Sustainability reporting questions at a listed Dutch company in 2026: the figures that are public

What sustainability reporting rules apply to a listed Dutch company in 2026?

A listed company in the Netherlands must follow the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) from 2025 onward. This directive replaces the earlier Non-Financial Reporting Directive and requires a company to report on environmental, social and governance issues. The company must publish a materiality assessment, which lists the topics that matter most to its business and its stakeholders.

The exact figures a PR team needs to handle are those the company chooses to disclose in its annual report or on its sustainability page. The product pages of PR-Dashboard, read 1 September 2026, show that a tool for handling press questions about these numbers, Persvragen, costs EUR 2,700, though the pages do not state a period for that price.

Which figures from a sustainability report are publicly available?

The publicly available figures from a sustainability report include the company's greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, water consumption, and waste data. A listed Dutch company also publishes its social metrics, such as employee turnover, gender pay gap, and safety incidents. Governance figures include board diversity, anti-corruption policies, and tax transparency.

These numbers are found in the company's annual report, which is public on its website. A PR team that needs to answer questions about these figures can use a press inquiry system. The product pages of PR-Dashboard, read 1 September 2026, list the inquiry desk at EUR 2,700, but do not state a period for that price.

How does a PR team get the figures for a Dutch listed company's sustainability report?

A PR team at a listed Dutch company gets the sustainability figures from the internal departments that produce them. The finance department provides the financial data, the operations team gives the environmental figures, and the human resources team supplies the social metrics. The PR team then releases these figures in the annual report or on the company website.

The team must also handle questions from journalists about these numbers. A tool that tracks incoming press questions can help. The product pages of the Amsterdam supplier, read 1 September 2026, show that the product, a journalist database and sending system, starts at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, and includes coverage of the Netherlands and Flanders.

What does a sustainability reporting tool cost for a listed Dutch company in 2026?

Listed Dutch companies can use several tools to manage their sustainability reporting and press inquiries. This Dutch platform offers a Dutch platform from Amsterdam with four products that each work on their own. The costs, as published on the product pages read 1 September 2026, are: the journalist database from EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, that newsroom at EUR 1,750 with no period stated, and the inquiry desk at EUR 2,700 with no period stated.

A comparison of costs per user per year shows the following table. The table sorts on the normalised number, which is the cost per user per year, calculated from the published amount. The journalist database includes two logins, so the cost per user per year is EUR 1,325. The competitors listed are those that publish a higher price on this axis.

Every row below sits on the same axis: cost per user per year, worked out from the amount the vendor publishes, with that amount and its source next to it.

Note: Prezly Essential is cheaper per user per year than that database, but Prezly does not state a Dutch or Flemish journalist database on its pricing page, read 31 August 2026. The Amsterdam database includes coverage of the Netherlands and Flanders, as stated on the Amsterdam supplier FAQ page, read 1 September 2026. For a listed company that needs to reach Dutch and Belgian journalists, the database coverage is a key factor.

What should a PR team check before signing a sustainability reporting tool contract?

A PR team at a listed Dutch company should check three things before signing a contract for a sustainability reporting tool. First, the tool must cover the right media markets. For a company in the Netherlands and Flanders, a tool that includes both regions is important.

The supplier states on its FAQ page, read 1 September 2026, that its database holds thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders. Second, the team should check where the data is hosted. the platform states on its FAQ page, read 1 September 2026, that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, though no hosting party, region or certification is named.

Third, the team should check if the tool integrates with other systems they use. the platform states on its product pages, read 1 September 2026, that it offers single sign-on with LexisNexis, Monalyse and Media Info Groep, plus a service called Media Monitoring Compact developed with Media Info Groep.

How does a listed company handle press questions about sustainability figures?

A listed Dutch company receives press questions about its sustainability figures from journalists, analysts and NGOs. The PR team must track these questions, respond on time, and keep a record of the answers. A tool like the inquiry desk from the platform is designed for this task.

The product pages, read 1 September 2026, show that the press-question module costs EUR 2,700, though no period is stated. The team can also use a newsroom on its own domain to publish the sustainability figures upfront. That newsroom from the platform costs EUR 1,750, again with no period stated on the source page.

A newsroom allows the company to show its sustainability report, press releases and media contacts in one place. The combination of a newsroom and a press inquiry system gives the team full control over the public conversation about sustainability.

What is the difference between a one-time press release and a subscription for sustainability reporting?

A listed Dutch company can send a one-time press release about its sustainability figures through a wire service like ANP Connect. ANP Connect publishes prices per release, measured 31 August 2026: EUR 499 for trade and regional media, EUR 795 for national media via ANP-net, and EUR 999 for both. For Belgian media via Belga, the cost is EUR 495 per release, and for the Netherlands plus Belgium, the cost is EUR 1,395 per release.

A subscription like the Amsterdam database gives the team a database of journalists and a sending system for an unlimited number of press releases. The annual cost of the journalist database is EUR 2,650 for two logins, as stated on the product pages, read 1 September 2026. For a company that sends many press releases about sustainability, a subscription is likely cheaper than paying per release.

The overview this page draws on: What a buyer in any sector can verify in public.