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New ISEAL research shares insights from 14 global companies on the actions they are taking to ensure workers receive a living wage, the challenges…
The Global Biodiversity Framework, coming out of the CBD COP15 in December last year, has energised actions and commitments to scale up conservation…
Our Technical Committee provides technical oversight to the development and maintenance of our credibility tools, in particular our Credibility…
There is a strong need for a regulatory approach that ensures the substantiation of sustainability claims, but it’s key that this legal framework…
The concept of ‘Living Income’ has grown in popularity as a way to improve livelihoods for smallholders. It goes a step beyond traditional notions of…
Women bear a disproportionate burden of the adverse impacts of climate change. In low- and middle-income countries, women are highly dependent on…
ISEAL is pleased to announce that GLOBALG.A.P. has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be able to bring their…
ISEAL is pleased to announce that Green Seal has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We warmly welcome one of the very first eco-…
ISEAL is very pleased to announce that ResponsibleSteel has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited that they join an…
ISEAL is excited to announce that Swiss Better Gold Association has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. They join a growing and…
ISEAL is delighted to announce that OEKO-TEX® has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. As one of the first two eco-label systems to…
Deforestation is a key driver of the climate and biodiversity crises. With new voluntary and regulatory initiatives in the pipeline, what role can…
ISEAL’s revised Code of Good Practice aims to support sustainability systems to achieve the impact they want – and we want to hear what you think.…
International trade is often overlooked as a driver of global biodiversity loss and climate change.
More than 80 industrial sectors in over 180…
With support from the ISEAL Innovations Fund, ISEAL members have advanced their understanding of how sustainability systems can operate at a…
Since 2016, the ISEAL Innovations Fund has been a launchpad for ISEAL members to join forces to explore new, ambitious ways to boost the impact and…
Read the latest annual report for highlights of our progress towards improving the impacts of ambitious sustainability systems and their partners.…
“Green”. “Eco”. “Good for the planet.” From the supermarket to billboards and websites, we are bombarded with claims about the green credentials of…
Voluntary standards and other sustainability systems are good for people and planet. An ever-growing library of studies provides evidence of…
From fighting poverty to tackling climate change and nature loss, sustainability standards and similar systems are playing a critical role in…
Three new directors have been appointed to ISEAL’s Board, bringing a diverse range of experience from NGO, government, private sector and…
ISEAL is convening a working group of landscape and jurisdictional practitioners who are acting to improve landscape performance measurement. …
Momentum around living wages is growing. Businesses, governments, and civil society are increasingly recognising the wealth of benefits to workers,…
The ISEAL Core Metadata Set is the beginning of a global language for sustainability information. By providing a common code for search and discovery…
ISEAL turns 20 this year. And it’s amazing to see how far we’ve come in that time.
The last two decades have seen big changes. But what further…
ISEAL is pleased to announce that the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be able…
ISEAL is excited to welcome CottonConnect as an ISEAL Community Member. Working with an organisation with expertise and systems that support capacity…
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Hydropower Sustainability Council has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to…
Our new learning report and brief capture some of the early lessons from the ISEAL Innovations Fund and Programme.
There is an urgent need to…
The urgency with which we need to address critical sustainability issues at a global scale is accelerating. Deforestation, human rights and other…