Скачать или смотреть How Ethical Is 'Ethical Cotton'? Secrets Of The Sustainable Fashion Industry | Full Documentary

In recent years, increasing numbers of brands have committed to selling “ethical” cotton. Used to make everything from jeans and t-shirts to tarpaulins, oil and cattle feed, cotton powers a 37 billion euros a year industry. But is it really as pure as it seems? Claims of forced labour, pollution, and even slavery have stained its wholesome reputation, creating a market for ’ethical, responsible’ cotton. In this investigation, we follow the production chain to find out how cotton is really made and examine the claims of the ethical cotton labels.

We start in Uzbekistan, where cotton is the main cash crop. A dictatorship whose people are forcibly sent to the fields at harvest every year. In 2012, reports that children as young as 9 were being forced to pick cotton led to a global campaign to stop clothing suppliers buying Uzbek cotton. We meet the brave human rights activists who dare to denounce the system. Then, onto the spinning mills of Bangladesh, where workers live in prison-like conditions, to the indifference of contractors.

This documentary was produced by Premiere Lignes and directed by Sandrine Rigaud. It was first released in 2017.

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