For the assessment year 2016-2017, the FLA conducted unannounced independent external monitoring (IEM) visits to assess working conditions at Syngenta’s corn supply chain in Thailand between the months of October 2016 and May 2017. The assessments covered around 30 acres of corn farms located in Kanchanaburi, Lampang, and Tak provinces.

The FLA Board of Directors voted on February 7, 2018 to approve the accreditation of Volcom's social compliance program. The FLA accreditation report specifically recognizes as strengths Volcom's top management commitment to social compliance, annual Global Compliance Summit, and comprehensive supplier scorecard to incentivize suppliers to improve their social compliance.

The FLA Board of Directors voted on February 7, 2018 to approve the accreditation of Fenix Outdoor's social compliance program. Details on FLA's accreditation methodology can be found at www.fairlabor.org/accreditation. The FLA accreditation report specifically recognizes as strengths Feinix's top management commitment, comprehensive audit program and data analysis, and implementation of responsible purchasing practices, including collection of supplier feedback via the Better Buying program.

The founding Charter of the Fair Labor Association (FLA) requires each affiliated company to “adopt, and cause its applicable licensees, contractors, and suppliers to adopt, the FLA Workplace Code in the manufacture of its products.” As of October 31, 2017, 87 percent of all code elements followed by Category B Licensees met FLA standards.