Only global initiative specifically tailored to the solar industry, ensuring participants engage in targeted efforts to improve ESG performance and responsible production.
Only scheme that takes a comprehensive approach to sustainability, encompassing ESG aspects as well as supply chain transparency.
The SSI is based on independent third-party verification, ensuring credibility with non-industry stakeholders as well as a fairer and more accurate assessment.
Collaboration among various stakeholders as well as civil society and academia: a key indicator of the credibility of a scheme and valued in upcoming legislation.
Creating end-to-end supply chain transparency to ensure ESG standards are upheld throughout the value chain. Join us to develop the dedicated SSI Supply Chain Transparency Standard.
Unrivalled expertise in solar, ESG auditing and product traceability, as well as EU legislation and politics, which ensures proactive alignment with EU legislation.
1. Ensure the energy transition is just, inclusive and respects human rights.
2. Establish mechanisms to create supply-chain transparency, ensuring integrity in the global solar industry.
3. Enable continuous improvement of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.
4. Prepare the industry for relevant upcoming laws and regulations on ESG, transparency and responsible supply chains.
5. Build the confidence of regulators, customers and business partners in the sustainability of the solar value chain.
The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) is the first-ever supply chain sustainability assurance scheme dedicated to the needs of the solar PV sector and its customers.
The Initiative establishes SSI Standards, bringing together international standards, industry and civil society expertise, and political acumen to deliver a supply chain sustainability solution tailored to the business of solar.
The SSI Standards are used by independent assessors to evaluate your company’s compliance with robust sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. With this independent assessment, you can demonstrate your company’s commitment to producing and sourcing solar materials responsibly.
SSI membership is your chance to get involved in these sector-defining Standards from their very inception. Membership of the SSI will support your company’s preparation for upcoming legislation. Since its beginning, the SSI has also secured the endorsement of the global financial community, through the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) and the European Investment Bank..
We welcome manufacturers, developers, installers, purchasers in the solar value chain to join the SSI as members, and other stakeholders to apply to the Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG). Together, we are working to realise our collective mission to foster responsible production, sourcing, and stewardship of materials.
Becoming a member of SSI signifies a commitment to SSI Principles. SSI members are only considered certified once they have undergone an independent assessment within twelve months. The SSI cannot guarantee that any member’s supply chain is free from human and labour rights abuses, environmental degradation or governance issues.