Many more insights await the curious among you at the interactive website accompanying the NEF’s report “National Accounts of Well-being: bringing real wealth onto the balance sheet.”

Trust and belonging is one of the indicators for social well-being. It measures experiences of trusting other people, being treated fairly and respectfully, and feeling a sense of belonging with and support from people in your community.

NEF was created in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit (TOES) — among others Ed Mayo — and describes itself as an independent think-and-do tank. In 2006, the foundation introduced the Happy Planet Index, an index of human well-being and environmental impact, as an alternative to measuring development and success, which is commonly expressed through the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the Human Development Index (HDI).