Being green is no religion | Wendy M Grossman
A court ruling that environmentalism is akin to religious belief is bad news for science, and for efforts to tackle climate changeJudging from what I read many men who pay for sex want a straightforward transaction where their money buys them the prostitute's body and acting talent, but stops short of acquiring her heart and passion. Some jobs are like that. The head of a large organisation's sustainability programme apparently can be one such. While we expect our do-gooders to be earnest and sincere, for many large organisations the biggest driver pushing them towards sustainability is cost, not conviction. Can someone be too devoutly green to be head of sustainability for a large company?We are not in a position to judge the employment issues – job performance and company behaviour – in the case of Tim Nicholson, the former head of sustainability for the property company Grainger PLC. Nicholson was...
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