Fairtrade is pleased to co-publish a fourth regional living wage study that sets a new living wage benchmark for the Naivasha region of Kenya.
The study estimates living wage in comparison to wages paid in the
flower sector in semi-urban Naivasha. The benchmark will also be adapted
to set a living wage level for rural Kenya.
The report has been co-funded with UTZ Certified and Sustainable
Agriculture Network/Rainforest Alliance (SAN/RA). Fairtrade, UTZ and
SAN/RA collaborate on the living wage topic together with other members
of the ISEAL Alliance of standard setting organisations, GoodWeave and
Forest Stewardship Council, and with Social Accountability
International. The research was carried out by Richard and Martha Anker.
Setting benchmarks is just a start. Fairtrade has also embarked on a
project, co-funded by the Dutch Institute for Sustainable Trade, to make
progress towards living wage in the East African flower sector,
together with Dutch development NGO HIVOS and sustainability initiative
Fair Flowers Fair Plants.
Fairtrade has a number of other region-specific living wage projects
on the go, and is working with local trade unions to support them in the
collective bargaining process.
Read the living wage report for Naivasha region, Kenya here
For a further overview of Fairtrade's work in living wage, please click here and see Oxfam’s issue briefing 'Steps towards a living wage in global supply chains'.
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