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Joshua Wickerham, ISEAL Policy & Outreach Manager, discusses the insights from a new white paper on the systemic impacts of voluntary…
Posted on 6th December 2018
As corporate claims about their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) multiply, distinguishing credible action from ‘SDG-washing’…
Posted on 6th December 2018
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…
Posted on 6th December 2018
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has been accepted as an associate member of the ISEAL Alliance. It joins as an organisation whose system meets…
Posted on 6th December 2018
Voluntary sustainability standards have the potential to deliver impacts that go beyond individual certified operations and effect wider systemic…
Posted on 20th November 2018
Forced labour is endemic in global supply chains. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that of the 40.3 million victims of modern…
Posted on 12th October 2018
As urgency around sustainable production and mitigating climate change grows, so does the need for voluntary standards systems to innovate—so they…
Posted on 11th October 2018
Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB) has become the latest associate member of ISEAL and is recognised for its adoption of credible practices and…
Posted on 10th October 2018
 Since the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 there’s been a steady growth in shared interests across the private sector’s…
Posted on 9th October 2018
Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the focus of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, but it is also integral to…
Posted on 8th August 2018
ISEAL has been working with standards and sustainability initiatives in the metals, minerals and mining (MMM) sectors to understand how MMM standards…
Posted on 27th July 2018
Landscape and jurisdictional approaches introduce alternative strategies to achieve sustainable practices at scale. If all products from a region…
Posted on 25th July 2018
The sustainability landscape is rapidly shifting, leading to a diversification of sustainability tools and approaches, as well as an evolution of…
Posted on 23rd July 2018
O crescimento exponencial no uso de Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG) para a sustentabilidade não surpreende. Quanto mais pessoas usam a…
Posted on 12th April 2018
As Communications Assistant at ISEAL, I recently came across the Anker methodology used by the Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) to measure living…
Posted on 28th February 2018
Four ISEAL members, Fairtrade, Global Coffee Platform, Rainforest Alliance and UTZ, have embarked on an innovative joint effort to get a better…
Posted on 22nd September 2017