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| www.worldofgood.org | [email protected] | +1 510 528 9400 |
“Since 2005, we have increased incomes for an estimated 30,000 workers in 81 countries by an average of 20% through our innovative, web-based Fair Wage Guide.” - Audrey Sea-graves, Interim Executive Director
Theory of Change:
World of Good Development Organiza-tion decreases human rights abuses in global supply chains by creating best practices for multi-national compa-nies and their suppliers and allowing workers to report on unfair working conditions using mobile phone and web-based technology.
Problem Statement:
As companies continue to send their manufacturing overseas to cut costs, reports of human rights abuses in workplaces continue to grow. Globally, an estimated 12.3M people are working in forced labor conditions, 6,000 people die from work-related ac-cidents or diseases daily and 218M children work to support their families, missing out on an education. These workers do every-thing from making our clothes to assembling our electronics and are stuck in a constant cycle of poverty.
World of Good Development Organization - GSBI™ Class of 2010
Headquarters: Oakland, CA, United States
Established: 2005
Impact Areas: Worldwide
Type: Non-Profit/NGO
Sectors: Economic Development, Fair Trade
Staff Size: 2 and 1-2 volunteers
Annual Budget: $220,000
Major Funders: Omidyar Net-work, Cisco Inc., eBay Foundation, World of Good Inc., Levi Strauss Foundation, Ishiyama Family Foun-dation, Peery Foundation, Rudolph Steiner Foundation
Awards: 2009 Tech Awards Equality Cash Prize Laureate for the Fair Wage Guide project
DECREASING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS
Solution:An award-winning nonprofit, World of Good reduces human rights abuses and creates a better workplace for millions of workers around the world by providing unique worker-centric monitoring tools and training to companies, NGOs, governments, investors and workers, creating a systemic model for positive change, unlike traditional more expen-sive third-party auditing firms.
Investment Required:Grants of $320,000 yearly for the next four years to ensure sustainability in 2015.
| www.worldofgood.org | [email protected] | +1 510 528 9400 |
Milestones Achieved:
2005: Received first round funding
2008: Saturated Fair Trade market by recruiting more than 800 fair trade organizations in 66 countries to use Fair Wage Guide
2010: Convinced Fair Trade Commu-nity to adopt Fair Wage Guide into its systems
Growth Plan:
2011: Expand to 11 apparel factories; impact 1,100 workers; complete Labor Link proof of concept
2012: Expand to 111 apparel facto-ries and complete data visualization platform
2013: Expand to 611 apparel factories; impact 61,000 workers
2014: Expand to 1000 factories and impacting 100,000 workers
2015: Break even
“The SMS Labor Link program gives workers a seat at the table to im-prove their own working conditions, in a way that 15 years of factory auditing has failed to do. The in-novative technology platform allows buyers, suppliers, and certifiers to collect real-time information from workers and broadcast educational content back to them.” – Heather Franzese, Manager, TransfairUSA, largest fair trade certifier in the US
This profile was developed during the 2010 Global Social Benefit Incubator™, the signature program of Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology and Society. Updated 8/26/2010. www.scu.edu/sts/gsbi
Annual Budget vs. Outcomes:
Cost per Successful Outcome:$367
DECREASING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS
Impact to Date:
• Increased wages for 30,000+ workers by an estimated 20%
• Improved the bargaining power of 320 artisan cooperatives in Latin America, Africa and Asia
• 900+ companies recruited to use the Fair Wage Guide in their buying practices