Advancing Living Wages Forward Faster: Guidance for Supply Chain Implementation
Course Overview
Advancing living wages in global supply chains is a powerful way for companies to strengthen supplier relationships, support long-term resilience and build trust with consumers and investors. This e-learning course is designed as a choose-your-own-journey experience, allowing learners to explore modules most relevant to their living wage journey — from getting started to taking collaborative action between buyers and suppliers.
The course introduces specific actions companies can take to make progress towards achieving the UN Global Compact Forward Faster Living Wage Target 2, with a focus on creating joint action plans between buyers and suppliers to pay living wages across supply chains. Learners will gain practical guidance on engaging suppliers, aligning expectations and co-developing shared responsibility for paying living wages. Real company examples and interactive decision points will help participants understand what meaningful action looks like in practice and how to chart their own next steps.
Developed by the UN Global Compact in partnership with IDH, this course provides practical guidance to companies on progressing toward paying all employees — and eventually all workers in their value chains — a living wage.
What you will learn
- Why living wages matter for responsible sourcing, business resilience and supplier relationships.
- How to make progress towards achieving Forward Faster Living Wage Target 2.
- How to co-create effective action plans between buyers and suppliers to advance living wages across supply chains.
- Practical examples of what good practice looks like at different stages of maturity.
Who should take this course
This course is recommended for those seeking to understand how to enable a living wage as part of their corporate strategy, specifically professionals in the areas of:
- Sustainability & Human Rights
- Supply Chain, Procurement & Responsible Sourcing
- Human Resources
- Ethics & Compliance
- Strategic Planning & Business Development
CERTIFICATE
- This course offers a certificate upon completion.
