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Company Response

22 Sep 2014

Author:
H&M

H&M response

We share the commitment working for increased minimum wages in Cambodia. Through our pioneering wage strategy launched in 2013, we strongly support wage increase that are set by a tripartite negotiation between workers, employers and governments, a view that is supported by the global trade unions and the ILO. Our motivation isn’t quick wins, but rather laying the groundwork for lasting change. To get the best guidance developing our wage strategy, H&M formed an “Advisory Board for Wage in H&M Supply Chain”. It consists of leading global experts from ILO, global trade unions, civil society and suppliers. They contributed with important perspectives on the wage issue. We also invited different stakeholders to be part of forming our roadmap. We ́ve meet with different campaign organizations such as Clean Clothes Campaign, trade unions, NGOs and the Swedish Government to get their recommendations. Our wage strategy has annual targets in different areas, and one important milestone is that our major suppliers should have improved pay structures for fair living wages in place by 2018. We have three role model factories, one in Cambodia and two in Bangladesh. Here we take the full capacity for five years. The initiative came from a need to showcase that leadership in sustainability goes well together with good performance. In the role model factories we want to find best practice examples, both within the environment and social area, which should set the standard for our other suppliers and the whole industry...