This training manual provides a high-level overview of the important steps to consider for mine closure. It has been developed to support clear, informed and balanced discussions about bauxite mine closure. Its purpose is to help communities understand the key steps and considerations for mine closure, how to achieve them, discuss some of the language used and therefore better understand what is being discussed, what rights exist, and what questions may be important to ask.

This document summarises the steps to replicate the land cover analysis system developed by the Blueprint Project in the same pilot area (Zona Bananera) as general guidance to apply it in other productive agricultural regions in tropical or subtropical zones, and facilitate the development of a land use cover monitoring system in accordance with the objective, scale, and level of local studies to be implemented over time.

Access Aluminium Stewardship Initiative's CARE project archive and wider resources on circularity below.

The FPIC-360° Tool for monitoring and verifying free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) is a multi-pronged tool, founded on the premise that FPIC can only be conducted responsibly and successfully if the Indigenous Peoples affected by a proposed project are co-owners and implementers of the entire process, from design, through implementation and monitoring phases.

This document describes how Blueprint project team selected meaningful secondary sustainability data at local level (communities, municipalities, or similar local jurisdictions), and considers the role of secondary data for future replication in other in other agriculture-dominant tropical regions.

This document provides a brief summary of the Soy Impact Incentives Pilot from June 2022.This pilot was part of the Impact Alliance: Incentivising better production practices project, led by Textile Exchange (2021-2022), supported by the ISEAL Innovations Fund and Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

This report presents the key findings and recommendations from the Blueprint Project. Blueprint describes the sustainability status of municipalities with a combination of high-precision visual classification of land cover types, and reflects the economic, social, and environmental reality on the ground based on local stakeholder consultation. It illustrates sustainability challenges and flags opportunities from the perspective of the inhabitants of a territory.

This document reports on the pilot phase of the Landscape Assessment Framework in the context of the Sustainable Cocoa Landscapes project in

The Landscape Monitoring Framework of the socio-economic dimension (LMS) is a tool that provides practical guidance to assess the socio-economic status of a landscape to monitor progress and facilitates action for development.

The Landscape Monitoring Framework of the socio-economic dimension (LMS) is a tool that provides practical guidance to assess the socio-economic status of a landscape to monitor progress and facilitates action for development.

The Landscape Monitoring Framework of the socio-economic dimension (LMS) is a tool that provides practical guidance to assess the socio-economic status of a landscape to monitor progress and facilitates action for development.

This document provides guidance to users in using the ODK Mobile App, a tool that supports offline data collection. Data is stored in SAN’s technology platform the iHub which provides a secure, agile, and scalable backend for the mobile app.

This document provides a matrix of indicators for use with farm owners and when using the ODK Mobile App, a tool that supports offline data collection. Data is stored in SAN’s technology platform the iHub which provides a secure, agile, and scalable backend for the mobile app.

This report outlines an approach for producing land-cover maps at different cartographic scales, aiming to facilitate analysis, and ultimately evaluate which scale and method combinations offer the best balance between precision of data generated and resources invested.

This document summarises the results of a stakeholder consultation conducted by Helvetas for the Sustainable Cocoa Landscapes project in San

A project led by The Copper Mark, carried out between 2023 and 2024, provided a greater understanding of the reality of artisanal and small-scale copper mining (ASCM) in Peru. The report and infographic available to download here are designed to provide useful insights, to generate an open dialogue between all stakeholders of the copper value chain within the framework of sustainable development. 

This page contains the final project outputs of the Expanding the Blueprint tool project, run by Sustainable Agriculture Network from September 2023-May 2024.

This report presents methodology and results of the ISEAL Innovations Fund-supported project 'Codifying Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in Voluntary Standards Systems', led by Equitable Origin

This document outlines considerations for encouraging participation from local actors in the Blueprint approach.