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Lara Wolters is chiefly responsible for leading the file through parliament and tough negotiations with member states (Photo: European Parliament)

MEPs approve corporate due diligence legislation (again)

MEPs approved the long-fought supply chain law, which aims to hold large companies accountable for their impact on humans and the environment. 

Wednesday's (24 April) vote in Strasbourg was the result of a decade-long battle that started in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh when a sweatshop complex collapsed in Dhaka and crushed 1134 ...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Lara Wolters is chiefly responsible for leading the file through parliament and tough negotiations with member states (Photo: European Parliament)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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