Why the green economy must work so much harder to promote diversity

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If the environment sector does not actively work hard to promote diversity of thought and experience, it is doomed to fail in the long term, writes IEMA CEO Sarah Mukherjee

"I remember vividly how excited I was to have lunch with a colleague in my team one day. This proved to be very short-lived when she decided minutes before we were due to leave, to take up another lunch...

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