Measurement, reporting and evaluation

The effectiveness of a sustainability system is measured by the sustainability impacts that it delivers. Credible sustainability systems monitor their performance and improve their effectiveness over time.

A sustainability system needs to know whether its strategies are achieving its desired sustainability outcomes. ISEAL supports its members to have good data about performance, on both who they are reaching and changes in practice on the ground. This data can be used to inform stakeholders about the effectiveness of the system and shared with companies and others for sustainability reporting and disclosure.

Performance metrics for key sustainability issues

This report assesses leading metrics for measuring and reporting performance over time and across multiple spatial scales. It examines six critical sustainability issues: deforestation, biodiversity

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Common Core Indicators

The ISEAL Common Core Indicators are a common list of indicators that ISEAL Community Members track through their monitoring, evaluation and assurance systems. Data collected on these indicators can be used to analyse the scope of a sustainability system, monitor performance, and assess impact. Using the common core indicators to support sustainability The common core indicators are primarily for sustainability standards and similar systems. The indicators can be used to help align commonly monitored elements across sectors.The ISEAL Impacts Code encourages organisations to try to align on indicators where possible, which can lead to the overall improvement of monitoring and evaluation systems. Alignment across...

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Metrics and data sharing

What we’ve learned about metrics and data sharing

This resource reviews the benefits and challenges of metrics alignment and data sharing for organisations, and provides a roadmap and considerations to help think through undertaking them. The

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