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:

Going further in establishing robust credibility criteria, promoting multistakeholder participation, and supporting clear pre-approval and verification processes for sustainability schemes. This paper reiterates our longstanding support for the Commission’s efforts to introduce more stringent regulations to tackle greenwashing, enabling consumers to make informed purchasing decisions. We would also like to share our views on the proposal and suggest some amendments to make it even more effective.

This guidance document offers suggestions as input for consideration for the recent EUDR guidelines on the use of certification. ISEAL has built a broad-based consensus around what constitutes credible operating practices for sustainability certification schemes. Our Code of Good Practice captures this consensus in a publicly available normative document against which all ISEAL Code compliant members have been evaluated.

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. 

The latest version of ISEAL's Training and Events Terms & Conditions.

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.

A document describing the key findings from Training Needs and Landscape  Assessment of Shrimp Sector in East Java, Indonesia, as part of the Innovations Fund project Integration of Seafood Certification and Jurisdictional Assurance Models, supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

A short paper describing the key learnings from ResponsibleSteel's Recognition Process. 

This report presents the 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 interviews with a representative sample of local stakeholders to reflect the economic, social, and environmental reality on the ground. 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 San Martin, Peru. The social indicators that have been proposed by Max Havelaar / Flocert based on the prioritized social issues for the landscapes (see documents "social study of the landscapes" and "social issues in the Mariscal Caceres landscape") have been applied as a test in the landscape. The process followed for this pilot phase is summarized in paragraph 2, and the process of validation of the indicators is presented in paragraph 3.

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.

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.

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.

This brief presents practical strategies for strengthening monitoring approaches within voluntary sustainability systems, with a focus on promoting inclusion and equity. Drawing on experiences from ISEAL members, it provides actionable insights and examples that can inform more effective and inclusive monitoring and evaluation practices. These learnings are also relevant for businesses, governments, and civil society organisations aiming to support more just and equitable markets.

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

To meet today’s sustainability challenges requires new thinking, collaborations and ways of working. ISEAL's Innovations Fund cultivates this by providing grants to sustainability systems to develop innovative approaches and drive sector transformation.This learning brief:

Sustainability systems are positioned to advance human rights protections in specific geographies and commodities through verification and remediation of human rights violations, such as forced and bonded labor. However to ensure impact, detecting those violations is central and often elusive. This report captures project learnings and shares general recommendations for those working to improve FBL detection in different sectors.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), together with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) and Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program (SFW), are piloting an improver programme to implement best management practices with the aim of improving farm and zonal management to mitigate critical production risks. This document identifies key lessons from this project.