Tagged with "Living Wage"

Podcast: Where we are today and what is needed to progress Listen to the podcast You cannot have a sustainability ambition if you don’t address…

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Breakthroughs in tackling living wage and living income in global value chains

Making progress in the living wage and living income space is challenging. There are many roadblocks, diverse stakeholders, and siloed ways of working between sectors and across value chains. Last…

How can we support buyers in addressing living wages in their supply chains?

IDH recognises that whilst addressing living wage gaps ideally requires long-term cooperation between buyers and producers (and other key players in the supply chain), voluntary contributions serve as a good…

Celebrating Innovations and Milestones

This June 2024, the next Living Wage and Living Income Summit will take place. To make real strides towards living wages and living income in global value chains IDH, GIZ,…

Patagonia joins forces with IDH’s WARP program to achieve higher wages in apparel

Outdoor clothing company Patagonia is the first member to join IDH’s Wages in Apparel and Responsible Purchasing (WARP) program for collective action to raise wages and increase responsible purchasing…

Buyers’ Guidelines: Voluntary Contributions to close Living Wage Gaps

These guidelines are crafted for buyers that are committed to work on living wages in (some) of their supply chains and need pragmatic tools to get started. These guidelines are…

Living Wage in global supply chains: Where we are today

This living wage report tells the story of global corporate efforts to increase workers’ wages, explains approaches that have increased workers’ bargaining power and calls on sectors to learn and cooperate, to ensure sustained wage increases long-term towards living wages for all workers. 

Sanda Ojiambo from the UN Global Compact shares why the Living Wage & Living Income Summit comes at a critical global moment

“Living wages are good for workers and good for economies. It’s time to make a long term investment in humanity. Let’s move forward faster together.” Sanda Ojiambo, the Assistant…

IDH pilots new mechanism to improve the livelihoods of tea workers

IDH has launched a pilot with LIPTON Teas and Infusions, Twinings, and Taylors of Harrogate to improve remuneration  in selected tea estates in Kenya, Sri Lanka and Malawi. Current market…