Response to Apparel Insider article on ISEAL commissioned study
ISEAL recently published the final report from a three-year study that assesses the early impacts of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) on smallholder cotton producers...
It’s time to deliver a living income for everyone
How can we claim a product is sustainable if the farmers producing its ingredients are not earning enough for a decent standard of living? As...
ISEAL community comes together to share innovations, experiences and advice
ISEAL members and subscribers demonstrated a range of tools and innovations designed to increase the impacts of sustainability standards, during ISEAL’s Innovation Summit. The Innovation...
Going beyond a leap of faith: what is the evidence telling us?
As sustainability professionals, we often ask ourselves what works: What works to address deforestation? What works to improve farmer incomes? What works to address labour...
Measuring up: helping governments and businesses to confidently use credible sustainability standards
As companies and governments seek effective solutions to meet their sustainability goals, the importance of credible and robust benchmarking is increasing. ISEAL’s Sustainability Benchmarking Good...
ISEAL Innovations Fund launches new round of funding to support landscape-level pilots
The ISEAL Innovations Fund empowers standards systems to practically test their innovations, and is pleased to announce a new round of funding focused on driving sustainability at a landscape or jurisdictional scale.
Gold Standard becomes newest associate member of ISEAL
Gold Standard has met the entry-level criteria of each of the three ISEAL Codes of Good Practice – Standard-Setting, Assurance and Impacts – to achieve...
ISEAL launches review of the Credibility Principles
In the six years since ISEAL first launched the Credibility Principles the sustainability landscape has continued to evolve, shaped in part by the learning and...
Increasing evidence on the impact of sustainability standards
As more evidence emerges it continues to highlight the importance of innovating and collaborating to have greater sustainability impact. Anyone working in the sustainability standards...
ISEAL publishes 2018 Annual Report
In 2018 we saw ISEAL’s membership increase as we welcomed four new associate members working in sectors from mining to marine ingredients, clearly reflecting the...
Evidensia: the evidence website informing action for a sustainable future
ISEAL, WWF and Rainforest Alliance launched a new website called Evidensia on 18 June 2019. The site aims to be a robust global repository of...
Addressing sustainability issues is a long-term effort: it’s about learning from evidence and doing
In recent years, a wealth of evidence has been published on the manner in which sustainability initiatives can result in positive economic, social and environmental...
IPM Coalition launches new Pesticides and Alternatives app to support farmers in adopting sustainable practices
In May 2019, a coalition of nine ISEAL members launched the new ‘Pesticides and Alternatives’ app as part of their mission to eliminate the use...
Supporting farmer livelihoods in India: the role and potential of standards systems
‘We can’t be satisfied with knowing our outputs. We must be obsessed with outcomes and impacts’. This is what participants heard at a workshop in...
Doing nothing is not an option
Impact is a word we hear all the time in sustainability circles. Often when we talk about impacts, we’re talking about reducing the negative ones...
ISEAL members putting certification on the map
Geospatial data has become part of our everyday lives. We increasingly depend on apps and programs that use map-based information to provide useful insights. In...
Sustainability standards: shaping business to deliver on the SDGs
Climate change, deforestation and forced labour are among many increasingly pressing issues that need more investment, innovation and collaboration. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide...
Consultation closed: ISEAL developing guide on good benchmarking of sustainability
Most sustainability standards are benchmarked in one way or another. This means they are assessed, compared and potentially recognised as meeting a certain level of...
