Living Wage Task Force

In accordance with the 2018 RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C), a Living Wage (LW) must be paid to all workers, including those on piece rate/quotas, for whom calculation is based on achievable quotas during regular working hours. To this effect, elements in the calculation for LW should include food, water, housing, education, healthcare, transport, clothing and other essential needs, including provisions for unexpected events, in accordance with the Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) method (hereinafter referred to as RSPO Endorsed Methodology). 

For Indicator 6.2.6, a Procedural Note was further inserted, which reads as follows:-

“The RSPO Labour Task Force will prepare a guidance on the DLW implementation, including details on how to calculate a DLW, expected for 2019. The RSPO Secretariat will endeavour to carry out DLW country benchmarks for palm oil producing countries in which RSPO members operate and for which no Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) benchmarks exist.”

In accordance with the Procedural Note, there is a need for the development of country benchmarks for countries where RSPO members operate. To this end, and as part of the RSPO’s process, a Living Wage Task Force (LW TF) formed in 2020 to oversee the development of the RSPO DLW benchmarks globally.

Co-chairs

Name
Organisation
Margaret Chin
SEPA
Matteo Squire
Unilever

Members

Membership Sector
Substantive member / Organisation
Alternate Member / Organisation
Oil Palm Growers (Malaysia)
Dr. Surina Ismail / MPOA
Vacant
Oil Palm Growers (Indonesia)
Lim Sian Choo / Bumitama Agri Ltd.
Vacant
Oil Palm Growers (Latin America)
Julian Mauricio Vasquez Hincapie / Agroince Ltda y Cia SCA
Vacant
Oil Palm Growers (Africa)
Thomas Lavreys / SOCFIN
Vacant
Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders
Edrin Moss / Wilmar International
Yeap Su Jeen / Wilmar International
Consumer Goods Manufacturers
Matteo Squire / Unilever
Vacant
Retailers
Vacant
Vacant
Banks and Investors
Vacant
Vacant
Environmental NGO
Vacant
Vacant
Social NGO
Margaret Chin / SEPA
Nales Rajah / BC Initiative
Social NGO
Michel Riemersma / Solidaridad
Vacant
Social NGO
Maurice van Beers
Vacant

RSPO Secretariat

Name
Designation
Leena Ghosh
Head of Human Rights and Social Standards
Cheng Boon Ong
Manager, Decent Work
Azlinah Al-Aydeross
Senior Executive of Living Wage

To express your interest in any of the vacant roles, please contact Human Rights and Social Standards.

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