by acornintll | Dec 9, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 29: WHAT THE “S”? WHAT IS “S” AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? “S” heavily impacts operating performance and its management drives towards earnings’ predictability (This is part one of an occasional series on business social performance and its execution for...
by acornintll | Nov 25, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 28: DUE DILIGENCE FOR M&A IN THE TIME OF COVID – OVERCOMING RESTRICTIONS TO RELIABLY IDENTIFY AND REPORT RISKS Conclusion of the U.S. election and the promise of widespread COVID 19 vaccines and treatments after months of global disruption may nudge...
by acornintll | Nov 16, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 27: LISTENING TO YOUR ELDERS MAY JUST PAY OFF AFTER ALL We doubt whether many mining company managers and executives need another scary reminder about good social performance. There are, at this point, more than enough recent and past examples of failures by...
by acornintll | Nov 4, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 26: WHY WE SHOULD STOP CARING ABOUT WHALES If we want to build and maintain sustainable societies and sustainable businesses, we need to stop caring about whales.Don’t get me wrong, I like whales as much as the next person. But they can’t survive in a...
by acornintll | Oct 29, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 25: INSIGHTS FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AN OFFSHORE WIND EIS: PART III This is the third in a series of notes analyzing public comments on the Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement recently issued by BOEM for the Vineyard Wind I project. In...