No Dilemma: Sustainability Vs. Competitiveness
By Alexandra Loli, PhD | Business Partners, Sep-Oct, 2025

The rules of business are being rewritten. Sustainability is no longer framed as a choice between values and profit. It has become a catalyst, a driver of growth, innovation, and resilience. The outdated perception that commitment to sustainability hinders competitiveness has given way to a new reality: Today, the most resilient and future-ready businesses are…

Members’ corner BP 140
Business Partners, Sep-Oct, 2025

NEW MEMBERS The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce welcomes its newest members Berlin Packaging Greece packaging supplier berlinpackaging.eu/en-gr/ DESFA – Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator operator of the Greek national natural gas system desfa.gr Ioannis Vassardanis & Partners Law Firm legal services ivlawfirm.gr Mantas Service import-export-trade in spare truck parts mantas-service.com Mega Insurance Agents insurance agency…

Breaking the Rules
Business Partners | Jul-Aug, 2025

A company’s ability to break the rules isn’t revolutionary—it’s evolutionary. AmCham Greece’s new Rule Breaking Leadership Survey 2025, presented at the Chamber’s 9th Women in Business Forum on June 4, 2025, revealed the contradictions, paradoxes, and deeper truths behind the risk and innovation culture of Greek companies. Do employees really feel safe enough to think…

Thriving Through Collaboration: The AmChams Regional Economic Summit 2025
Business Partners | Jul-Aug, 2025

More than 150 participants from 17 countries across Southeast and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia came together in Athens on June 12-13, 2025, to share insights, promote regional trade and investment, and reaffirm their shared conviction that trade, innovation, and sustainable growth cannot flourish in isolation. In today’s tumultuous global landscape, amid increasing…

Collective Prosperity Through Stronger Alliances
Business Partners | Jul-Aug, 2025

Inspired by a European Parliament plenary session he attended as a high school student, Thessaloniki-born Stavros Piperidis resolved early on to pursue a career in international relations. Demonstrating outstanding commitment to his goal, he earned a BA in International and European Studies from the University of Macedonia and an MA in International Relations from the…

The EU AI Act: The BDO Legal Guide to the Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AI Act) and Its Impact on Companies
By Christina Kalogeropoulou, Head of Legal Department, BDO Greece | Business Partners, Jul-Aug, 2025

The first comprehensive regulation on AI by a major regulator anywhere, the EU’s AI Act endeavors to ensure better conditions for the development and use of this innovative technology.   Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence, also known as the AI Act, constitutes a milestone in the regulation of emerging technologies. It ensures that AI…

Orchestrating the Future
Business Partners | Jul-Aug, 2025

In an era where every business is becoming a digital business, and where complexity is both a risk and an opportunity, workflow orchestration is emerging as the invisible infrastructure that makes everything possible. Business Partners reached out to Yiannis Nasios, Regional Sales Manager for Eastern Europe at BMC Software, to find out more about his…

Deciding for the Future: AI’s Evolving Role In Governance and Decisionmaking
By Kyriakos Andreou, Partner, PwC Greece | Business Partners, Jul-Aug, 2025

According to Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, it is not the strongest nor the most intelligent of the species that survive, but those who are the most adaptable to change. The time we live in is one of structural changes in numerous fields, with artificial intelligence playing a pivotal role in the paradigm…