ISEAL training course: monitoring, evaluation and learning essentials for sustainability systems
Robust monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) is at the heart of any credible sustainability system. But many organisations working in sustainability or other sectors face real challenges in building and maintaining effective MEL systems that generate meaningful insights, feed continuous improvement and drive change. This training course, consisting of three interactive 2-hour online sessions, will guide participants through the fundamentals of MEL, from building the conceptual foundations of a system, to measuring performance, understanding evaluations and impact, and communicating results through credible claims.
Scaling living income: price differentials and the case of the Living Income Differential (LID)
There are many ways to move towards a living income through policy levers. One of these is by collaborating to identify price-mechanisms and policies to improve farmers’ living income. A prominent example of this is the Living Income Differential (LID) in West Africa.
Soluções de impacto: O Futuro dos Sistemas de Sustentabilidade no Brasil
Um Diálogo da ISEAL para promover colaboração, transformação e prioridades futuras
Pathways to impact: the evolving role of market-based sustainability systems in Brazil
An ISEAL dialogue in São Paulo, Brazil to inform collaboration, transformation and future priorities.
Unlocking deforestation-free soy: financial mechanisms and traceability systems
This 75-minute practitioner-led session, jointly organised by Evidensia and UNDP FACS Community, will explore how financial mechanisms and traceability systems are emerging to move deforestation-free soy from commitment to action.
Making credible claims: Implementing EmpCo and a role for voluntary sustainability standards
An ISEAL public webinar on implementing the EU Empowering Consumers Directive with Voluntary Sustainability Systems.
ISEAL training course: understanding sustainability systems
Sustainability systems are market-based tools designed to address the most pressing social and environmental challenges of our time. They define responsible practices, assess the implementation of these practices, and measure and communicate results. Sustainability systems are used in sectors worldwide to improve social and environmental performance. This ISEAL training course, consisting of three 2-hour online sessions, will provide you with an understanding of the core elements of a sustainability system.
Watch back: Rethinking resilience in global supply chains
Global supply chains are under growing pressure from climate change, economic volatility, geopolitical tensions and evolving regulations. In this context, resilience is no longer only about managing risk or meeting compliance requirements. It is about building supply chains that can anticipate, adapt and respond to disruption while continuing to deliver economic, environmental and social value.
Watch back: Investing in resilient landscapes: LCAW 2026
Tackling climate change and nature loss demands more than project-level interventions. It requires systemic, place-based solutions that work across entire landscapes — and the investment frameworks to match. As part of London Climate Action Week 2026, ISEAL and the Jurisdictional Action Network (JAN) hosted a public half-day in-person event bringing together investors, practitioners, and sustainability leaders to explore how resilient landscape approaches can unlock long-term value and mitigate systemic sustainability risks.
Watch back: Insights from the World Development Report 2025: Standards for Development
We're excited to launch a new dialogue series exploring the key issues shaping the future of sustainability standards. The first in this series focus on insights from the World Development Report 2025: Standards for Development. Join us for this dynamic conversation if you work within the voluntary sustainability standards movement who want to engage in a forward-looking conversation about scaling impact over the coming decade.