Public Commitment on Living Wage
About the data
This metric is part of a Clean Clothes Campaign project to investigate wages in apparel supply chains. The project, Fashion Checker, is funded by the European Commission and comprises research, campaigning, capacity building and advocacy around an innovative transparency tool.
Fashion Checker enables users to see at a glance which fashion brands and retailers have the largest gaps between their public commitments on wages, what workers are actually paid, and what they should be paid to be earning a Living Wage in their regional context.
Clean Clothes Campaign defines a living wage as wage that is earned in a standard working week of no more than 48 hours and allows the garment worker to be able to buy food for herself and her family, pay the rent, pay for healthcare, clothing, transportation and education and have a small amount of savings for when something unexpected happens.
(Source: CCC)
Methodology
This metric is asking whether the company has made a public commitment to achieve payment of living wages across its supply network.
The public commitment must mention that a living wage is (1) enough to cover workers’ basic needs, (2) is a family wage and (3) is paid for a regular working week of maximum 48 hours (excluding overtime).
Start by searching on the company’s website and within their published documents such as policy documents, annual reports and sustainability reports.
Keywords and Search Terms
- Living wage
- Wages
- Supply chain
Answer Input
Always include the page number where you found the answer in the Comments field, as well as excerpts from the source where you found the information.
If the company has made a commitment to pay their workers a living wage in line with the definition in the About section (see above), enter the answer as 'Yes'.
If the company has not made any such commitment, enter the answer as 'No'.
From 2024 onwards, 'Partial' has been phased out as an answer option.
Please note: 'Unknown' is not a possible answer for this metric.