Private Sector Implications of the ILO Meeting on Living Wage

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April 17, 2024

4 - 5 pm CEST

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The momentum behind Living Wages has culminated in the ILO taking a position on the issue for the first time after meeting in February 2024. This is a major milestone given that one of the most significant blockages in expanding Living Wages for all has been the lack of consensus on what constitutes as credible Living Wage data for each location. As more companies invest in understanding the Living Wage gaps for their owned operations and supply chains to align with reporting and mandatory human rights due diligence requirements, it is important to unpack the implications of this ILO meeting for employers and buyers.

Join BSR and WageMap to hear from panelists who have actively participated in different ways to shape the ILO position, and discuss how the WageMap consortium will harness this foundational alignment to build a standard that will go further to clarify Living Wage data and assessment methodologies.

The WageMap consortium consists of founding partners BSR, Living Wage For US, Living Wage Foundation, Loughborough University, NewForesight, and WageIndicator.

Scheduled Speakers

Shaheen Hashmat, Senior Project Manager—Global Living Wage, Living Wage Foundation

Matthias Thorn, Global Labour Relations and Human Rights Director, Samsung Electronics

Emma Giloth, Associate Director, Consumer Sectors and Global Living Wage Lead, BSR

Associate Director, Consumer Sectors and Global Living Wage Lead, BSR

New York

Emma Giloth leads BSR's Living Wage practice. She works at the intersection of human rights; food, beverage, and agriculture; consumer marketing; and ethical supply chains.

Emma leads human rights impact and risk assessments, and guides companies on supply chain due diligence and responsible purchasing practices. As lead on BSR's Living Wage practice, she supports companies to activate and manage their Living Wage programs for their owned operations and to build strategies to ensure workers across their supply chains are paid sufficiently.

Prior to BSR, Emma worked in the consumer-packaged goods industry, where she specialized in ethical sourcing of climate-smart ingredients from farmers. A social entrepreneur at heart, she previously co-founded a sustainable natural products brand in Senegal, and continues to work as an advisor to several African brands.

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