Business leaders and specialists know that something has changed in recent years. Costs have risen. The requirements of major clients have grown more complex. Banks are asking for more than a balance sheet. But the change is not coming from a single direction – it is arriving simultaneously from carbon, data, AI, resources and restructured value chains. This is the new context in which business decisions are made. Lead author: Andreea Nicolae, New Economy Hub. Authors: Luminița Roşca, Stratos