Governance

The climate crisis demands a rapid energy transition away from fossil fuels. Follow This mobilizes shareholders to push resistant oil companies towards ambitious climate goals and a faster shift to clean energy. 

Documents

All essential legal documents, including Articles of Association, General Terms and Conditions, Financial Statements, Policies, Disclaimer, Minutes of Meetings and ANBI can be found below.

How Follow This operates

Follow This is guided by a set of values that underpin our governance and operations. As a members’ association our members retain the rights to decide on the dissolution of the association, amendments to the articles of association, and approves the annual accounts. A Supervisory Board governs and oversees Follow This’ strategic direction and activities and a Management Board oversees the daily operation of the organization.

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board is responsible for maintaining Follow This’ strategic direction through supervision of its approach, finances, operations and policies. The Board assesses the realization of plans and regularly reviews the operations and policies of Follow This to ensure impact and compliance with all legal requirements.

Frank Peters 500-2
Frank Peters​
Ruth van de Belt 500-4
Ruth van de Belt
Maarten Naaijkens 500 02-2
Maarten Naaijkens
Frits Verhoef 500-2
Frits Verhoef

Board Members

The Board is responsible for the execution of Follow This’ mission and strategic approach, and oversees all activities pertinent to this execution. The Board is accountable to the Supervisory Board.

Mark van Baal 500
Mark van Baal

Remuneration

The members of the Supervisory Board are entitled to an attendance fee for preparing and attending meetings. Other expenses incurred are reimbursed on request.

The Management Board are paid employees of Follow This. All employees, board members and non-board members receive fair compensation for their work. Employees receive a decent salary in keeping with market norms based on performance and training.

Follow This is registered as an organization for public benefit (ANBI) under Dutch law (kvk number: 62049933). We are a not for profit organization registered with the tax authorities under fiscal number (RSIN) 854617425.

Follow This began as a volunteer movement and was born out of these volunteers’ dedication and commitment. Their support has nurtured Follow This into the organization it is today. They will continue to remain a vital part of our organization in pursuit of our mission.

Organisation chart

Documents

Below, you’ll find a concise list of our key legal and operational documents. These help you understand our organization’s framework, how we operate, and the terms guiding our interactions.

Articles of association

Articles of association outline the fundamental rules governing our organization.

DUTCH
Follow This – Articles of association (PDF)

ENGLISH

Follow This – Articles of association (PDF)

General terms and conditions

These apply to all our services and interactions. Specific terms apply to particular services or agreements.

English and Dutch

Terms and conditions, Disclaimer and Privacy statement (PDF)

Financials

Records of our financial performance.

Financials 2024
Follow This – Financials 2024 (PDF)

Financials 2023
Follow This – Financials 2023 (PDF)

Financials 2022
Follow This – Financials 2022 (PDF)

Financials 2021
Follow This – Financials 2021 (PDF)

Financials 2020
Follow This – Financials 2020 (PDF)

Financials 2019
Follow This – Financials 2019 (PDF)

Policies

These documents detail our internal guidelines and procedures.

Privacy policy (English and Dutch)

Terms and conditions, Disclaimer and Privacy statement (PDF)

Whistleblowing policy

Policy Statement & Principle (PDF)

Child Protection Policy

Policy Statement & Principles (PDF)

Terms of use

Dutch
Terms of use (PDF)

Disclaimer

This statement limits our liabilities.

English and Dutch

Terms and conditions, Disclaimer and Privacy statement (PDF)

ANBI

Follow This holds ANBI status in the Netherlands, meaning all donations are tax-deductible under Dutch tax law.

ANBI Beleidsplan (PDF)

ANBI formulier 2025 (PDF)