Public impact data
Foodbanks are climate infrastructure nobody counts.
Four sections, four citable arguments. The size of the gap, the urgency of the regulatory clock, and the contribution capacity this platform funds. Every figure derived from publicly published Voedselbanken Nederland reports, EU regulatory schedules, and the FRAME-aligned methodology documented in Methodology.
The poverty gap. One million Dutch people live in poverty. The foodbanks reach 14%.
14%
Foodbank reach rate among people in poverty
Source: Derived (144,750 / 1,033,923)
86% of Dutch people in poverty are not reached by a foodbank. The gap is invisible in any official report. See the gemeente-level map →
A decade of pressure. The 2024 numbers fell 20%. The need did not.
VBN's own Onder de Radar project finds only 4–16% of eligible people apply. Headline numbers fall; underlying need does not.
Source: VBN Jaarverslagen 2018–2024 + Feiten en Cijfers 2023
The CSRD wave. ~7,000 NL mid-cap corporates need a verified climate disclosure.
2024
Wave 1: large EU public-interest entities file first ESRS reports
200 NL companies
- We are here
2025
Limited assurance begins for Wave 1 disclosures
200 NL companies
2027
Wave 2 (post-Omnibus delay): companies >250 employees in scope
7.000 NL companies
2029
Wave 3: listed SMEs file under proportionate standard
1.500 NL companies
Wave-2 timing was delayed by the EU's February 2025 Omnibus proposal, but the obligation is in scope and assurance is coming. The auditor-defensible infrastructure to disclose ESRS E5 + S3 climate contribution does not yet exist in non-energy sectors. CSR teams reach for half-defensible carbon credits and offset narratives; auditors push back. Kavel fills that gap with measured, attributable climate-contribution disclosures.
The contribution-capacity gap. 75,000 tonnes of CO₂e of climate contribution sits unattributed every year.
40Mkg
Food rescued by Dutch foodbanks per year
75.000tCO₂e
Climate-contribution capacity per year
0tCO₂e
Currently attributed on a corporate disclosure
Dutch food waste produces ~7 million tCO₂e per year. Foodbank rescue currently mitigates roughly 1.07% of it. None of that mitigation shows up anywhere in the climate-contribution economy — that is the wedge.
Page generated 25 April 2026. EU-wide TAM: ~50,000 mid-cap companies; this view scopes to NL only. Climate contribution claim, not offsetting.
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