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.
Living Wage portal: Giving workers a decent standard of living (Innovations Fund project)
Rainforest Alliance led a project (July 2017 to June 2018) together with the Global Living Wage Coalition to develop a consistent methodology for calculating a living wage in different countries.
Appraising and applying GIS tools in auditing
ASI led a project (October 2017 to July 2018) to test GIS software packages and apps that could make audits more effective and efficient.
Safeguarding the right of indigenous peoples to FPIC
Equitable Origin led a project (August 2017 - June 2022) to create an FPIC monitoring and verification tool building on its extensive experience working with indigenous communities in the Amazon...
Improving detection and remediation of forced labour in agriculture
Sustainable Agriculture Network (November 2017 to December 2018) led a project to find new methods of identifying high-risk locations beyond the tools available to auditors.
Exploring the value of blockchain for standards
Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials led a project (January - December 2020) to identify several promising ways of harnessing blockchain technology in standards.
