Rubber-Stamping Repression
25.11.2022Earthsight uncovers the bloody truth behind furniture manufacture in Belarus and its export to key European markets, detailing links between some of Europe’s largest furniture retailers and forced penal labour in Belarus.
Furthermore, we reveal how one of the worlds largest green certification schemes helped to greenwash the prison-workshops products, while EU authorities turned a blind eye to furniture imports from a country that is otherwise subject to trade sanctions.