UEBT is an international non-profit organisation that promotes sourcing with respect for people and biodiversity. Its mission is to regenerate nature and secure a better future for people through ethical sourcing of ingredients from biodiversity. UEBT defines good practices and supports a growing movement of committed companies that are putting biodiversity at the core of their strategies, operations and supply chains.
Find out more about UEBT at - https://uebt.org/
ISEAL Code Compliant organisations have successfully adhered to our previous Codes of Good Practice (Standard-Setting, Impacts and Assurance) and have committed to aligning their systems to the ISEAL Code. Independent evaluations against the ISEAL Code commenced in October 2025, and organisations must demonstrate full adherence to the ISEAL Code by October 2029 to maintain their ISEAL Code Compliant status.
Please note, all ISEAL Code Compliant members are also ISEAL Community Members.
The ISEAL Code came into effect on 1 March 2024. Organisations that had adhered to the previous Codes of Good Practice were granted an 18-month transition period to align their system(s) with the ISEAL Code. For further information, visit: What is ISEAL Code Compliant.
From October 2025, independent evaluations against the ISEAL Code will commence in accordance with the Independent Evaluation Procedure. ISEAL Code Compliant organisations are required to successfully close an evaluation across the full scope of the ISEAL Code. This can be done through a single, full-scope evaluation or through phased specific-scope evaluations. Evaluations must be completed within four years of the end of the transition period, no later than October 2029, to maintain ISEAL Code Compliant status.
Details on the evaluation schedule will be made publicly available.
As a result of this independent evaluation, UEBT will make the following improvements to how they develop their standards:
- Ensure that organisations which may have developed similar international standards have been invited to participate in the development of a terms of reference for the standard revision.
- Ensure that stakeholders who have submitted comments during the standards revision process are made aware of how their comments have been address or incorporated into the revised standard.
As a result of this independent evaluation, UEBT has made the following improvements to their assurance system:
- Developed an internal management review procedure.
- Updated the Claims and Labelling Policy with information on the monitoring of claims and labels.
- Developed an internal procedure on the revision of major documents that provides a system for effective document control.
- Updated the Requirements and Obligations for qualified Certification Bodies document to include information on the length of audits and general obligations for qualified Certification Bodies.
- Updated the Requirements and Obligations for Qualified Certification Bodies document to address risks to the impartiality of their assurance providers.
- Updated the document UEBT Procedure – Review of the UEBT Assurance System to include the normal implementation time for new or revised standards and information on Stakeholder consultation.
As a result of this independent evaluation, UEBT has made the following improvements to their M&E system:
- Updated the Monitoring and Evaluation Public System Report with full list of indicators.
- Defined a comparison and aggregation methodology to ensure that the selection of indicators for outcome and impact evaluation is consistent.
ISEAL Code Compliant members provide publicly available reports that give a comprehensive and accessible overview of a member's system.
ISEAL System Overview UEBT 2022