Tagged with "Living Wage"

Keep focusing on the big picture of improving wages

The issue of living wages evokes strong emotions. Most people agree that decent work should be remunerated with wages that provide a decent livelihood. Advocates for a living wage in…

The way towards living wages and incomes in the food system 

Not only is food a necessity of life, it is also a source of livelihoods for millions. However, many people working in the agricultural sector struggle to get by…

Matriz Salarial para Análise de Disparidades em Relação a Salários Dignos

Comece seus cálculos de remuneração total e calcule seu desempenho em relação aos valores de referência para salários dignos A Matriz Salarial foi desenvolvida para trazer…

How to measure progress when addressing living wages?

Private sector priorities at the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit

At IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative, we bring all the parties in a value chain – public, private, but also civil society and knowledge institutions – to find the solutions together because we know that with incremental change we won’t get there.  

Podcast: Eosta & IDH on Securing Living Wages

In April, 2021, 12 companies came together in a call to action to help eradicate poverty through a commitment to build a living wage economy together. IDH is working to…

B4IG coalition welcomes the Call to Action on Living Wage

The Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) Coalition pushes forward Living Wage as a corporate priority. In their board meeting on June 21, 2021, they adopted a statement calling to action…

5 best practices for closing the living wage gaps

To support companies in realizing improvements to close the living wage gap in supply chains, IDH has identified five best practices. Find out more…

Addressing Living Wage & Living Income

As both farmers and workers are part of international supply chains, addressing living wage in supply chains often goes hand in hand with addressing living income. To understand the similarities and differences when addressing living wage for workers and living income for farmers, please download our latest infographic.

Supermarkets provide insight into the living wage gap for their bananas

The Dutch supermarkets under our Banana Retail Commitment on Living Wage have provided insight into the gap between current wages and the living wage. The participating…