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Forget greenwashing, it’s all about green-botching now

The failure of electric vehicle charging points is terrible for the planet.

Many of the same governments are failing to roll out reliable charging networks at anything like the rate needed.

Many of the same governments who have spent years coaxing an EV industry to life are failing to roll out reliable charging networks at anything like the rate needed.

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Bad green business behaviour has taken some curious turns. First came

greenwashing, or companies pretending to be greener

than they were. Then there was green-hushing, or firms pretending to be less green than they were so they wouldn’t be accused of greenwashing. Now we have what you might call green-botching: well-meant environmental measures that are being implemented so badly that they backfire.

This thought crossed my mind not long ago when I sat down with a group of executives in a global company’s office canteen. “Tea or coffee?” asked our host. Everyone put in their order. The host went to the counter, only to return with the news that there would be no drinks.

Forget greenwashing, it’s all about green-botching now

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