This document contains a summary of the core operating practices that voluntary sustainability systems should have in place to be considered credible. Based on the ISEAL Code, the list was produced to support benchmarking initiatives to evaluate the potential effectiveness of sustainability systems.

This list of 50 benchmark criteria can also be found as Annex 4 in ISEAL's Good Practice Guide for Benchmarking Sustainability Systems (v2).

Learn more about ISEAL's work supporting good practices for credible benchmarking.