Operating at landscape level: Learning from ISEAL Innovations Fund projects
With support from the ISEAL Innovations Fund, ISEAL members have advanced their understanding of how sustainability systems can operate at a landscape level, helping to accelerate change and deliver impact at scale.
Continued innovation and collaboration: from phase one to two of the ISEAL Innovations Fund
Since 2016, the ISEAL Innovations Fund has been a launchpad for ISEAL members to join forces to explore new, ambitious ways to boost the impact and value of sustainability systems. Six years on, with all grants awarded and projects completed, phase one has ended – and phase two begins...
ISEAL publishes 2021 Annual Report
Read the latest annual report for highlights of our progress towards improving the impacts of ambitious sustainability systems and their partners. In 2021 we launched...
Can the EU’s new regulations end greenwashing?
“Green”. “Eco”. “Good for the planet.” From the supermarket to billboards and websites, we are bombarded with claims about the green credentials of businesses and...
How do businesses benefit from adopting sustainability standards?
Voluntary standards and other sustainability systems are good for people and planet. An ever-growing library of studies provides evidence of standards driving positive impacts –...
Help shape more effective solutions to sustainability challenges by joining the consultation on ISEAL’s updated Code of Good Practice
From fighting poverty to tackling climate change and nature loss, sustainability standards and similar systems are playing a critical role in addressing the world’s most...
New global and diverse skills added to ISEAL’s Board
Three new directors have been appointed to ISEAL’s Board, bringing a diverse range of experience from NGO, government, private sector and intergovernmental organisations. The Board...
Improving performance measurement to drive impact at scale
ISEAL is convening a working group of landscape and jurisdictional practitioners who are acting to improve landscape performance measurement.
Bringing a gender lens to our work on living wages
Momentum around living wages is growing. Businesses, governments, and civil society are increasingly recognising the wealth of benefits to workers, businesses and society. They are...
Improving the flow of sustainability information through a new standardised metadata set
The ISEAL Core Metadata Set is the beginning of a global language for sustainability information. By providing a common code for search and discovery, while...
20 years of change – and driving change
The last two decades have seen big changes. But what further changes do we need to see for sustainability systems to have an even greater impact in the years ahead?
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol joins as an ISEAL Community Member
ISEAL is pleased to announce that the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be...
CottonConnect joins as an ISEAL Community Member
ISEAL is excited to welcome CottonConnect as an ISEAL Community Member. Working with an organisation with expertise and systems that support capacity building in the...
Hydropower Sustainability Council joins as an ISEAL Community Member
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Hydropower Sustainability Council has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be working...
Fostering innovation to drive change: What have we learned so far?
Our new learning report and brief capture some of the early lessons from the ISEAL Innovations Fund and Programme.
Four guiding practices for effective company actions in landscapes and jurisdictions
The urgency with which we need to address critical sustainability issues at a global scale is accelerating. Deforestation, human rights and other systemic sustainability issues...
Innovative solutions to tackle deforestation
Halting deforestation and restoring degraded forests is critical to overcoming the climate emergency and reversing biodiversity loss. Many in the ISEAL community are embracing innovative...
Living income and gender: adopting gender transformative approaches to improve livelihoods
The concept of ‘Living Income’ has grown in popularity as a way to improve livelihoods for smallholders. It goes a step beyond traditional notions of...
