In-country Partners
Acorn International has established, maintains, and continually adds to a global network of high quality, in-country ESG consulting organizations. Partnerships have been established or are in the process of being established in:
Africa
| Algeria | Regulatory and reputational risk review, EIA for exploration activities, management system assessment |
| Angola | ESHIA for four exploration programs, risk assessment, due diligence assessment, ESIA screening |
| Cameroon | Non-technical risk/new country entry screening |
| Chad | Review of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project EIA for World Bank |
| Cote d’Ivoire | ESIAs for 15 E&P programs, community engagement/CLOs, capacity building/IFC PS training, social investment program |
| Egypt | EIA for onshore seismic and drilling program |
| Equatorial Guinea | ESIAs for three exploration programs, environmental regulatory register, above-ground risk assessment |
| Ethiopia | ESIA screening for new country entry |
| Gabon | ESIA screening for offshore production, new country entry environmental and social risk assessment |
| Ghana | Legislative benchmarking and needs assessment for Ghanaian regulators, new country entry environmental and social risk assessment, IFC expert review, independent study of marine environmental trends |
| Guinea | New country entry environmental and social risk assessment |
| Kenya | Multiple ESIAs, social baseline assessment and stakeholder / community engagement programs |
| Liberia | Multiple ESIAs, environmental baseline sampling programs, waste management plan, training for EPA and World Bank |
| Libya | EIA scoping, oil spill response program, and worked in ports |
| Malawi | Capacity building for local partner in providing consulting services to extractive industries and development programs |
| Mauritania | ESIA/permitting, Non-technical risk assessment , CSR assessment and strategy, Local content / capacity development strategy |
| Morocco | Social baseline study, SIA and stakeholder engagement planning for oil exploration program, and port development. |
| Mozambique | Social investment strategy implementation, above-ground risk assessment |
| Namibia | New country entry environmental and social risk assessment |
| Nigeria | Extensive experience in EIA (8), community engagement, site assessments, Resettlement Plan for solar farm development |
| Republic of Congo | ESHIA facilitation for an offshore development program, new country entry environmental and social risk assessment |
| Senegal | Regulatory register for oil and gas exploration and development, government capacity building, training |
| Sierra Leone | New country entry environmental and social risk assessment |
| South Africa | Human rights impact assessment, environmental and social risk assessment |
| Tanzania | Work proposed with in-country partner for offshore E&P Strategic EIA |
| Tunisia | Initial ESIA for offshore exploration, stakeholder engagement and social investment planning |
| Uganda | Social risk/community engagement planning support, capacity building for local partner |
Americas
| Argentina | EIA and environmental sampling program for offshore drilling and aviation terminals, ESIA management for pipeline, due diligence |
| Bahamas | Feasibility study for exploration activities in a sensitive marine environment, ESIA, engagement, gov/t capacity building |
| Barbados | ESIA screening for offshore oil and gas production, supplementary ESIA and risk assessment for large resort, ESA for road upgrade |
| Bolivia | Four EIA for onshore seismic survey, two EIA for onshore exploration drilling, EIA review for pipeline development |
| Brazil | EIA for >12 E&P programs, benchmarking of best practices in oil and gas E&P in sensitive areas, ESHIA training, management system development, ESIA screening, environmental and social risk assessment, slave labor assessment |
| Canada | Due diligence studies of petrochemical facilities, capacity building for local communities, SD strategy for mine development |
| Chile | Design of baseline study for oil field development, ESIA management for trans-Andean pipeline |
| Colombia (AI Branch) | ESIA and Indigenous prior consultation programs for onshore seismic survey, social investment program design and coordination, ESIAs for five offshore exploration programs, expert witness testimony re: impacts, non-technical risk screening |
| Dominican Republic | Environmental and social due diligence for industrial assets transfer |
| Ecuador | EIA and SIA for exploration and pipeline development programs |
| El Salvador | Environmental due diligence studies |
| French Guiana | Social baseline study, non-technical risk study, local skills and capacity building assessment |
| Guatemala | Environmental due diligence studies, onshore exploration ESIA screening |
| Guyana | ESIA, environmental/non-technical risk screening study, regulatory register |
| Haiti | Environmental and social due diligence study for acquisition of industrial assets |
| Honduras | ES due diligence study and ESHIA management capacity building for investors in renewable energy development |
| Jamaica | ESIA Screening, in-country partner |
| Mexico | Risk and due diligence assessments for investors, environmental/social performance capacity building and management advice to PEMEX, $19M organizational change program for PEMEX, baseline studies and non-technical risk assessments of oil fields |
| Nicaragua | ESIA, stakeholder engagement plan, environmental and social risk assessment, regulatory register for oil and gas E&P |
| Panama | Independent review of SIA/stakeholder program for Panama Canal expansion for the World Bank |
| Paraguay | Rapid environmental assessment for port development |
| Peru | Onshore production ESIA screening, due diligence assessment, government capacity building program/FPIC process assessment |
| Suriname | ESIA for mining industry development, community investment needs assessment and strategy |
| Trinidad and Tobago | ESIA and due diligence for LNG plant and pipeline, four EIA for offshore seismic surveys, EIA for offshore drilling and production program, environmental and social due diligence studies, IHAZID facilitation for offshore development |
| Uruguay | New country entry environmental and social risk assessment |
| Venezuela | Baseline studies, socioeconomic survey and ESIA, environmental and social risk assessments for LNG, pipeline, and gas field, due diligence studies, social impact and reputation assessment, management system gap assessment |
Asia Pacific
| Australia | EIA support, E&P environmental management best practices study, environmental and social risk assessment |
| Bangladesh | Environmental, health and social risk assessment of oil field operations, IFC ESIA and critical habitat assessment for LNG terminal |
| China | ESIA, regulatory roadmap and risk screening for petrochemical plant development, offshore exploration ESIA screening |
| India | Environmental baseline study, ESIA screening and management system development |
| Indonesia | ESIA screening, stakeholder engagement planning advice |
| Korea | Environmental due diligence for major petrochemical complex |
| Malaysia | Social baseline study, stakeholder engagement plan, human rights screening, ESHIA training/mgt system development |
| Pakistan | Rapid environmental assessment, partner in place |
| Papua New Guinea | Development of three-way partnership with local consultancy and NGO for services and training |
| Philippines | ESIAs, social baseline study and stakeholder engagement, including indigenous consultation/tenure management plan |
| Sri Lanka | Community risk assessment and stakeholder engagement strategy for mining development |
| Thailand | ESHIA and environmental and social risk assessment, ESHIA training, ESIA/reg roadmap/risk screening for refinery expansion |
| Vietnam | Offshore exploration ESIA screening, emergency response planning, stakeholder engagement plan |
Eurasia
| Azerbaijan | Onshore and offshore baseline studies, EMS development |
| Kazakhstan | ESHIA, risk assessment, port development environmental and financing feasibility study |
| Russian Federation | Due diligence, training, offshore baseline study |
| Ukraine | Limited experience |
Europe
| Cyprus | Regulatory register for oil and gas exploration and development |
| France | Reputation risk management program for telecom and logistics industry |
| Greece | In-country work experience (shipping) and studies |
| Netherlands | Environmental, health and social risk assessments for North Sea production and onshore pipeline |
| Norway | Rapid environmental and regulatory assessment |
| Spain | Environmental audit of pharmaceutical facility |
| UK | ES/Health risk assessments for North Sea production |
Middle East
| Bahrain | Rapid assessment, business strategy support |
| Iraq | ESIA screening, environmental and social risk assessment, IFC-focused expert review of ESHIA for oil field redevelopment |
| Israel | ESIA for regional offshore exploration drilling program, new country entry environmental and social risk assessment |
| Kuwait | HSE management system standards development and training, environmental and social risk assessment |
| Saudi Arabia | Management system development and training for production in the largest offshore oil field in the world |
Acorn International invites you to review the experience and partnerships by country.
Acorn International is interested in establishing partnerships with highly qualified organizations.
Projects & Experience
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