Fair Labor Association

Capacity Building: a core element of the FLA's program is to build the capacity of companies and collegiate licensees to implement and sustain high labor standards through the provision of guidance, resources, and tools to improve working conditions in supply chains. Training and support are provided to assist affiliates in adopting and communicating workplace standards; monitoring factories and farms; assessing and remediating noncompliance issues; and ensuring the provision of confidential reporting channels for workers in their supplier facilities. FLA staff provide guidance and training to a wide range of companies. Staff lead social compliance training and assist university affiliates in identifying gaps in licensees' supply chains so that training can be employed where risk is greatest. An important focus is the more than 150 colleges and universities that participate in the FLA's university program, through which academic institutions enact their commitment to ethical sourcing of companies manufacturing products that bear university logos.

Access to Remedy: A fourth programmatic focus that underscores the FLA's commitment to transparency and accountability is our third party complaint mechanism. Through this program, any person or organization can report allegations of persistent or serious noncompliance with FLA standards at a production facility owned or used by an FLA-affiliated company, supplier, or university licensee and, in so doing, request an FLA investigation and remediation. Unions and civil society organizations play an essential role in supporting this independent grievance channel as well as bringing worker voice into our collaborative efforts.