In 2011, we partnered with the Fair
Wage Network. As part of this, the Fair
Labour Association (FL A) conducted
independent fair wage assessments
at about 200 of our supplier factories
to assess pay structures and workers’
perception of their wages. Building on
the implementation of the Fair Wage
method in selected model factories
(s. 2.14), our goal is to scale up such
improved pay structures at all of our
strategic supplier factories* by 2018
at the latest. This will affect around
850,000 workers. Developed by the
Fair Wage Network, the Fair Wage
Method defines twelve dimensions
of wages that need to be in place to
make a fair living wage. For example,
this includes ensuring that wages
cover workers’ basic needs, reflect
their skills and are negotiated in a
fair process involving workers and
their representatives. Our plan is to increase the implementation of such
improved pay systems to cover 60 strategic
supplier factories in Bangladesh,
Cambodia and China in 2015. As part
of this, we will conduct further worker
surveys at these factories. We will use
this broader group of factories and
the data gathered from these surveys
to make decisions on how to move
forward