What role do colleges and universities play in the FLA?
In recent years, many colleges and universities have begun to seek assurances that products bearing their marks are produced under just and humane working conditions both abroad and in the United States. In an effort to reach this goal, over 200 institutions have become affiliated with the FLA. As FLA affiliates, schools require all of their licensees to participate in the FLA. Additionally, every FLA-affiliated university requires the public disclosure of factory locations where its licensed products are manufactured. The FLAs long partnership with colleges and universities extends to its formal incorporation in 1999. University representatives have six seats on the FLAs policy-making Board of Directors, equal to that of companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The six university members on the FLA Board represent the University Advisory Council (UAC), a body that comprises a representative from each university affiliated with the FLA. The university Board members help gui
