On 2 April, the Swiss Federal Council released the draft Swiss Federal Act on Sustainable Corporate Governance (NUFG). This aims to align Swiss sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements with key EU frameworks, including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); and ensure that Swiss companies respect human rights and environmental standards while maintaining competitiveness domestically and internationally. 

ISEAL has contributed to the UK’s Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) consultation. The consultation sought views on the exposure draft UK SRS, which are based on IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures. 

This checklist distils key steps in the guidance for setting up and implementing a sustainability benchmarking exercise or programme.

Catch up on this webinar from 10 April 2025 where we launched the public consultation for the

Please note: This consultation is closed. The final version of the revised Sustainability Claims Good Practice Guide v2 (2025) can be accessed here. ISEAL has revised its Sustainability Claims Good Practice Guide to improve clarity and reflect the changing context in which sustainability systems now operate.Below are two resources to support our public consultation on the revised Sustainability Claims Good Practice Guide:

Please use this form to submit comments and suggestions on particular sections of the revised guide for benchmarking sustainability systems.  Completed forms should be emailed to Maira Devisscher, Innovations Manager – maira@isealalliance.org by 15 December 2024.  

Please use this form to submit comments and suggestions on sections of the revised ISEAL Sustainability Claims Good Practice Guide. 

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ISEAL has been analysing the EUDR text, relevant guidance, and the latest version of the FAQs. Based on this review, in January, ISEAL shared a list of unanswered questions, including many raised by Community Members, with the European Commission in the hopes of their clarification in the next iteration of the FAQs. ISEAL expressed again our willingness to collaborate with the Commission on EUDR implementation over the course of the year to ensure credible sustainability systems are rightly considered and leveraged as a support to companies.

ISEAL可信度原则2版 2021 ISEAL Credibility Principles V2 2021 - Chinese 

《ISEAL可持续体系良好实践规范》（简称《ISEAL规范》）提供了一个全球公认的框架，定义了有效且可信的自愿性可持续标准（voluntary sustainability standards, VSS）与相关可持续体系（sustainability systems）的实践要求，旨在为可持续体系的制定、审验、绿色声明管理、监测评价和其它方面提供良好实践指南，确保可持续体系的科学性、透明性和有效性。《ISEAL规范》将作为公共参考资源，帮助企业、团体标准制定者、和相关机构更好地理解和应用可持续体系，推动可持续体系的发展。

The representatives of IAF, ISEAL, UNDP and the Conformity Assessment Body Associations (IIOC, IQNET and TIC Council) have signed a joint statement about the role of standards and accredited conformity assessment on sustainability assurance.This collaborative effort aims to address urgent sustainability challenges by emphasising the vital role of consensus-based standards and accredited conformity assessment in driving positive impact.This joint statement was published in July 2023.

A short paper describing the key learnings from ResponsibleSteel's Recognition Process. Learn more about the Mining, metals and minerals (M3) Standards Partnership project, led by ResponsibleSteel, supported by the ISEAL Innovations Fund and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO.

This series of collective position papers (a list of the supporting organisations can be found on the back-page of each paper) aim to provide companies and the organisations that support them with accessible and consistent guidance for effective investment and action in landscapes and jurisdictions. The series provides a common baseline set of expectations on which the practitioner community is building more detailed guidance and tools.

In June 2023, ISEAL held a webinar in partnership with TFA and the JA Resource Hub to share key points from position papers one and

On Friday, 7th November 2025, we co-hosted the Landscape Practitioner Network in-person workshop in Jakarta alongside LTKL. This workshop aimed to strengthen collaboration among landscape practitioners by sharing experiences, exchanging learning, and exploring practical solutions to systemic challenges, such as deforestation, tenure, and resilient livelihoods, through landscape and jurisdictional approaches.

This joint position paper is the third in a series of collective positions from the landscape and jurisdictional practitioner community that aim to provide companies and the organisations that support them with accessible and consistent guidance for effective investment and action in landscapes and jurisdictions.

This joint position paper is the second in a series of collective positions from the landscape and jurisdictional practitioner community that aim to provide companies and the organisations that support them with accessible and consistent guidance for effective investment and action in landscapes and jurisdictions.

This joint position paper is the first in a series of collective positions from the landscape and jurisdictional practitioner community that aim to provide companies and the organisations that support them with accessible and consistent guidance for effective investment and action in landscapes and jurisdictions.

The ISEAL Innovations Fund and Programme was launched in 2016 to create an enabling environment for innovation, new ideas and strategies to scale the impact, effectiveness, efficiency and inclusiveness of sustainability systems. This learning brief captures some of the key early lessons learned so far. Read the full learning report.

The ISEAL Innovations Fund supports sustainability systems to drive collective action on key sustainability challenges. 

This brief examines how sustainability systems are seeking to improve livelihoods and market access for small-scale producers.It is part of a series exploring how sustainability systems supported by the Innovations Fund are evolving to respond to emerging issues and opportunities. 

This learning brief is part of a series exploring how sustainability systems supported by the ISEAL Innovations Fund are evolving to respond to emerging issues and opportunities. This brief examines how sustainability systems are innovating approaches to advance human rights across a variety of contexts. Drawing insights from 17 completed and active projects, this review shines a light on new and emerging trends, challenges and opportunities.

The ISEAL Innovations Fund supports sustainability systems to drive collective action on key sustainability challenges.