts assessment and practitioners in standards systems have contributed more than 150 written contributions to the first formal public consultation on the upcoming ISEAL...