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.