Sustainability news
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…
Halting deforestation and restoring degraded forests is critical to overcoming the climate emergency and reversing biodiversity loss. Many in the…
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…
The European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation on Deforestation-free Products in November. ISEAL welcomes this landmark initiative,…
Sustainability systems are having to rapidly evolve, innovate and rethink the way they approach assurance in changing times. Many ISEAL…
ISEAL is pleased to announce that the Copper Mark has been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be working with an initiative…
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) has been confirmed as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be working…
ISEAL is very excited to announce that the ProTerra Foundation is joining ISEAL as a Community Member. We are pleased to welcome a standards system…
For companies to make a real difference on climate change, they will need to address scope 3 emissions that are embedded in their supply chains. To…
The pandemic has dramatically exposed the vulnerability that workers around the world face. Hit by multiple shocks – job losses, longer hours,…
Last month’s COP26 summit in Glasgow reinforced the global ambition to tackle the climate crisis – but also underscored the gap between the…
A key step in achieving net zero is being able to measure, report and verify greenhouse gas emissions in a credible, robust and harmonised way. The…
The ISEAL Innovations Fund has supported the exploration of innovative and ambitious solutions to key sustainability issues over the last five years…
Sustainability systems are paving the way with climate-relevant production standards. Many in the ISEAL community are stepping up their climate…