What's in it for brands?

Joining ACT provides global companies with the opportunity to: 

 

  • Simultaneously improve business opportunities, working conditions and consumer satisfaction.
  • Achieve more  stable and productive supply chains through collective bargaining and long-term partnerships with productive quality suppliers
  • Collaborate towards industry-wide standards to stop unfair competition
  • Achieve and strengthen the position as market leader on sustainability

Worldwide, ACT is the first platform to offer global companies a one-stop solution for cutting-edge due diligence on fair remuneration, meaningful stakeholder engagement, purchasing practices, freedom of association with a pathway towards living wages. 

ACT offers a mechanism for brands and retailers to facilitate and support wage increases and improvements in working conditions in the supply chain in a  way that is:

  • transparent
  • predictable
  • complementary to minimum wages
  • market-based
  • scalable
  • connected to purchasing practices
  • legally binding to ensure credibility

The ACT framework ensures meaningful stakeholder engagement in a robust and systematic way through strong industrial relations – by keeping stakeholders informed and involved in decision-making through social dialogue and collective bargaining, it helps prevent industrial disputes, facilitates stable supply chains, and drives better outcomes for all parties.