Who we are
At ISEAL we empower sustainability systems to drive global change. We believe market-led sustainability efforts are critical to tackling sustainability challenges at scale and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Credible and effective sustainability systems deliver through robust practices, multistakeholder engagement and supply chain partnerships.
By defining and setting benchmarks for good practice by businesses, these systems have paved the way for supply chain action on human rights, climate and biodiversity conservation, and livelihood improvements.
We support sustainability systems by:
- Defining credible practices
- Identifying solutions to key challenges
- Supporting innovation and scaling up solutions
- Driving peer learning
We support businesses and governments by:
- Defining credible practices
- Sharing insights on credible action in practice
- Communicating the impacts of sustainability systems
ISEAL brings unique expertise in understanding and defining credible practices for sustainability systems.
Core to our work are ISEAL’s Credibility Principles and the ISEAL Code. Together these define the characteristics of credible sustainability systems.
These tools are a global reference for developing new sustainability systems and for improving the practices of existing systems.
Businesses and governments use these tools to inform corporate policies and frameworks, and reference them in sustainability regulations, enabling businesses to choose the most impactful sustainability systems to work with.
We gather and share insights on what is needed and what is working to solve some of the biggest sustainability challenges of our time, from deforestation to human rights abuses.
We convene our members and their partners to share insights from practice and to drive innovative and collaborative approaches to deepen sustainability impacts.
We work to improve the impact of sustainability systems and ensure that they are adapting to new challenges. Supporting system improvement and innovation is key to this.
Through our Innovations Fund, we support our members and their partners to pilot new and better approaches to scalable sustainability solutions.
We offer a membership programme for sustainability systems.
ISEAL Community Members are committed to sharing learning that advances scalable solutions and drives positive impacts. ISEAL Community Members must commit to improving their systems, sharing experiences, building trust and demonstrating transparency. Their ongoing system improvement is periodically reviewed.
ISEAL Code Compliant status is awarded to Community Members who demonstrate adherence to the ISEAL Code and commit to meeting independent evaluation requirements.
