The Fair Labour Association (FLA) has accredited six companies’ compliance programmes, signifying a satisfactory completion of each company's three-year initial implementation period into the FLA. The compliance programmes of adidas-Salomon, Eddie Bauer, Liz Claiborne, Inc., Nike, Phillips-Van Heusen, and Reebok apparel all received accreditation following an extensive performance review based upon independent factory monitoring and verification reports of supplier facilities conducted by external monitors.
"Accreditation in simple terms means accountability and verification. FLA's purpose is to cultivate a culture of respect for workers and we do this by holding companies accountable to the workplace code of conduct," said Auret van Heerden, FLA President and CEO. "Collectively these companies are responsible for consumer products made in 2,800 factories in 62 countries. Each of them has worked hard to establish a workplace standards program that complies with the FLA's considerable requirements. We hope that consumers and others interested in the programs of these companies will consult the FLA's first two annual reports and the tracking charts which report on the monitoring of factories by the FLA's accredited independent external monitors and will also look for the FLA's third annual report due for publication later this year."
FLA is a non-profit organisation that combines the efforts of industry, non-governmental organisations, colleges and universities to promote adherence to international labour standards and improve working conditions worldwide.
