ISEAL opens consultation on credible living wage claims guidance
ISEAL has launched a six-week public consultation seeking input into its draft guidance on credible claims in the living wage space. One of ISEAL’s strategic...
ISEAL opens invitation to its expert-led online training courses
Building on last year’s successful suite of training courses, we have launched an updated series covering assurance, and monitoring and evaluation for sustainability systems. The...
ISEAL publishes 2022 annual review
Last year was especially significant for ISEAL, as we celebrated 20 years of leading the way on credible practices for sustainability systems. Much progress has...
Delivering sustainability assurance through effective standards and accredited conformity assessment
Collaboration to promote sustainability assurance through standards and accredited conformity assessment. ISEAL in collaboration with the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...
Global Organic Textile Standard joins as an ISEAL Community Member
ISEAL is delighted to announce that the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are pleased to...
Action learning workshop: evidence in living income programmes
Last month, the Living Income Community of Practice, with Living Income Thematic Group of Cote d’Ivoire and IDH, brought together experts from the NGO, government...
Remedying human rights abuses: a positive role for sustainability systems
A core tenet of the international human rights system is that when people’s rights are harmed or abused, there must be access to effective remedies. The aim of remediation is to redress any human rights harms and to ensure that such harms do not recur.
Building trust and transparency in supply chains
As the world’s sustainability challenges intensify, the demands placed on business have never been greater – from developing science-based net-zero strategies, to aligning with the...
The importance of innovation in sustainability systems
By mid-2020 it had become obvious that the restrictions limiting movement across the globe in response to the covid-19 pandemic were not fleeting. As with many organisations in this time, sustainability systems had to consider how they adapt their business to remote ways of working.
Have your say: ISEAL Code of Good Practice consultation on the second draft
Help shape more effective solutions to sustainability challenges by joining the consultation on the second draft of our Code of Good Practice. Our Codes of...
Living wage commitments: how are leading companies progressing?
New ISEAL research shares insights from 14 global companies on the actions they are taking to ensure workers receive a living wage, the challenges they...
Collaboration is key to deliver on nature and biodiversity goals
The Global Biodiversity Framework, coming out of the CBD COP15 in December last year, has energised actions and commitments to scale up conservation and nature...
Ensuring reliable sustainability claims for EU consumers: an open letter to the European Commission
There is a strong need for a regulatory approach that ensures the substantiation of sustainability claims, but it’s key that this legal framework allows for...
Living income and gender: adopting gender transformative approaches to improve livelihoods
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...
Gender and climate change: sustainability systems supporting adaptation and resilience
Women bear a disproportionate burden of the adverse impacts of climate change. In low- and middle-income countries, women are highly dependent on agriculture and natural...
GLOBALG.A.P. joins as an ISEAL Community Member
ISEAL is pleased to announce that GLOBALG.A.P. has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member.
Green Seal joins as an ISEAL Community Member
ISEAL is pleased to announce that Green Seal has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We warmly welcome one of the very first...
ResponsibleSteel joins as an ISEAL Community Member
ISEAL is very pleased to announce that ResponsibleSteel has recently been approved as an ISEAL Community Member. We are excited that they join an increasing...
