Agrifood Forward: New Strategies and Sustainable Initiatives
By Alkis Alexandrou, General Manager Agricultural Banking, Piraeus Bank; Member of AmChamGR's Agrotechnology Committee | Business Partners Mar-Apr, 2023

Growth for Business

Climate change, population growth, urbanization, and changing levels and distribution of income are among the major factors putting pressure on the agrifood sector. The question now is what does the sector need in order to rise to the challenge and how do we support this endeavor.   Today, the agrifood sector is more than ever…

Do Firms Greenwash?
By Dr. Pavlos A. Vlachos, Associate Professor of Marketing, and the Theodore Papalexopoulos Chair in Sustainability, at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Jan-Feb, 2023

ALBA Business Review

Responsible business is key to achieving the UN’s SDGs, but with consumers watching, companies can’t afford to stray off the straight and narrow. Companies (will) play a major role in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including zero hunger, good health and wellbeing, responsible consumption and production, and climate action. Looking at food…

Wellbeing for All Beings
By Business Partners | Jan-Feb, 2023

Business and Planet

With climate change in full swing, and with land and ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss increasingly recognized as real threats to human survival, it’s time to innovate for the planet and start building ecosystems for the Symbiocene. “The Anthropocene is generating despair and desolation; the Symbiocene represents the opposite,” wrote Australian environmental philosopher and former…

Designing for the Future: Executive spaces are not designed for hybrid work. It’s time for a change.
By Pantelis Kouzis, General Manager, EKA Hellas | Business Partners, Jan-Feb, 2023

The New Work

Hybrid work policies can be a struggle for companies when people come into offices that still look like ghost towns. There’s a critical mass that’s needed to gain momentum and leaders play a critical role—they need to be accessible in ways they may not have considered in the past and to set the tone for…

Should Tax Risk Be a Priority for Boards in 2023 and Beyond?
By Maria Zoupa, Head of Corporate Tax Advisory and Compliance / Executive Committee Member, Zepos & Yannopoulos | Business Partners, Jan-Feb, 2023

Tax Talk

With the international landscape rapidly changing and the need for risk management growing, is it time to put in the work and embrace diligence and good governance? A year ago, we were at AmCham’s annual Tax Forum in Athens, discussing the changing landscape of international tax with fellow EU and US Taxand colleagues. It was…