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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) recently reached a landmark agreement on the definition and operationalisation of a living wage,…
The ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Sustainability Systems came into effect on 1 March 2024. It responds to changing demands in the sustainability…
As the world grapples with pressing environmental and social challenges, the importance of sustainable practices has never been clearer. …
Businesses and governments hold a vital stake in addressing adverse human rights impacts, but often struggle to act on remedy. Our new report shows…
To remain effective in the face of a fast-evolving landscape of emerging legislation and stronger calls for sustainability action, sustainability…
Join sustainability change makers for a one-day event that pushes the bar with practical solutions to ensure that new due diligence and reporting…
ISEAL is pleased to announce that Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program has been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We look forward to them…
The world won’t meet its sustainability goals without addressing gender issues – and sustainability standards and similar systems have an important…
ISEAL is looking for a new Chair to steer its Board of Directors. The Board Chair is a great role for someone with a strong commitment to ISEAL’s…
ISEAL is pleased to announce that 4C Services GmbH has been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. As our first member with a certification scheme…
ISEAL is pleased to announce the release of a new joint position paper, which will help companies navigate monitoring and verification of landscape…
Gender equality isn’t just important in its own right. It’s also key to unlocking other impacts that sustainability standards and similar systems are…
Taking sustainability seriously is no longer a nice to have for companies but a must.
The EU’s legislative projects on sustainability are…
New guidance from ISEAL sets out how companies and sustainability systems can credibly communicate about their work on living wages. As corporate…
If your company touches deforestation-risk commodities in Europe, then the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) should be top of your mind. This…
The only way to solve the sustainability challenges that we face today, such as climate change, is through collaboration, collective action and…
The world won’t meet its sustainability goals without addressing gender issues – and sustainability standards and similar systems have an important…
The ISEAL Innovations Fund supports ISEAL members to join forces in exploring new, ambitious solutions to key sustainability challenges. Eight new…
As the world’s sustainability challenges intensify, the demands placed on business have never been greater – from developing science-based net-zero…
The concept of living wages is based on the fundamental principle that workers should earn sufficiently to afford a decent standard of…
With increasing investment being made in landscape and jurisdictional level action, and more needed to address the critical sustainability challenges…
ISEAL has launched a six-week public consultation seeking input into its draft guidance on credible claims in the living wage space. One of ISEAL’s…
Building on last year’s successful suite of training courses, we have launched an updated series covering assurance, and monitoring and evaluation…
Last year was especially significant for ISEAL, as we celebrated 20 years of leading the way on credible practices for sustainability systems.
Much…
Delivering sustainability assurance through effective standards and accredited conformity assessment
Collaboration to promote sustainability assurance through standards and accredited conformity assessment.
ISEAL in collaboration with the…
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are…
Last month, the Living Income Community of Practice, with Living Income Thematic Group of Cote d’Ivoire and IDH, brought together experts from the…
A core tenet of the international human rights system is that when people’s rights are harmed or abused, there must be access to effective remedies.…
As the world’s sustainability challenges intensify, the demands placed on business have never been greater – from developing science-based net-zero…
By mid-2020 it had become obvious that the restrictions limiting movement across the globe in response to the covid-19 pandemic were not fleeting. As…