Donald Pols, the former director of Milieudefensie, the Dutch branch of major environmental NGO "Friends of the Earth," sparked controversy last month when he accepted the position of Chief Sustainability Officer at multinational company Tata Steel.
On Tuesday, however, Tata Steel announced the sudden termination of Pols's contract after just one day on the job, stating that "additional information about his background has come to light" that "has affected us and was not previously shared with the company."
