Funded by the Ford Foundation, the Demonstrating and Improving Poverty Impacts Project (DIPI) seeks to develop the contribution that certification systems can make to poverty alleviation and pro-poor development.

Joshua Wickerham, ISEAL Policy & Outreach Manager, discusses the insights from a new white paper on the systemic impacts of voluntary sustainability standards. In recent years, understanding of the impacts of sustainability standards has been increasing. ISEAL members have invested significantly in...

As corporate claims about their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) multiply, distinguishing credible action from ‘SDG-washing’ becomes more important. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) is one initiative providing clarity by ranking companies on their SDG performance. ISEAL...

ISEAL’s fund to support innovations that help to future-proof sustainability standards is in a position to make grants totalling around CHF 5 million by mid-2020. The fund has supported a variety of projects with continued funding from SECO, UKaid, The David and Lucille Packard Foundation and the...