荷蘭索爾公司世上最大的玫瑰生產商之一，以埃塞俄比亞為生產基地。每日，索爾為歐洲市場出產三百至四百萬支玫瑰。這些玫瑰都得到公平貿易的認證，這個國際認證意味著這些產品的生產過程是公平和可持續的。節目走訪非洲，調查這些玫瑰的生產方式到底有多「公平」。

調查後發現，當地玫瑰工人日薪只得一點五歐羅。專家表示，這個薪金水平不足以餬口。索爾在埃塞俄比亞聘請了超過一萬名員工。但年度報告顯示，索爾的荷蘭母公司，在阿斯米爾的辦公室的42名員工總薪金，比埃塞俄比亞的一萬多名在溫室工作的員工還要多。

「公平貿易」標籤除了保證貿易供鏈的每一環是公平，亦保證產品以可持續方式生產。地理學家馬修．盧頓表示，要維持該公司的玫瑰產量，每年需要耗用至少二千個奧運標準游泳池的水量。而索爾在埃塞俄比亞的用水也導致鄰近河流日漸乾涸。

一份內部報告更顯示，索爾排出的污水含有破壞生態的成分。該公司在歐洲出售的玫瑰同樣含有這些成份。毒理學教授馬丁．梵登堡分析過數據後說：「這些成分有害，並且可以引起生育及流產問題。」

在目前旱災嚴重的情況下，埃塞俄比亞政府需要稅收養活國內人口。匿名人士向製作人員提供了索爾的稅務資料，顯示該公司在2011-2015間只向埃塞俄比亞政府繳交四十二萬歐羅的稅項。索爾平均每年的營業額為五千萬歐羅，但索爾卻否認任何有關避稅或逃稅的指控。

旁白：董敏莉

播放頻道：	港台電視31、31A
播出時間：	(首播)	2017年2月15日 星期三 晚上9時正
	(重溫)	2017年2月16日 星期四 凌晨12時
		2017年2月16日 星期四 中午12時

中/荷雙語廣播

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