For now, Fair Trade USA is adopting FLO’s SPO standard as is. We are comfortable with this approach because over the past decade we have invested millions of dollars and hundreds of hours in co-creating the approaches used by FLO, including standards and compliance criteria. We will continue honoring FLO-CERT certifications while simultaneously making SCS available as a certifier later this year.

We will begin consulting with producers on our Smallholder Organization standard later this year.

If you are interested in certification with SCS, please contact Fair Trade USA at producercertification@fairtradeusa.org