Author: Dana Chen

The 1st of May has been recognised and celebrated as the International Workers’ Day since 1889. Yet, while progress has certainly been made on respecting and institutionalising workers’ rights, a lot of work remains to be done, especially with regard to living wages for all. The concept of living wages is well embedded in the…

Join us in this webinar hosted by the Platform Living Wage Financials, taking place on Friday 25th February 2022, 1-2pm CET. The Platform Living Wage Financials is a coalition of investors working to engage our investee companies, in the Garment & Footwear, but also the Food Retail and Agricultural sectors, on their implementation of living…

On October 28th, PLWF hosted its fourth annual conference. Our members, together with industry experts and brands, discussed the PLWF’s 2021 assessment outcomes, shed light on recent developments and looked ahead to what is needed to further accelerate the living wage and living income agenda in the garment, agri-food, and food retail sectors. We were…

In its first Annual Report, ‘The importance of long-term investor engagement on living wage’, investor coalition PLWF presents the outcomes of the 54 living wage and living income assessments that it has conducted for investee companies. The members of the PLWF identify a number of key outcomes for the garment, footwear, food, agriculture and retail sectors,…

Interview with Andrea van der Kemp, Project & Supplier management at L. ten Cate  Dutch SME ten Cate has recently published a living wage gap analysis. This is a result of their first steps toward paying a living wage in production supply chains of their garments. Although it is not a publicly listed company, the…

Date: 28th October 2021 (both in person and online) Time:  14:30 – 19:00 PM CET Place: De Reehorst, Triodos IM Offices, Driebergen-Rijsenburg   Dear PLWF supporter, You are invited for the annual event of the Platform Living Wage Financials that takes place on 28th of October at De Reehorst, the office of Triodos Investment Management…

Join us in this webinar hosted by the Platform Living Wage Financials during the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector, taking place on February 2nd – 13-14h CET. We’ll share our engagement work with the fashion industry and discuss how COVID-19 exacerbated the need to ensure workers’ livelihoods and accelerate the payment of…