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𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. More companies are asking not why they should act, but how to make living wages and living incomes part of the way they do business. How do you build the business case? Embed it into procurement? Work with suppliers? Measure progress? Scale from one supply chain to many? Those were the questions at the heart of yesterday's Living Wage & Living Income Summit that we hosted together with the United Nations Global Compact and with support of many sponsors. More than 500 participants from over 300 organisations came together. Around 70% represented the private sector, joined by governments, trade unions, farmer representatives, civil society organisations, and knowledge partners. Under the theme Know it. Own it. Act on it., the focus was firmly on spotlighting examples and actions. Participants shared practical examples, honest lessons and the realities of turning ambition into measurable progress. Because living wages and living incomes are about more than improving livelihoods. They are fundamental to tackling inequality, strengthening value chain resilience and building businesses that are fit for the future. We know what good looks like. The challenge now is making best practice the norm rather than the exception. Thank you to everyone who contributed their expertise, challenged perspectives and shared practical solutions. We hope the conversations, connections and ideas from yesterday help accelerate action across global value chains. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭. 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭. Jordy van Honk Chris Kip Honore Strong Johnson Tonilyn Lim Vaibhav P. Unilever Willem Uijen Rianne Buter Olam Agri Julie Greene Kenneth Barigye Mountain Harvest ofi Roel van Poppel Julie Vallat LVMH Aafke Keizer Rabobank Gerbrand Haverkamp World Benchmarking Alliance