{"id":8911,"date":"2026-01-13T15:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vbdo.nl\/?p=8911"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:04:08","slug":"whitepaper-how-do-we-determine-economic-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vbdo.nl\/en\/2026\/01\/whitepaper-how-do-we-determine-economic-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitepaper about our economic thinking and the way in which we determine value(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2 data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"99\"><strong data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"99\">The road towards a future-proof economy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"491\">For more than 30 years, VBDO has been committed to promoting sustainability through the financial markets. Although attention to sustainability has increased significantly in recent years and numerous initiatives have emerged, it often still feels like swimming against the tide, and genuine breakthroughs remain elusive. In practice, do we really attach sufficient value to sustainability?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"724\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Our economic framework plays an important role in how investors, companies and governments determine value. But what are the underlying principles and assumptions of this framework? And how do they relate to the future we envision? Read about it in the whitepaper: <em>How do we determine economic value(s)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The road towards a future-proof economy For more than 30 years, VBDO has been committed to promoting sustainability through the financial markets. 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