Heidi Hautala
I’m a former Vice-President of the European Parliament and a long-term MEP. In Finland, I’ve been a Member of Parliament and a Minister for Development Cooperation and State Ownership Steering. Human rights, transparency, global justice and the environment have always been at the heart of my work.
During my last two terms at the European Parliament, I focused on promoting binding rules for Responsible Business Conduct. I created a cross-party working group on RBC and took part in drafting key legislation in this field, namely the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Deforestation Regulation.
After my parliamentary work I will continue to promote responsible business conduct in different arenas.
European Parliament Working Group on Responsible Business Conduct
Blog
Social media
Meetings with interest groups
The Greens are committed to transparency. We believe that citizens have a right to know what their political representatives are doing and should be able to monitor how power is being exercised in Brussels. That is why we publish information on all meetings Heidi and her assistants have with different lobbyists and interest groups.
Heidi’s meetings with lobbyists as of January 2020 are listed on the European Parliament website. The meetings from 2015 to 2019 are published by using the online tool LobbyCal.
We do not publish information on meetings held with endangered political dissidents, journalists or whistle-blowers to ensure their security.
