The Risk Information Alliance (RIA) was in the spotlight during ISEAL Members Week, held from 6–10 October 2025 in Antwerp, Belgium. Risk information and its role in sustainability systems featured prominently throughout the week — in sessions, and side discussions, and networking exchanges — where the RIA initiative reaffirmed its relevance and demonstrated its potential to complement stakeholders’ needs for in relation to production of credible, high-quality and up-to-date risk data covering diverse commodities, sectors, and geographies.

On the final day, RIA hosted a dedicated session led by its members SBP (Nicolas Viart), FSC (Doug Muir) and Preferred by Nature (Chloé Viala), which and explored key topics including:

  • An overview of RIA: its purpose, progress to date, and ambitions for the future.
  • Technical developments: joint indicators, methodology, and tools that underpin the framework.
  • Ongoing work: piloting a joint risk assessment in Indonesia.
  • Reflections and next steps: how we can deepen collaboration can be deepened and impact scaled impact.

The discussion was dynamic, with questions ranging from technical details to governance considerations. The session recording will soon be available to ISEAL members.

Beyond the formal session, RIA engaged in rich conversations with other ISEAL members throughout the event, highlighting growing interest in country-level risk information and opportunities for alignment.

“After a fruitful RIA Steering Committee meeting in Bonn in September and a wonderful opportunity to participate and present progress at the ISEAL Member Week, the Risk Information Alliance is reaching cruising speed. Now is a great time to join the conversation on aligning how we talk about methodologies and data, and on building synergies around country risk information. “

Chloé Viala (Preferred by Nature, RIA member)

Whether you are an ISEAL member or part of the broader sustainability community, RIA is keen to explore synergies and answer questions about the alliance and its framework.

Get in touch to learn more or collaborate.