Events

Upcoming Events

China Social Compliance Leadership Series - February 17, 2010, London
The Fair Labor Association is an association sponsor of INFACT’s China Social Compliance Leadership Series, an advanced practitioners’ seminar for company compliance managers, suppliers, vendors, agents, licensees, trading companies and domestic importers sourcing from China. Ian Spaulding, one of the leading change agents in social compliance and managing director of INFACT, will train professionals on a new operating model built around transparency and continuous improvement. FLA affiliates are eligible for a discount when you register. Please contact Susan Webb or Roopa Nair for a discount code.

Past Events

FLA Stakeholder Forum: Wages Along the Supply Chain: Assessment and Prospects - October 26, 2009, Washington, D.C.
The FLA brought together academics and practitioners who have focused on wages, working conditions, and corporate social responsibility in their work, to discuss: (1) current wage practices and issues along the supply chain; (2) current initiatives to address these issues; (3) recommendations on how to incorporate into CSR; and (4) the roles different stakeholders can assume in developing solutions. Read the complete stakeholder forum report.

Ethical Fashion Show Paris: Education for Sustainable Fashion - October 4, 2009
 Auret van Heerden, President and CEO of the Fair Labor Association, discussed the FLA Fashion Project that is being conducted in partnership with the University of Delaware, the Central American Polytechnic Institute and Gildan Activewear, Inc. The seminar was aimed at fashion tutors and students. Learn more. 

China Social Compliance Leadership Series - April 14, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan; April 17, 2009 in Shenzhen, China
Ian Spaulding, a leading change agent in social compliance and managing director of INFACT, conducted an advanced practitioners' seminar for company compliance managers, suppliers, vendors, agents, licensees, trading companies and domestic importers sourcing from China. This seminar was cosponsored by the FLA.

FIBERcast on Social Responsibility in the Apparel Industry - February 23, 2009 (Podcast now available)
Download or listen to a replay online. Guests include Marsha Dickson, University of Delaware professor and chairperson of the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, board member of the FLA and co-author of the new Social Responsibility in the Global Apparel Industry, and Doug Cahn of the Cahn Group, LLC, who has been a CSR and public policy executive for the past 30 years. Hye-Shin Kim, associate professor of fashion and apparel studies and editor of the FIBER journal, moderates. Listen to the podcast.  

International Seminar on Business and Human Rights - December 4-5, 2008 (Video clips available)
Marking the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, FLA President and CEO Auret Van Heerden joined panelists to talk about how businesses can work in partnership with government, civil society and development organizations to develop a human rights approach to key global issues. The seminar was hosted by Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Global Compact Board member and President of Realizing Rights. See the video clip of Auret van Heerden or choose from all panelists participating in the seminar.