Acorn International
LLC
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NEWS RELEASE
December 7, 2007
Acorn International has been selected by the International
Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) to perform a
feasibility study of applying more common sustainability reporting practices
across the international oil and gas industry.
The study is being performed for a committee of international oil and
gas companies under IPIECA’s direction.
Acorn International’s Principal presented the initial study results to
the committee and IPIECA at the API headquarters in
Acorn International was chosen for this important assignment
in part because its Principal was the leader of a 2002 effort to study and
publish current industry sustainability reporting practices. That study and more information regarding
IPIECA’s sustainability reporting initiative can be found at www.ipieca.org.
IPIECA was established in 1974 following the establishment
of the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). IPIECA provides one of the
industry’s principal channels of communication with the
United Nations. The Association aims to
develop and promote scientifically-sound, cost-effective, practical, socially
and economically acceptable solutions to global environmental and social issues
pertaining to the oil and gas industry. IPIECA is not a lobbying organization,
but provides a forum for encouraging continuous improvement of industry
performance.
For more information on our capabilities,
including staff resumes, please visit www.acornintl.net.
Acorn
International, LLC is a professional consulting services
company dedicated to delivering world-class,
affordable EHSS assurance and straight-forward results for overseas development
projects. The company operates not through
a traditional consulting services model but by providing structured tools and
guidance to qualified host-country teams, maintaining a link with international
clients and building capacity in the host-country team. Acorn delivers:
1. Established
teams of local country experts partnered with and
directed by an expert in assuring world-class EHSS assessment and management
performance standards are met
2. Advice
to international industry needing to build world-class
EHSS programs
3. Recruitment
and oversight/management of partners and service
providers (EHSS and other) overseas
Working
with Acorn will allow international industries to better manage the
increasingly delicate balance between meeting corporate requirements for
reliable, simplified service while satisfying host-country demands for maximum
local content.