This checklist distils the key elements in developing and implementing a benchmark of sustainability systems. It is intended to be used as a quick reference both for those organisations and initiatives that are setting up a new benchmark and for stakeholders who want to assess the credibility of existing benchmarking initiatives or to hold them to account.

This checklist can also be found as Annex 2 in ISEAL's Good Practice Guide for Benchmarking Sustainability Systems (v2).

Learn more about ISEAL's work supporting good practices for credible benchmarking.