《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。

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 and AidEnvironment’s new whitepaper builds understanding and support for equity and livelihoods in seafood and beyond. It recommends realigning focus from risk reduction to sustainable livelihood and fairness.

This report 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 user manual has been created as part of the Tech4Communities: Hybrid Community-based Monitoring system (HCMS) project. The project seeks to create a hybrid “remote” and “on the ground” monitoring and evaluation programme to support data gathering and management at a landscape level.