This presentation gives an overview of Piece & Co.'s impact assessment program.

2. “A moment of impact has potential for change—it has ripple
effects far beyond what we could predict. Sending some
particles crashing together, making them closer than before
while sending others spinning off into great adventures landing
where you’d never thought you’d find them.”
--The Vow.

3. through sustainable employment of women.
“Where women's participation in
the labor force grew fastest, the
economy experienced the largest
reduction in poverty rates.”
-International Center for Research on Women
Women
Nutritious
Food
Children’s
Education
Health
Care
Clothing
Shelter

7. Living Wage
Compliance
Measuring Impact

9.  Malnourishment
 Children working instead of going to school
 Lack of resistance to disease
 Inadequate shelter
 Working excessive hours / multiple jobs
All are likely characteristics of people not being paid a living wage
All are characteristics that keep people stuck in the cycle of poverty

10. By paying living wages, we can end this
cycle, and pull families out of poverty.
“Poverty is a vicious cycle.The disadvantages that are created by extreme poverty in turn create more
poverty.Lack of funds leads to lack of education,which leads to lack of employment,leading back to
lack of funds.Without the financial,cultural and intellectual capital needed to escape,individuals are
likely to remain trapped in poverty for several generations.70 percent of those trapped in this
heartbreaking cycle of poverty are women.”
-Be the Change

11. Why should we develop our own?
Our forefathers have a:
Lack of agreement
of a definition
Lack of attention to
regional diversity
Questionable
methodology
Basically,
we can do
it better

12. Definition
An hourly wage associated with full time employment that is
sufficient in paying for the basic needs of the worker and the
worker’s family with some discretionary income.
Basic Needs
Food, Housing,Transportation, Health Care, Child Care &
Education, Other Necessities/Savings
Surveys
Cost of Living and Validation

14. Living
Wage
Workplace
Rights
Awareness
Safety, Health,
and
Environmental
Compliance
Transparency
Freedom to
Associate
Observe
Local
Laws
Zero
Discrimination
No Forced
Labor or
Child Labor
Women’s
Participation
in the
Workforce
Capacity
Building/
Skills
Training

15. Artisans
working out
of their
homes / in
informal
workspaces
Survey Style
Audits &
Eyewitness
Accounts
Compliance

17. • we are impactingWho
• our impact meansWhat
• our impact is the greatestWhen
• we are making an impactWhere
• many we are impactingHow
• up to our promisesLiving

20. Group
Survey
Artisan
Survey
Cost of Living
Survey
Technology
-Calling
-Texting
-Apps

21. Established
Living Wage
Calculator
Broader
Artisan
Network
Established
System of
Auditing
Volunteer
Network
100%
Compliance
Artisan
Committees
Impact
Reports
Community
Development
Our own
Technology