German Retailers Working Group on Living Income and Living Wages

Overview

The project aims to promote living wages and incomes for small-scale producers in the coffee sector, as well as for plantation workers in the banana sector in selected Latin American countries. In doing so, the project seeks to contribute to combating poverty and promoting decent working conditions. Promoting responsible purchasing practices, strong worker representation and social dialogue as well as resilient and efficient production systems are among the core measures. In light of the upcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the project seeks to develop scalable and impactful solutions together with relevant stakeholders at local, regional and international levels, in line with development policy objectives. Pre-competitive collaboration among retailers on an aligned approach is at the core of both projects to create a level playing field for ambitious solutions (especially on purchasing practices), to leverage impact and minimize efforts for supply chain partners.

Core measures 
- Establish responsible purchasing practices (banana & coffee)​
- Strengthen worker representation and decent work (banana)​
- Promote resilient and efficient production systems (coffee)​
- Strengthen national mechanisms (banana & coffee)​
- Encourage collaboration and exchange with relevant stakeholders (banana & coffee)​

Key cooperation partners​
Retailers: ALDI Nord, ALDI South, dm, Kaufland, Lidl, REWE Group​
Public: ILO, local governments, World Banana Forum (under FAO)​
Other: Supply chain partners of retailers, producer and worker organizations,
Fairtrade, CLAC, ETI, BananaLink, Sustainable Food Lab; Global Coffee
Platform, Rikolto etc. 

This project provides publicly available information. Please visit the project website or contact us to find out how this support can benefit you.

Website banana  Website coffee