The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a nonprofit that reports on the ethics of public officials, has made two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing the position of Apple CEO Tim Cook and climate advocate Al Gore on Apple’s board of directors.
The SEC filing that called for voting against Al Gore’s twenty-first term on the board of directors pointed out that he has built a “personal brand” for himself on climate change after losing a presidential bid against George W. Bush in 2000. “Mr. Gore has little technology, financial, or leadership success. His board membership relies heavily on his climate change expertise. However, Mr. Gore’s climate predictions have been mostly false; he lives a hypocritical carbon-intensive lifestyle; and his climate activism has been a tool for his personal enrichment, much of which depends on industries whose existence relies on government tax credits and subsidies,” the filing stated….