Global Insights
Global Insights
ISSUE 47: WORRIED ABOUT NIMBY? PEMBE!!
Have you ever been asked if you would like to have an ‘___X___’ in your...
10th Anniversary of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Their Impact and Future
Earlier this summer, Dean Slocum, President and Founder of Acorn International had...
Issue 46: Farming the Sun – Community Perceptions in the Us and Africa
As the pace of the energy transition accelerates, solar energy developments have...
Issue 45: a Coordinated Approach to Our Three Global Crises
Science tells us that we have generated two natural means to end civilization on...
Issue 44: What Have We Learned From Rana Plaza?
In 2013, the Rana Plaza, a building that housed several garment workshops in...
ISSUE 43: THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS
As we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations...
Andrew Buchman on Current-Day Human Rights Responsibilities
Watch this short clip of one of our Senior Social Consultants, Andrew...
How Oil Companies Can Address Risk & Exposure for Human Trafficking
K&L Gates and Acorn International hosted a panel discussion on the emerging...
Upcoming Panel Discussion on Global Ethical Supply Chains
What Officers, Directors, and Counsel of International Oil Companies Should Know...
ISSUE 42: WHAT LENDERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WORKING WITH IESCS
Banks engage Independent Environmental and Social Consultants (IESC) to identify...
ISSUE 41: WHO CARES ABOUT CONSENT?
HINT: COMPANIES, SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS, MANAGERS, AND LENDERS NEED SOCIAL LICENSE...
ISSUE 40: COVID CULTURAL REACTIONS WORLDWIDE – A FOLLOW-UP VIEW FROM BEHIND THE HEADLINES
This time last year we checked in on our on-the-ground partners in >50 countries...
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