Fair Trade Labeling Organization

Accountability and FLO

Level Ground Trading supports the Fair Trade Labeling Organization (FLO) initiatives by purchasing from two FLO certified cooperatives—CAC Pangoa, Fero Co-op. As a purchaser of FLO certified coffee Level Ground Trading is required to:

• Pay at least a price to producers that at least cover the costs of sustainable production: the Fairtrade Minimum Price.
• Pay a premium that producers can invest in development: the Fair Trade Premium.
• Partially pay in advance, when producers ask for it.
• Sign contracts that allow for long-term planning and sustainable production practices.

About FLO

Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), created in 1997 and based in Bonn Germany, is the largest and most widely recognized standard setting and certification body for Fair Trade products.

FLO is an umbrella organization that unites 20 labeling Initiatives in 21 countries and producer networks representing Fairtrade Certified Producer Organizations in Central and South America, Africa and Asia. In Canada FLO labeled products fall under the labeling organization Transfair Canada, and respectively in the USA under Transfair USA.