Products Covered by FLA Affiliation: All Fanatics Branded and RNL products.
Company Commitment: Like many internationally recognized brands, Fanatics Apparel views the workers along its supply chain as its extended workforce. We appreciate that this workforce is vital to the creation of our product, and that ensuring quality product and worker welfare are not mutually exclusive. As a brand uniquely attuned to its sports fan customer base, Fanatics Apparel also recognizes the growing interest among consumers in factory working conditions. This growing interest cannot go ignored.
The FLA engaged the independent experts who conducted this Safeguards investigation at the request of FLA-affiliated companies Fanatics and adidas as well as adidas licensee Streetwear, Inc.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – October 22, 2018 – Today, 123 apparel and footwear companies signed the new “AAFA/FLA Apparel & Footwear Industry Commitment to Responsible Recruitment,” reflecting the industry’s commitment to the fair treatment of workers in the global apparel, footwear, and travel goods supply chain.
On June 29, 2018, the Fair Labor Association joined with seven leading companies and the American Apparel and Footwear Association to send a letter to the President of the Republic of Nicaragua expressing concern about the nation’s political and social crisis threatening the rights, livelihoods, and physical safety of workers and others and the capacity of Nicaragua’s industries that export around the world.
The FLA engaged the independent experts who conducted this Safeguards investigation at the request of FLA-affiliated companies Fanatics and adidas as well as adidas licensee Streetwear, Inc.