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by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Green Illusion: When Ethics Meets Economics Let me begin with a confession. Years ago, when I first decided to “go green” with one of my companies, I did what many CEOs do: I called a sustainabili...

ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

Jul 10, 2025 WISE

Your Business Is Screwed If You Think Climate Risk Is Just for Corporates

by Paolo Maria Pavan

If you’re a CEO of a micro or small enterprise in the Netherlands, you probably think climate risk is something that hits oil giants and airports. That’s a fatal mistake. Because while the North Sea r...

ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK

Jul 10, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

From CEO to Con Artist: How One Man Turned His BV into a Personal ATM and a Mortgage Scam Machine

by Linda Pavan

CASE REFERENCE Judgment: Amsterdam Court, Criminal Division Date: June 19, 2025 Case numbers: 81/034780-22 (A) and 81/159304-24 (B) ECLI: NL:RBAMS:2025:4117 Penalty: €10,000 fine (or 85 days in prison...

ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX THIRD PARTY RISK

Jul 10, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

Why the Dutch Housing Market Is Faking Its Comeback (and We’re All Falling for It)

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The House Always Wins, But Who’s Keeping Score? Imagine you're standing in front of a brand-new home. Clean lines, solar panels, a smart thermostat that talks to your fridge. €504,000, and climbing. I...

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Jul 10, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Illusion of Control in Informal Workflows

by Paolo Maria Pavan

There was a time, early in my career, when I believed I had everything under control. My calendar was color-coded. My team was aligned. My inbox was… tolerable. But I had a blind spot. A seductive one...

ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

Jul 9, 2025 WISE

Dutch Teens for Hire: From Rotterdam Ports to Hamburg Hits, Europe’s Gangs Are Outsourcing Murder to Kids

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Picture this: a 15-year-old Dutch kid walks into a Turkish restaurant in Hamburg. He’s not there for döner. He’s there to shoot a 49-year-old man, who just happens to be a senior figure in Chechen org...

ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK

Jul 9, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

Why Dutch Companies Are Hoarding Billions Instead of Building the Future

by Paolo Maria Pavan

A Curious Abundance: The €14.5 Billion Question Imagine sitting on a mountain of profit, more than you’ve ever seen before, €162.5 billion, to be precise. That’s what Dutch non-financial corporations ...

DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 9, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

What Happens When Your €1,000 Holding Fee Gets Called Out for What It Really Is?

by Linda Pavan

THE MYTH OF THE €1,000 MANAGEMENT FEE For years, many small entrepreneurs in the Netherlands have operated through a structure that seemed clever on paper: a holding BV (owned personally) invoices a m...

ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX

Jul 9, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

Kindness Is Not Compliance

by Paolo Maria Pavan

There’s a silent confusion I’ve encountered in boardrooms, Zoom calls, and coffee-stained policy documents: a strange assumption that kindness is a form of compliance . That by being nice, smiling in ...

ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

Jul 8, 2025 WISE

Stones Instead of iPhones: The €100M EU VAT Scam That Fooled Everyone (Except the FIOD)

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Welcome to Europe’s underground bazaar, where smartphones are filled with stones, boxes are packed with lies, and VAT rules are weaponized with surgical precision. No, this isn’t the plot of a Netflix...

ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan THIRD PARTY RISK

Jul 8, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

Why “Normal” Inflation Is the Biggest Lie You’re Being Sold in 2025

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Morning After the Storm If inflation were a guest at our breakfast table, June 2025 served us lukewarm coffee, not cold enough to call it deflation, not hot enough to scald us like 2022 did. A 3.1...

DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 8, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Stop Guessing, Start Paying Fair: The Law’s Coming for Your Payroll

by Laura De Troia

What’s Going On? The Dutch government has proposed a new law that will make pay transparency mandatory for all companies, including micro and small ones, by June 2026. This law is part of a European r...

ES HR IT Laura De Troia NL

Jul 8, 2025 LAURA DE TROIA

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