This methodology aims to support national commodity associations and other relevant public bodies to aggregate producer-level data using the Delta indicators to assess and report on the sustainability performance of the commodity’s production at country level.

The Global Living Wage Coalition commissioned the Anker Research Institute and ISEAL to do a needs assessment aimed at gathering stakeholder views on the readiness to advance on living wages for tea workers in Assam and West Bengal. 

An introduction to ISEAL’s Finance Committee, which was established in 2006 to oversee all issues related to the financial management of ISEAL. The Committee reviews for example ISEAL’s quarterly accounts, annual budgets and other issues related to ISEAL’s financial reporting and performance.

An introduction to the Membership Committee, a permanent committee of the ISEAL Board of Directors that is responsible primarily for forming recommendations on new membership applications, deciding on member disputes that may arise as a result of an independent evaluation of Code Compliance, and deciding on appeals decisions of the Secretariat not to recommend ISEAL Community Member status or to suspend or withdraw Code Compliant status.

An introduction to ISEAL’s Technical Committee. The Technical Committee is a permanent sub-committee of the ISEAL Board that is responsible primarily for technical oversight of the ISEAL Codes of Good Practice and other Credibility Tools.

The ISEAL Innovations Fund launched a call in March 2023 for Community Members to submit expressions of interest for impulse and replication grants in March 2023. Please note that the application window is now closed. This public overview explains the type of grants that were available, and the selection process.

The ISEAL Innovations Fund launched a call in October 2023 for ISEAL Community Members and their partners to submit expressions of interest for project ideas responding to either of two thematic calls - focused broadly on due diligence and climate: 1. Sustainability systems as tools to support implementation of effective, fair, and impactful due diligence processes.

The ISEAL Innovations Fund launched a call in July 2023 for Community Members to submit expressions of interest for project ideas responding to the theme: Sustainability systems as tools to support implementation of effective, fair, and impactful due diligence processes.  Please note that the application window is now closed. This public overview explains the type of grants that were available, and the selection process.

The ISEAL Innovations Fund launched a call in March 2024 for Community Members to submit expressions of interest for project ideas responding to the theme: Strengthening the role of sustainability systems in addressing social issues. Please note that the application window is now closed. This public overview explains the type of grants that were available, and the selection process.

This report summarises an assessment of a range of leading metrics that can be used to credibly measure and report on performance over time and across multiple spatial scales. The research focuses on six critical sustainability issues: deforestation, biodiversity, water use, forced labour, poverty, and Greenhouse Gas emissions.

In recent years, we’ve seen a growing interest from sustainability systems in tackling gender inequalities through their schemes. A 2022 ISEAL-CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative scoping study tried to understand how some of ISEAL's Community Members are integrating gender into their schemes. It highlighted the important role systems can play in reducing gender inequalities and improving women's empowerment.

This paper discusses how voluntary sustainability standards and certification schemes can play an important role in this smart mix, in particular in terms of supporting supply chain regulation on deforestation.

This document directs public and private sector stakeholders on deriving sustainability information and messages from the data collected on agricultural commodities production.

A public summary explaining the need for the Infrastructure Sustainability Intelligence Tool (ISIT) the value it brings to infrastructure stakeholders, and its methodology.  ISIT was developed by GIB as part of a project supported by the ISEAL Innovations Fund.