NEW ACADEMY COURSE
Advancing Living Wages:
Guidance for Supply Chain Implementation
Supporting companies in advancing living wages through their supply chains.
Companies across global value chains increasingly recognize that fair wages are essential for long-term resilience. Yet many struggle to take concrete action due to limited visibility and control over wages in their supply chains. To support your organization in advancing living wages, the UN Global Compact Academy now offers a dedicated course.
A living wage enables workers and their families to afford a decent standard of living, including essential needs such as food, housing, healthcare and education. Paying a living wage not only helps reduce in-work poverty but also contributes to stronger businesses and more resilient supply chains.
Our new accademy course Advancing Living Wages Forward Faster: Guidance for Supply Chain Implementation supports your company in turning these principles into practice. Through 10 modules, you can select and combine the topics that are most relevant to your needs and learning journey. The course guides you through buyer and supplier engagement, expectation-setting and the co-development of an action plan.
Structure: 10 Modules | Self-paced
Time investment: Approx. 3 hours (in total)
Language: English
Level: Beginner - Advanced
- Understand how living wages connect to responsible sourcing and supplier relationships
- Identify credible living‑wage benchmarks
- Recognize where to begin implementing living‑wage practices
- Learn from real company examples of effective actions
- Determine how to collaborate with stakeholders in your role
This course is for professionals looking to integrate living wages into their corporate strategy, particularly in:
- Sustainability & Human Rights
- Supply Chain, Procurement & Responsible Sourcing
- Human Resources
- Ethics & Compliance
- Strategic Planning & Business Development
Discover the course modules
The course modules are designed around real business challenges. It includes core, optional, and advanced modules, with quizzes and knowledge checks to help reinforce your learning.
- Module #1: Introduction to UN Global Compact Faster Forward Living Wage Targets
- Module #2: Introduction to Living Wages
- Module #3: Internal Engagement
- Module #4 (optional): Engaging with Suppliers
- Module #5: Credible Living Wage Estimates & Gap Assessment
- Module #6: (optional) Joint Action Plan(s)
- Module #7: How to Take Action
- Module #8: Role of Stakeholders
- Module #9 (optional): Reporting on Progress & Join Action Plan(s)
- Module #10: Lessons Learned
Is your company committed to Forward Faster?
The course, developed in partnership with IDH, introduces specific actions your company can take to achieve the UN Global Compact Forward Faster Living Wage Target 2. Through this learning path, you will learn how to turn your company’s Forward Faster Living Wage commitment into actions that deliver measurable progress toward the target.