Ms Sirpa Pietikäinen is a Finnish member of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament. She is a former Finnish Minister of Environment (1991-1995). Ms Pietikäinen first came to the European parliament in 2008, and was re-elected in the following mandates since then. At the European Parliament, Ms Pietikäinen is a member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, where she is a shadow rapporteur for the European Parliament own initiative report on Sustainable Finance. She is a substitute member of the Women’s Right and Gender Equality Committee and the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee. She is active in several organisations and her positions of trust include Chairmanship of the Globe EU, a platform for dialogue between legislators and a diversity of stakeholders.