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Momentum around living wages is growing. Businesses, governments, and civil society are increasingly recognising the wealth of benefits to workers,…
The ISEAL Core Metadata Set is the beginning of a global language for sustainability information. By providing a common code for search and discovery…
ISEAL turns 20 this year. And it’s amazing to see how far we’ve come in that time.
The last two decades have seen big changes. But what further…
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 able…
ISEAL is excited to welcome CottonConnect as an ISEAL Community Member. Working with an organisation with expertise and systems that support capacity…
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Hydropower Sustainability Council has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to…
Our new learning report and brief capture some of the early lessons from the ISEAL Innovations Fund and Programme.
There is an urgent need to…
The urgency with which we need to address critical sustainability issues at a global scale is accelerating. Deforestation, human rights and other…
Halting deforestation and restoring degraded forests is critical to overcoming the climate emergency and reversing biodiversity loss. Many in the…
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…
The European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation on Deforestation-free Products in November. ISEAL welcomes this landmark initiative,…
Sustainability systems are having to rapidly evolve, innovate and rethink the way they approach assurance in changing times. Many ISEAL…
ISEAL is pleased to announce that the Copper Mark has been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be working with an initiative…
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) has been confirmed as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be working…
ISEAL is very excited to announce that the ProTerra Foundation is joining ISEAL as a Community Member. We are pleased to welcome a standards system…
For companies to make a real difference on climate change, they will need to address scope 3 emissions that are embedded in their supply chains. To…
The pandemic has dramatically exposed the vulnerability that workers around the world face. Hit by multiple shocks – job losses, longer hours,…
Last month’s COP26 summit in Glasgow reinforced the global ambition to tackle the climate crisis – but also underscored the gap between the…
A key step in achieving net zero is being able to measure, report and verify greenhouse gas emissions in a credible, robust and harmonised way. The…
The ISEAL Innovations Fund has supported the exploration of innovative and ambitious solutions to key sustainability issues over the last five years…
Sustainability systems are paving the way with climate-relevant production standards. Many in the ISEAL community are stepping up their climate…
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Climate Neutral Group (CNG) has been confirmed as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to be working…
Transformation of the global food system is urgently needed if we’re to prevent climate and environmental breakdown, end hunger and food insecurity,…
ISEAL is really excited to welcome trustea as a new ISEAL Community Member, having worked with them to establish that they meet the ISEAL Community…
ISEAL is pleased to welcome the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) into the ISEAL community as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited to learn from…
ISEAL is very pleased to welcome the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) as an ISEAL Community Member. We look forward to them participating in our…
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has met the requirements to become an ISEAL Community Member. We…
The Covid pandemic has had a profound impact on women across all dimensions of economic and social activity, finds briefing paper. From shifting…
The pandemic forced sustainability systems to adapt to the reality that on-site audits could not be performed easily – or at all. This drove many to…
What should companies do to tackle global deforestation? And how should governments regulate company action? As a lively policy debate gains momentum…