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Consumer Power: Buying "Sustainable" or "Fair" Flowers

Date of publication: January 23, 2009

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Numerous certification and labeling initiatives have emerged to meet consumer demand for fairly produced flowers. These programs have the potential to change conditions on the ground and signify a step in the right direction, but many labels/certifications need reforms to be able to adequately enforce improve and enforce standards.

Click here [2] to read more and here [3] to read ILRF's Roadmap to Ethical Product Certification and Standard Setting Initiatives.

Click here [4] to write to ASOCOFLORES.

Source URL: http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/fairness-in-flowers/resources/10781

Links:
[1] http://www.laborrights.org/sites/default/files/publications-and-resources/Buying%20Sustainable%20and%20Fair%20Flowers.pdf
[2] http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/fairness-in-flowers/what-can-i-do-to-support-flower-workers
[3] http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/resources/2059
[4] http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/asocolflores