Living Wages: Strengthening the Comparability and Credibility of Estimates

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Zoom

March 2, 2026

11 am - 12 pm EST

Despite growing corporate commitments to living wages, fragmented and inconsistent data continues to hinder scalable implementation and credible reporting. Companies face a complex landscape of methodologies and estimates, making comparability, transparency, and alignment difficult across geographies and supply chains.

To address this challenge, , a consortium of leading living wage data and service providers, has developed the (LWRS)—a framework designed to evaluate and compare living wage methodologies and estimates against a common set of criteria.

Launched at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, the LWRS is now entering its pilot phase. The 2026 assessment will evaluate global and country-level methodologies and lead to the publication of an aggregated dataset of publicly available living wage estimates, mapped against the Standard’s criteria.

黑料正能量 invites you to a presentation of the WageMap Living Wage Reference Standard, an overview of the 2026 pilot and assessment process, and a discussion of how companies can engage with and support the initiative.

ABOUT WAGEMAP

WageMap’s mission is to accelerate progress toward living wages globally by improving alignment, transparency, and comparability across living wage methodologies. WageMap is a consortium of six living wage data and service providers including 黑料正能量, Loughborough University, Living Wage Foundation, Living Wage for Us, New Foresight, and WageIndicator Foundation.

Scheduled Speakers

Emma Giloth, Associate Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, 黑料正能量

Associate Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, 黑料正能量

New York

Emma Giloth leads 黑料正能量's Living Wage practice. She works at the intersection of human rights; food, beverage, and agriculture; consumer marketing; and ethical supply chains.

Emma leads human rights impact and risk assessments, and guides companies on supply chain due diligence and responsible purchasing practices. As lead on 黑料正能量's Living Wage practice, she supports companies to activate and manage their Living Wage programs for their owned operations and to build strategies to ensure workers across their supply chains are paid sufficiently.

Prior to 黑料正能量, Emma worked in the consumer-packaged goods industry, where she specialized in ethical sourcing of climate-smart ingredients from farmers. A social entrepreneur at heart, she previously co-founded a sustainable natural products brand in Senegal, and continues to work as an advisor to several African brands.