Evolving Standards and Practices for Implementing Living Wages

BSR Members Only

Date and Time

September 13, 2023
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT

Location

Webinar

The Center for Business and Social Justice invites BSR members to a webinar panel on the leading practices and standards for implementing a living wage program for direct employees. The event will feature practical advice and learnings from other member companies that have implemented and continue to evolve their living wage initiatives. It will additionally highlight the emerging collaborations that are working to provide clarity on living wage benchmark methodologies as well as overall guidance on how corporations can drive racial and economic equity.

Scheduled Speakers

• Mahlet Getachew, Managing Director of Corporate Racial Equity, PolicyLink
• More, TBA
• Emma Giloth, Associate Director, Consumer Sectors and Human Rights, BSR
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Emma Giloth
Associate Director, Consumer Sectors and Human Rights, BSR
San Francisco
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Emma Giloth is a social impact and brand strategist working at the intersection of human rights and consumer sectors at BSR. Her expertise lies in food, beverage, and agriculture; consumer marketing; and ethical supply chains.
Prior to BSR, Emma worked in the consumer packaged goods industry, where she led marketing and innovation for a food company that specialized in ethical sourcing of climate-smart ingredients. A social entrepreneur at heart, she co-founded a sustainable natural products brand in Senegal as well as an Africa-focused intercultural communication consultancy. She is dedicated to strengthening employment opportunities for youth and is a business advisor to several African brands. Before working in the private sector, Emma managed programs on human rights, early childhood development, and youth empowerment in West Africa and the Caribbean.
Emma holds a BA in International Relations and Economics from American University and a MBA specialized in Social Enterprise and Sustainability Management from Colorado State University. She speaks French and Wolof.
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Recent Insights From Emma Giloth
• Adequate Wages vs. Living Wages: Implementation Guidance for Companies / October 30, 2024 / Blog
• Twenty Years of Implementing Living Wage / March 21, 2024 / Blog
• Closing the Gender Gap: Addressing Wage Inequality / March 8, 2024 / Blog
• Beyond Audits: Six Ways to Manage Human Rights Risks in Supply Chains / June 9, 2022 / Blog
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