Former environmental inspector joins Tata Steel | Economy

An environmental inspector from the North Sea Canal Area Environment Agency will be working at Tata Steel from 1 January, reports de Volkskrant Thursday. She supervised Tata Steel at the environmental service and was the point of contact for local residents in Wijk aan Zee and IJmuiden.

The former employee of the environmental service starts working at the steel factory as an environmental technologist.

The career switch has caused a lot of commotion among local residents and opponents of Tata Steel. But according to a spokesperson for Tata Steel, there is no reason to.

It often happens that employees of an institution transfer to companies that are under the supervision of that same institution. “Many people work for the environmental service. This is no exception and not prohibited,” says the spokesperson.