Lara Wolters

Lara Ianthe Wolters (born 12 April 1986) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019.

[4] In this capacity, she was rapporteur on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, having previously led a parliamentary resolution calling for legislation to make corporations accountable for issues such as worker exploitation, human rights violations, and environmental damage.

[5][6] She told that her interest in the topic had been sparked by the 2013 collapse of a Bangladeshi commercial building, which had resulted in over 1,100 deaths.

[6] She was also co-rapporteur on a 2022 directive on improving the gender balance on boards of directors of listed companies.

[9] She was re-elected in June 2024 as the seventh candidate on the shared GroenLinks–PvdA list, which received a plurality in the Netherlands of eight seats.