CSRD reporting: measuring social factors with employee data

The CSRD asks organisations to report more transparently on sustainability, including on their own employees. With Deepler’s CSRD module, you collect structured employee data for the social part of your CSRD reporting: work experience, safety, inclusion, development, leadership and engagement. This way you support policy, identify social risks and turn CSRD reporting from a paper obligation into an instrument for concrete improvement of your organisational culture.

  • Work experience and workload
  • Safety and inclusion
  • Development and training
  • Leadership and social dialogue
  • Engagement and wellbeing
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What does CSRD mean for social factors?

CSRD stands for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: European legislation that requires organisations to report more transparently on sustainability. Within the ESG framework (Environmental, Social, Governance), Deepler focuses specifically on the social factors.

Think of themes such as workload, safety, equality, development opportunities, leadership, engagement and social dialogue. While hard HR figures such as headcount and absence give part of the picture, insight into how employees actually experience policy is often missing.

With targeted employee research, you collect experience data that makes social risks and opportunities visible. That input is valuable for double materiality, policy support, risk analysis and concrete improvement actions. This way CSRD reporting is not an administrative burden, but a means to truly embed social sustainability in your organisation.

How does the module help with CSRD reporting and improvement?

Collect relevant social data

The module asks targeted questions on social CSRD themes and collects structured employee data. This gives you up-to-date insights that go beyond formal HR figures and support the social part of your reporting.

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Identify risks and opportunities

By analysing per department, team or job group, you see where social risks arise and where policy already works well. Those insights help with double materiality analysis and support risk management.

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Support policy and actions

Use the data to formulate policy, choose improvement actions and monitor effects. By measuring regularly, you see whether interventions work and can report on progress in social sustainability.

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What is CSRD?

CSRD stands for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, a European directive that requires organisations to report transparently on sustainability. It covers the environment (Environmental), social factors (Social) and governance. Deepler focuses on the social component: how employees experience work, safety, development and culture.

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Why are social factors important within CSRD?

Social factors are harder to quantify than financial figures, but at least as important for sustainable business operations. Workload, inclusion, safety and development help determine whether an organisation is future-proof. CSRD asks for insight into these themes because they affect stakeholders and the organisation’s ability to perform.

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How do you collect social data for CSRD?

You collect social CSRD data by asking employees themselves about their experience. Short, concrete questions about workload, safety, development, leadership and engagement provide useful insights. By measuring and analysing periodically, you see trends, risks and the effects of policy. This makes the social part of CSRD concrete and measurable.

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From employee data to CSRD reporting

With structured data from employee research, you support double materiality, identify social risks and formulate policy. The data also helps to report progress and evaluate improvement actions. This way CSRD reporting is not a separate exercise, but an integral part of HR policy and organisational development.

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How to use employee data for CSRD reporting

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Support double materiality

Use employee data to determine which social themes are material for the organisation and for stakeholders. That helps you choose what to report.

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Identify social risks

Map where workload, safety or inclusion are under pressure. This prevents escalation and lets you intervene in a targeted way before problems grow.

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Formulate and evaluate policy

Let data show where policy works and where adjustment is needed. This makes policy choices well-founded and lets you report progress concretely.

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Monitor effects and progress

Measure periodically to see whether actions have an effect. That gives direction to improvement and supports transparent reporting on social sustainability.

Deepler's approach

This module maps the social aspects of sustainable business for CSRD reporting, along four main themes. Open a theme to see the underlying sub-themes: that is the depth with which we make each theme concrete.

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The CSRD module makes the social side of sustainable business measurable, so you can report reliably and improve. Along four themes, it maps how wellbeing, diversity, development and social impact are experienced. At its core is social capital: the human side of sustainability.

Wellbeing and satisfaction
3 Sub-themes
  • Employee satisfaction
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Working conditions
Diversity and inclusion
3 Sub-themes
  • Diversity in composition
  • Equal opportunities
  • Inclusive culture
Development and training
3 Sub-themes
  • Training and education
  • Growth opportunities
  • Investment in talent
Social impact
3 Sub-themes
  • Impact on the community
  • Social responsibility
  • Ethical business

See how to collect and use social CSRD data

Discover in this video how organisations use Deepler’s CSRD module to measure and analyse social factors and translate them into reporting and policy. From employee research to concrete insights for sustainability reporting.

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Combine with other research themes

CSRD social factors touch on several HR themes. Workload, safety, inclusion, leadership and engagement influence each other and together determine the social sustainability of your organisation. Combine the CSRD module with other Deepler modules for a more complete picture and more targeted steering on the themes with the most impact.

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Ready to make social CSRD data concrete?

Schedule a no-obligation demo and discover how Deepler helps your organisation measure and report social CSRD factors. Our advisors are happy to think along with you about what fits your reporting question.

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Frequently asked questions about CSRD and social factors

CSRD stands for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, a European directive that requires large and listed organisations to report on sustainability. It applies in phases from 2024 and covers the environment, social factors and governance.