1. Adopt a company commitment and policy

Adopting a policy that commits your company to achieve living wages and living incomes in your supply chains will contribute to:

• Building future proof and resilient supply chains
• Responding to market demands for social and environmental sustainability
• Protecting human rights throughout the supply chain
• Creating legislation such as ILO Conventions
• Achieving international and national human rights goals such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals

The company commitment and/policy can include objectives regarding:

• A description of the issue regarding wages and/or income in the sector(s) your company operates
• Principles guiding your supply chain (ethics, long term relationships, value distribution, collaboration, certification schemes, etc.)
• Commitment to paying living wages/income
• Approach to work towards living wages/income (working with producers, suppliers, etc.) 
• Commitment to respecting labour rights, freedom of association or working hours

2. Define a roadmap

Define a roadmap that establishes an action plan with specific deadlines and specific targets, moving from targets to improve transparency in the supply chain towards targets to close the income/wage gap. Targets should be ambitious yet realistic and follow a gradual approach from short term to long term. Some examples of target types:

Internal

• Targets for procurement/internal buyers
• Reference to living income/wage strategy or commitment

External

• Targets for farmers or suppliers
• Influence the economic viability of the producers