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On October 13th 2022, the PLWF hosted its fifth annual conference. Our members, together with industry experts and brands, discussed the PLWF’s 2022 assessment outcomes in today’s context 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 honoured to have Daniela Ortega from the Garment Workers Diaries as our key-note speaker. She inspired the audience with unique insights in the living conditions of Bangladeshi garment workers, reminding us... Read More

The Platform Living Wage Financials is preparing for its 5th annual conference:  Date: October 13th, 2022 Time: 13:30 – 18:00 PM CET   Dear Sir or Madam, You are invited for the annual event of the Platform Living Wage Financials that takes place on the 13th of October at the headquarters of ING Investment Management in Amsterdam. Awareness on living wage and income has increased in the last couple of years. The PLWF members see companies’ action on implementing living wage and income maturing. However, long... Read More

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 wages. We assess companies on our methodology covering 8 key pillars: policy, engagement with multi-stakeholder initiatives, engagement with trade unions, assessing impacts, integrating findings, tracking performance, remedy and transparency. We encourage... Read More

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 honored to have an opening speech by Fiona Reynolds, CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment. However, technical issues prevented us from showing it during the conference. We therefore invite you... Read More

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 in Driebergen-Rijsenburg, The Netherlands. Our programme will be available for live attendance at the Triodos IM’s premises. Please note that registration for the live event will be on a first come... Read More

On the 2nd of February, the Platform Living Wage Financials hosted a webinar on the Garment and Footwear sector and the effect of Covid-19 on living wage. The webinar was part of the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector and focused on the investor’s perspective: How Covid-19 exacerbated the need to ensure workers’ livelihoods and accelerate the payment of living wages. During the webinar, four of the platform members – Amundi, ASN Bank, Robeco, and Triodos Investment Management – shined their light on the... Read More

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 living wages. Dial into the meeting by following this link, or call in (audio only): +31 20 399 0213, 118440988#   Netherlands, Amsterdam Phone Conference ID: 118 440 988# Find a local number | Reset PIN

Collective leverage increases to €2,3 trillion in Assets Under Management As of 31 January 2019, the Platform Living Wage Financials (PLWF) has expanded from eight to eleven members.The addition of two major Dutch banks ABN AMRO and ING and Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi implies not only a significant expansion of collective leverage, but it also enables the PLWF to expand its overall reach to more sectors, companies, suppliers, and ultimately workers. This should, in turn, enable the investor coalition to be more effective in advancing sectoral... Read More