by acornintll | Jul 9, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 19: WE’RE LISTENING One positive outcome of the past few months is that it has given us the opportunity to do what we know we need to do well in our business – listen. We have taken advantage of these unprecedented times to: Pause and listen to our team...
by acornintll | Jun 25, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 18: OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPERS FACE INCREASED LENDER ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS KEY TAKE-AWAY: Commercial banks will soon implement updated project finance standards that will require developers of major capital projects in the US and...
by acornintll | Jun 1, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 17: READINGS TO HELP DEFINE ESG IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD The COVID-19 crisis raises critical questions about the meaning of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks and opportunities to investors and industry in the post-pandemic world. Approaching...
by acornintll | Mar 24, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 16: DOES THE FRENCH “DUTY OF VIGILANCE” LAW CONSTITUTE BEST PRACTICE FOR DOMESTIC BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION? In our combined 50 years of human rights assessment practice, one of the key learnings we have observed is that domestic-level Business...
by acornintll | Mar 23, 2020 | Notes
ISSUE NO. 15: COVID CULTURAL REACTIONS WORLDWIDE – A VIEW FROM BEHIND THE HEADLINES The news these days is full of updates on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting us here in the US, along with in China and hotspots in Europe. We wanted to understand how the global...
