The ISEAL Alliance (International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance) was formed in 1999 by leading international social and environmental systems to support members standards and verification systems to attain a high level of quality and to gain public credibility, political recognition and market success (ISEAL 2002).  As an example, the ISEAL Alliance has developed a Code of Good Practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards (link to ISEAL site on this) including requirements for transparency, due process, harmonisation and participation.  All members will need to comply with this code in their own standard-setting activities.

The Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) is a member of the ISEAL Alliance along with other members including:

• International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
• International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS)
• Sustainable Agriculture Network of the Rainforest Alliance (SAN)
• Social Accountability International with its SA8000 standard
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Marine Stewardship Council
• Marine Aquarium Council

For more information on the ISEAL Alliance, go to www.isealalliance.org