Collegiate Licensee Program
Learn more about the licensee program and how to register or renew your affiliation with FLA.
For over 25 years, colleges and universities have joined the FLA University Caucus to demonstrate their commitment to ethical sourcing and fair labor standards throughout the supply chains of licensed products.
As the next partner upstream in the supply chain, licensees of member schools are required to affiliate with FLA and meet several requirements. The FLA Collegiate Licensee Program offers training and resources tailored to support licensees in meeting their licensors’ expectations for responsible business practices.
Engaging with FLA’s Collegiate Licensee Program demonstrates a commitment to learning from our rigorous standards and improving working conditions for the workers throughout the supply chain producing and decorating items bearing university marks and logos.
This program is only available to companies that actively hold or are in the process of holding license agreements with FLA University Caucus members. FLA Collegiate Licensee Program requirements span the following categories, and we regularly update universities on requirement completion:Â
- Participation in quarterly virtual trainings;
- Workplace standards commitments, including a code of conduct aligned with FLA standards;
- Collegiate supply chain transparency, including factory/supplier disclosures;
- Willingness to participate in Fair Labor Investigations if they arise; and
- Annual affiliation renewal.
Companies engaging with the program benefit by increasing their awareness of the labor rights risks within collegiate supply chains and receiving actionable training to mitigate those risks. This program provides relevant and applicable resources to all companies in the collegiate industry, no matter your company size or sourcing structure. A majority of post-training survey respondents report that they are likely to use the program materials and content in their day-to-day work.
How to affiliate as a collegiate licensee
Fair labor is good for business. FLA’s Collegiate Licensee Program is the only program of its kind to support licensee companies in meeting the ethical sourcing expectations of licensors.
What licensees have to say
We regularly survey collegiate licensees about their takeaways from participation in the program.
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2,500The number of FLA Collegiate Licensee affiliates participating in our programming.
Just under half of licensee affiliates come from the promotional products industry.
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84%The number of licensee survey respondents reporting our quarterly trainings increased their understanding of social compliance topics.
Social compliance is and will continue to be more important as time goes on. The more understanding that we have about all aspects of our supply chain the better. Proactivity is important, and a lack of complaints does not indicate a lack of a need for improvement.
We are not a large company with multiple departments, but still understand the importance of social compliance and will certainly be applying the training to our small team!
Even though my business is micro, where I source components makes a difference. I feel empowered to research my suppliers to make sure my ethics align with theirs. Knowledge is power, knowing the worker conditions is important to pushing for change.