At a time when sustainability solutions are urgently needed, landscape initiatives have the potential to address systemic environmental, social and economic issues holistically and at scale. But to do so, they need to have an effective operating structure with long-term investment and multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Patrick Mallet, Innovations Director at ISEAL, and Akiva Fishman, Senior Program Officer at World Wildlife Fund, discuss what credible assurance at a landscape level looks like.

Regulatory pressure is growing for companies to have more sustainable supply chains. Such rules have great potential. They could change the incentive structure of the market, allowing companies to overcome competition hurdles that have hampered sustainability action in the past. But beyond the right market conditions, companies also need credible solutions that enable efficient compliance with the rules and help realise the intended sustainability impacts.

Decent work is one of the most challenging aspects in advancing social sustainability. Voluntary supply chain tools have long aimed to improve decent work and wages in supply chains. Yet, there has been little research to understand their impacts: research is crucial for enhancing effectiveness and aligning voluntary and mandatory measures.