What does FLO mean in INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

FLO is an independent certification system dedicated to creating economic and social opportunities for marginalized producers and workers around the world. FLO sets global standards that ensure farmers receive a fair price for their produce, decent working conditions, and environmental sustainability.

Look out for the FLO logo on packaging or ask the retailer. Products with this label have been certified by FLO and can be trusted to meet their strict standards of practice.

Purchasing Fair Trade Certified products helps to ensure that small-scale farmers and workers around the world earn a decent wage, provide healthy working conditions, reduce child labor, and conserve natural resources. Additionally, when you buy Fair Trade Certified products, it sends a message to larger corporations that people care about responsible business practices.

FLO works with numerous partners worldwide including governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses, farmers' organizations, universities and research institutes. All these entities work together towards promoting ethical trade practices worldwide.

According to FLO standards all individuals employed in producing or trading of certified products must have access to decent working conditions including health and safety laws, access to necessary protective equipment, living wages, reasonable working hours without excessive overtime requirement etc. Moreover FLO prohibits any form of forced labor in certified production processes.

If those standards are violated or ignored by any producer or trader of a certain product then they will lose their certification from FLO.

There are numerous resources available online that can provide further insight into fair trade as well as its history and importance. Additionally you can consider also reaching out directly to official representatives of your local chapter of the International Fair Trade Association (IFAT).

Not necessarily — while many organic food producers focus on sustainability practices such as rotational crop growing practices which fall under the category of sustainable farming — this only one element in ‘fair trade' which involves much broader set of principles like regulation of prices paid to producers in developing countries or promotion of social justice initiatives etc.

Not necessarily as it is still possible for an agricultural producer/manufacturer/retailer who promotes certain green policies such as using recyclable materials etc to simultaneously not follow some aspects set by fair trade such as paying minimal wages according to national law without providing any kind of additional incentives.