Sustainability news

ISEAL is recruiting a new Board Chair

ISEAL is looking for a new Chair to steer its Board of Directors. The Board Chair is a great role for someone with a strong commitment to ISEAL’s mission, a passion for Board effectiveness, and broad international experience.

4C Services GmbH joins as an ISEAL Community Member

ISEAL is pleased to announce that 4C Services GmbH has been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. As our first member with a certification scheme developed exclusively for the coffee sector, we are excited to bring their insights and knowledge to our growing learning community.

Where to start with developing a gender strategy

Gender equality isn’t just important in its own right. It’s also key to unlocking other impacts that sustainability standards and similar systems are striving towards, from fighting poverty and improving working conditions to strengthening communities and environmental stewardship.

What makes a credible living wage claim?

New guidance from ISEAL sets out how companies and sustainability systems can credibly communicate about their work on living wages. As corporate action on living wages gathers momentum, so too does the demand for ‘living wage claims’.

Catalysing innovation to fight climate change

The only way to solve the sustainability challenges that we face today, such as climate change, is through collaboration, collective action and innovation. Now is the time for sustainability systems, businesses, governments and civil society to collaborate and co-create innovative climate solutions. Here’s a glimpse of how the ISEAL Innovations...

Sustainability systems come together to tackle gender equality in supply chains

The world won’t meet its sustainability goals without addressing gender issues – and sustainability standards and similar systems have an important role to play. That was the message from a recent session at the India and Sustainability Standards 2023 conference exploring the challenges and opportunities for sustainability systems to contribute...