Factsheet on

DECENT LIVING WAGE

The 2018 RSPO Principles and

Criteria (P&C) incorporates
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER
stronger requirements to apply
human rights standards to all
RSPO members.

Criterion 6.2 of the 2018 P&C

requires that pay and
conditions for staff and
workers, as well as contract
workers, meets that of legal
and/or industry minimum
standards and are sufficient FOUR STEPS IN GLWC METHODOLOGY
for providing a Decent Living
Wage (DLW). RSPO has
adopted the Global Living
Wage Coalition (GLWC)
method to determine the
DLW in RSPO certified units.

ADVANTAGES OF
PAYING A DLW HOW TO CALCULATE DLW
Attracting business from
multinational companies
concerned about social issues
like DLW
Increasing productivity and
reducing production costs by
reducing high staff turnover
Recruiting better quality
*NFNH refers to Non-Food Non-Housing and FTE refers to Full-Time Equivalent
workers
Reducing rejection rates
“The remuneration received for a standard work-week by a
Increasing worker
worker in a particular place is sufficient to afford a decent
commitment, effort, and
standard of living for the worker and her/his family.”
confidence in their employers GLWC
Reducing the number of
strikes, work slow down, and
labour unrest
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Less absenteeism due to
illness and higher energy RSPO Guidance for Implementing a Decent Living Wage
levels to carry out work.