Belgian supermarkets commit to living wage in the banana sector by 2027

比利时的五家主要零售商联手致力于在其国际供应连锁店中为香蕉工的生命工资。零售商的联盟旨在close the living wage gap by the end of 2027 for their collective banana volumes sold on the Belgian market.

2022年12月7日,布鲁塞尔,比利时- 在IDH的支持下签署了确保香蕉工人的生活工资的承诺生活工资峰会今天由零售商Colruyt Group,Delhaize,Aldi,Lidl Belgium和Luxemburg和Jumbo。这是比利时市场的重大步骤,并增加了德国和荷兰零售商的类似承诺的努力。

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Bananas are one of the most commonly sold fruit in supermarkets all over the world. The tropical fruit has a great share in the Belgian household spending, with each Belgian consuming about7.8 kg of bananas per year in 2021。这些香蕉主要是在哥斯达黎加,厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚等国家生产的。在有估计的主要工资的顶级国家中,香蕉种植​​园工人往往不赚取满足其基本需求所需的工资。

为什么现在需要行动

生活工资可确保在特定的时间和地点,工人获得的薪酬足以为工人及其家人提供体面的生活水平。一个体面的生活水平的要素包括食物,水,住房,教育,医疗保健,运输和其他基本需求(包括为意外事件提供)。因此,缩小当前工资和所需的生活工资之间的差距可以提高工人的生活水平。

地球现在有超过80亿人。With population growth concentrated among the world’s poorest countries, eradicating poverty, combatting hunger and malnutrition, and increasing the coverage of health and education systems is ever so important.生活工资是使人们摆脱贫困的关键因素。This coalition’s commitment is therefore a milestone, showing that major market competitors are willing to work together on pre-competitive solutions that contribute to the realization of different sustainable development goals like ‘No Poverty’ (1), Zero Hunger (2), Good Health and Wellbeing (3), Quality Education (4), Gender Equality (5), Clean Water and Sanitation (6), Decent Work and Economic Growth (8), and Reduced Inequalities (10).

综合努力为更大的影响

意识到生活工资很复杂,需要活跃于某个供应链和部门的几个参与者。因此,在像生活工资这样的主题上共同努力是有道理的。比利时零售商将利用联盟建立共同的目标,交流知识和学习,在进度和时间上保持一致,监控进度并在可能的情况下启动联合行动。

根据所涉及的超级市场,共同努力缩小香蕉种植园和农场的生活工资差距大大增加了对当地工人的潜在影响。

When it comes to food system transformation, a collaborative approach is more efficient as the impact of individual parties can be limited, especially when buyers have a small market share and suppliers sell their harvest to multiple buyers

says IDH's Astrid Baeten

To maximize the Impact of their actions, the Belgian retailers will also work closely with other existing living wage coalitions such as theDutch Retail Commitment on Living Wages德国零售商的生活工资和生活收入工作组。这些承诺分别于2019年和2020年签署,也设定了共同的目标,并根据IDH路线图的相同原则在生活工资上进行工作。这样,确保了该行业内的连贯和一致的方法和实施。

如何努力实现这一承诺

为了实施履行其承诺所需的更改,零售商已同意根据他在生活工资上的IDH路线图并使用相应的工具来工作。他们将使用IDH工资矩阵每年计算供应链中的生活工资差距。在分析和适应他们的个人公司流程和采购实践的情况下,联盟成员将与其他零售计划,供应商,生产者和利益相关者合作合作,例如非政府组织,认证者和工会,以实现其目标。零售商将每年报告这项承诺的进度。

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