I think her answer is a cop-out, like she’s looking for an excuse to avoid beefing her own sister, which I get.
If she really wanted to engage with this stuff about TALA, all she needs is to be equipped with the means to research and understand the issue at heart, which she is. Really, she doesn’t need anybody to prompt her - it’s not required that someone else play ball with her for her to look into this and talk about or acknowledge issues with TALA. At that point, the anonymity of the account doesn’t matter.
I get that she might not want to engage in a debate with someone that’s coming into it in bad faith, and the account in question is pretty empty, so she can’t judge their character or intent. However, if Sarah got involved, I wouldn’t be surprised if Flora told her that she’s suspiciously fixated on Grace
Again, ultimately, Flora doesn’t need this conversational prompt with other brands, and if anything, the “small brand” argument for her not engaging in discourse on TALA is much outweighed by the argument that as she is so close to the brand and is an environmental activist, she should comment on it.
Flora is either squirming away from messing up her family dynamic, or is not really bothered about ethics if she holds TALA to a different standard (exploitation is not made OK by it coming as a part of “growth”).
If she wanted to express criticism without controversy, she could literally just say that she is aware of the issue and that she’d rather keep it between herself and her sister, and then not do any promotional work for TALA.