This document represents a short ‘start here’ level introduction to the ‘Accounting & Reporting the Emissions of Certified Commodities’ suite of guidance documents. This document is specifically aimed at Certificate Holders and potential applicants for certification (henceforth ‘CH/A’) with ISEAL member schemes or other sustainability systems that have or are commencing on a process to align their certification of commodities and chains of custody models with emissions reporting good practices. The CH/A community for each scheme will reflect the nature of the work entailed.
This document is specifically aimed at Oversight and Assurance Providers to ISEAL member schemes or other sustainability systems that have or are commencing on a process to align their certification of commodities and chains of custody models with emissions reporting good practices.
This document represents a short ‘start here’ level introduction to the ‘Accounting & Reporting the emissions of certified commodities’ suite of guidance documents. This document is specifically aimed at ISEAL member schemes or other sustainability systems who have commenced or are considering commencing on a process to align their certification of commodities and chains of custody models with emissions reporting good practices.
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 July 2024 for Community Members to submit expressions of interest for project ideas responding to the theme: Collective action to improve producer and SME resilience and address barriers to sustainable land use and livelihoods improvement 
The ISEAL Innovations Fund launched a call in June 2024 for Community Members to submit expressions of interest for project ideas responding to the theme: Improving livelihoods and economic well-being for small-scale producers, and small and medium enterprises. 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 2023 for Community Members to submit expressions of interest for project ideas responding to opportunities for innovation. The types of grants available in this round were:
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.
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.
Download below the PowerPoint presentation for the Practicalities of EU Deforestation  Regulation (EUDR) Implementation breakfast session  at the ISEAL Global Sustainability Symposium 2024
This document directs public and private sector stakeholders on deriving sustainability information and messages from the data collected on agricultural commodities production.
Between 29 September and 5 October 2021, Helvetas conducted a stakeholder consultation of the project "Sustainable Cocoa Landscapes in San Martin". The consultation was carried out through face-to-face workshops in the different districts of the province. This resulted in the prioritization of social issues to be taken forward by the project. 
This infographic provides a summary on boosting sustainability practice and performance at the landscape level, through Good Water Stewardship project. 
This document summarises the learning from Rainforest Alliance's Hybrid Community-Based Monitoring pilot project. The goal of this 3-year project was to design and develop a Hybrid Community-based Monitoring System (HCMS) that combines GPS and remote sensing with on-the-ground data from the key landscape stakeholders for data management and reporting at a landscape level.
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.