Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO)

One of the most relevant ethical and legal frameworks we collect is fair trade and the EU's CAP (Common Agricultural Policy). First, I will explain fair trade, then CAP. The International Fair Trade Labeling Organization (FLO) is an organization promoting fair trade. It focuses on improving the lives of producers in developing countries in a sustainable way. According to the official website of FLO, the first fair trade label product was coffee from Mexico sold in the Netherlands supermarket in 1988.

Starbucks has partnered with TransFair USA and Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) to realize the purchase of sustainable and ethical coffee. TransFair USA is one of 23 affiliates established by the International Fair Trade Labeling Organization. Approximately 5% of Starbucks coffee purchase now is Fairtrade certified coffee. The Starbucks Fair Trade program helps improve agricultural and environmental practices and the price of coffee products available to farmers but it is not a problem for small farmers such as geographical reasons (extreme remote areas) and regional infrastructure issues Plan expansion has barriers. Supply chain complexity

In January 2004, Fair Trade Labeling International split it into two organizations, Fairtrade International (FLO), which provides farmer's business support with fair trade criteria, and FLO-CERT which inspects and certifies producer organizations it was done. . The purpose of the separation is to ensure fairness, independence, and compliance to the ISO 65 standards of the certification body. Currently, more than 25 label initiatives and producer networks are members or associate members of Fairtrade International. According to the certification of FLO coffee, tea, rice, banana, mango, cocoa, cotton, sugar, honey, juice, nuts, fresh fruits, buckwheat, herbs, spices, wine, there are now many different products FAIRTRADE CERTIFICATION mark. And football

In 1997, the Fair Trade Labeling Organization (FLO) International was founded as a comprehensive organization aimed at developing fair trade standards, supporting vulnerable producers, testing and certification, and coordinating fair trade information across the movement It was. Currently more than 20 labeling programs are members of FLO International. A discussion of price distortions advocated by Adam Smith Institute and The Economist magazine argues that Fair Trade is "a false attempt to compensate for the market failure" and encourages market inefficiency and overproduction . They believe that human intervention to this market price is easily misleading and leads to market failure. This is a view of the rightist faction against fair trade.