Private Sector Implications of the ILO Meeting on Living Wage

BSR Members Only

Date and Time

April 17, 2024
4:00 pm-5:00 pm CEST

Location

Webinar

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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

• Johan Genneby, Global Sustainability Lead, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
• Shaheen Hashmat, Senior Project Manager—Global Living Wage, Living Wage Foundation
• Michelle Murray, CEO and Founder, Living Wage for Us
• Matthias Thorn, Global Labour Relations and Human Rights Director, Samsung Electronics
• 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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