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    15/02/2017
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    荷兰索尔公司世上最大的玫瑰生产商之一,以埃塞俄比亚为生产基地。每日,索尔为欧洲市场出产三百至四百万支玫瑰。这些玫瑰都得到公平贸易的认证,这个国际认证意味着这些产品的生产过程是公平和可持续的。节目走访非洲,调查这些玫瑰的生产方式到底有多「公平」。

    调查后发现,当地玫瑰工人日薪只得一点五欧罗。专家表示,这个薪金水平不足以糊口。索尔在埃塞俄比亚聘请了超过一万名员工。但年度报告显示,索尔的荷兰母公司,在阿斯米尔的办公室的42名员工总薪金,比埃塞俄比亚的一万多名在温室工作的员工还要多。

    「公平贸易」标签除了保证贸易供链的每一环是公平,亦保证产品以可持续方式生产。地理学家马修.卢顿表示,要维持该公司的玫瑰产量,每年需要耗用至少二千个奥运标准游泳池的水量。而索尔在埃塞俄比亚的用水也导致邻近河流日渐乾涸。

    一份内部报告更显示,索尔排出的污水含有破坏生态的成分。该公司在欧洲出售的玫瑰同样含有这些成份。毒理学教授马丁.梵登堡分析过数据后说:「这些成分有害,并且可以引起生育及流产问题。」

    在目前旱灾严重的情况下,埃塞俄比亚政府需要税收养活国内人口。匿名人士向制作人员提供了索尔的税务资料,显示该公司在2011-2015间只向埃塞俄比亚政府缴交四十二万欧罗的税项。索尔平均每年的营业额为五千万欧罗,但索尔却否认任何有关避税或逃税的指控。


    旁白:董敏莉


    播放频道: 港台电视31、31A
    播出时间: (首播) 2017年2月15日 星期三 晚上9时正
    (重温) 2017年2月16日 星期四 凌晨12时
    2017年2月16日 星期四 中午12时

    中/荷双语广播

    One of the world’s largest rose producers is located in Ethiopia, the Dutch company SHER. Every day, SHER produces between 3 and 4 million roses for the European market. The roses carry the Fairtrade label, an international certificate for fair and sustainable products. Zembla travels to Africa and investigates how “fairly” the roses are produced.

    It turns out the rose laborers earn on average 1.5 euros a day. According to experts, this is not enough to make ends meet. SHER employs over ten thousand people in Ethiopia. Annual reports show that the 42 employees at SHER’s Dutch office in Aalsmeer together earn more than 10,000 Ethiopian colleagues who work in the greenhouses.

    Besides fair trade, Fairtrade also promises sustainability. Geographer Marcel Rutten states that producing the roses requires at least 2000 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water every year. In Ethiopia it turns out that SHER’s use of water leads to the nearby river running dry.

    An internal report shows that the wastewater contains substances that harm the ecology. The same substances are also in the SHER roses we buy at the supermarket. Professor of toxicology Martin van den Berg analyzed the data: “These substances are harmful and can lead to fertility problems and miscarriage.”

    In these times of extreme drought the Ethiopian government needs tax income to feed its population. An anonymous source gives us SHER’s tax data. They show that in 5 years (2011-2015), the company has paid only 420,000 euros. SHER has an annual turnover 50 million euros, on average. SHER tells us “there is absolutely no question of tax avoidance or evasion. ?

    Channel: RTHK 31 & 31A
    Time: (First Run) 2017.2.15 Wed 9:00pm
    (Re-run) 2017.2.16 Thu 00:00am
    2017.2.16 Thu 12:00pm

    Bilingual: Cantonese/ Dutch