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Have you ever been asked if you would like to have an ‘___X___’ in your neighborhood? (Fill in the blank, could be a pump station, wind turbine, electrical transfer station, waste treatment [...]

As the pace of the energy transition accelerates, solar energy developments have exploded around the globe. Acorn international has supported renewable energy developers in understanding host [...]

Science tells us that we have generated two natural means to end civilization on earth as we know it: climate change and biodiversity loss. Destruction of our collective climate and biodiversity [...]

In 2013, the Rana Plaza, a building that housed several garment workshops in Bangladesh, collapsed and caused the death of more than 1,120 people. The event was an eye opener for many into the [...]

As we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), we have been inspired by the “UNGPS 10+ Project”[1] to [...]

Banks engage Independent Environmental and Social Consultants (IESC) to identify and protect against investment risks in major development programs. But doing so can unduly complicate investments [...]

Hint: Companies, shareholders, investors, managers, and lenders need social license to operate With any capital project, the proponent seeks permissions. Whether a wind farm, an oil pipeline, a [...]

This time last year we checked in on our on-the-ground partners in >50 countries to make sure they, their families and their teams were doing okay, and we asked them:  “what one thing have you [...]

Two years ago, Blackrock[1] and other investors released reports citing that climate risks in assets are underpriced, and just last week the US Security and Exchange Commission[2] launched a Task [...]