Innovations Fund project portfolio
Since 2016, The ISEAL Innovations Fund has awarded grants for over 100 projects across diverse geographies and sectors that strengthen the effectiveness of sustainability systems against critical sustainability challenges. Explore these projects below, and access outputs and learnings.
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 quantify 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...
Forming an alliance of global sustainability organisations to share risk information
Sustainable Biomass Program are working in partnership to enhance the availability of credible, high-quality risk data covering diverse commodities, sectors, and geographies (January 2024-June 2026).
Developing a sustainability performance dashboard for the finance sector
Aquaculture Stewardship Council are leading a project (April 2024 to April 2026) to create and pilot a dashboard for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance reporting by providing sustainability metrics...
Strengthening remediation solutions to child labour
GoodWeave are leading a project (April 2024 to November 2025) to explore ways to improve the remediation options offered to adolescent workers (under the age of 18 years old) by...
Facilitating rightsholder dialogue in human rights and environmental due diligence
Fairtrade International are piloting an approach from January 2024-December 2025, to strengthen direct, meaningful dialogue between brands or retailers with rightsholder groups, facilitated by a sustainability scheme.
Developing climate-related traceability systems for complex value chains
Forest Stewardship Council (January 2024-March 2026) are developing best practices and pilot new procedures for building in the traceability of climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions data across complex commodity...
