Innovations Fund project portfolio
The Innovations Fund supports projects that explore and test innovative approaches to strengthening the impact and effectiveness of sustainability systems. Explore these projects below, and access available outputs and learnings.
Including Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in mine rehabilitation through FPIC
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative aim to empower Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to contribute to mine closure practices and outcomes (September 2024 - February 2026).
Enhancing social auditing in coffee supply chains
To enhance the detection and management of human rights risks in coffee, 4C are developing a social auditing training programme (August 2024 – July 2026).
Supporting smallholder inclusion in sustainable palm oil supply chains
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil are leading a project (June 2024 - November 2025) to support independent smallholder inclusion in sustainable palm oil supply chains by improving understanding of factors...
Advancing net zero in the jewellery and watch industry
Responsible Jewellery Council are leading a project (April 2024 - August 2025) to assess the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of the industry through a life cycle assessment of a jewellery...
Promoting regenerative agriculture practices by soy producers
Round Table on Responsible Soy Association are leading a project (April 2024 - April 2026) to develop a Regenerative Incentives System (RIS) that will overcome the low adoption rates of...
Developing a climate action toolkit for sugarcane and cotton producers
Bonsucro is leading a project (April 2024 - April 2026) to develop a learning platform to share climate action experience and to enable the adaptation of processes and tools for...
Building a roadmap towards decarbonizing the copper sector
The Copper Mark is leading a project (May 2024 - May 2025) to develop a Sector Decarbonization Approach (SDA) roadmap for copper, covering mining, smelting, refining and possible semi-fabricated products.
Developing an interoperable book and claim registry ecosystem
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials are leading a project (April 2024 - November 2025) to develop a book and claim registry ecosystem enabling interoperability between the independent registry operators joining...
Developing a low carbon assurance module to validate greenhouse gas emission reductions in rice
Sustainable Rice Platform is leading a project (April 2024 - October 2025) to develop and launch a new ‘Low-Carbon’ Assurance Module (LCAM) that will extend the scope of the Sustainable...
Testing novel approaches to strengthen responsible sourcing due diligence
The Union for Ethical BioTrade is leading a project (April 2024 - March 2026) to test novel assessment and verification approaches and data platforms to support local companies, farmers and...
