Founded in late 2005, Acorn International has quickly earned repeat business from clients such as Chevron, BHP, Petrobras, and others, and has delivered value through its partnering model on engagements in North and South America, Africa, and Asia.

Experience in delivering world-class EHSS services by guiding and supporting in-country partners includes the following examples:

Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment (EIA and ESHIA)

• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Regulatory Review for Offshore Seismic Survey in the Philippines
• Indigenous People’s Consultation Program, Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Community Investment Strategy for an Onshore Oil and Gas Exploration Project in and around Indigenous Community Reserves, Colombia
• Two Separate Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) for Offshore Seismic Surveys in Cote d'Ivoire
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Stakeholder Engagement for Seismic Survey Offshore Kenya
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration Drilling Offshore Cote d'Ivoire
• ESHIA Profile Report for a Sulfur Bi-Product Utilization Project
• ESHIA Screening Support for Various Development Projects Associated with a Large Oil and Gas Field, Kazakhstan
• Evaluation of the Environmental and Social Management Requirements of Various Project Finance Lenders for a Major Oil and Gas Development, Kazakhstan
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Permitting Facilitation for an Onshore Oil and Gas Exploration Project Near Indigenous Community Reserves, Colombia
• Two Separate Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration Drilling adjacent to a National Marine Protected Area, Colombia
• ESHIA Gap Assessment and Environmental Management Plan for a Major Natural Gas Facility, Nigeria
• Two Separate EIAs for an offshore 3-D seismic survey and geotechnical study adjacent to a National Marine Protected Area, Colombia
• Environmental, Social and Heath Impact Assessment (ESHIA) Screening and Scoping for a Major Coastal Oil and Gas Facility, Nigeria
• ESHIA Screening and Scoping for an Onshore Oil and Gas Facility Expansion, Kazakhstan
• ESHIA Facilitation and Training

Environmental Baseline Assessment

• Environmental Site Assessment for an Operating Facility, Nigeria
• ESHIA Baseline Gap Assessment and Scoping for an On-Shore Oil and Gas Facility Expansion, Kazakhstan

Due Diligence Assessment

• Environmental and Social Due Diligence assessment of two oil exporation blocks in Peru for an international oil and gas company considering potential investment
• Environmental and Social Due Diligence of a proposed chlor-alkali plant in Trinidad for an Equator Principle signatory bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and OPIC
• Environmental and Facility Integrity Due Diligence Assessment for a Major International Utility
• Gas Pipeline Construction Liability Assessment, USA
• Health, Safety, Environment and Community Screenings of Concession Blocks:
• Offshore Barbados
• Offshore Philippines
• Offshore Vietnam
• Offshore India
• Offshore China
• Onshore Colombia
• Onshore Peru
• Onshore Guatemala

EHSS Management Assessment and Strategy Implementation

• HSE Management System Standards Development and Training of ESHIA Program, Kuwait
• HSE Management System Development, Gap Assessment and Benchmarking, India
• Benchmarking and Recommending Best Practices in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in Sensitive Areas Worldwide, Brasil
• Safety and Environmental Incident Tracking Management System Implementation, Mexico
• Review of Sustainable Development Valuations to Support Market Research for a Major International Electronics Company, Worldwide

Risk Assessment

• High level Environment, Health and Social Risk Assessment trend analysis for a major international oil company
• Development of Environmental, Health, Safety and Social Risk Assessment Screening Tool, Worldwide
• Facilitation of Integrated Environmental and Social Risk Assessments for:
  • An FPSO, USA
  • A Produced Gas Management Program, West Africa
  • Onshore and Offshore Production Fields, Nigeria
  • A Power Plant, Thailand
  • Offshore Gas Facilities and Pipelines, Venezuela and Trinidad
  • A Minerals Mine, USA
  • Gas Development Facilities, USA
  • An Exploration Program, Kazakhstan
  • Production Facilities, California
  • A Terminal Upgrade, New Jersey

Acorn’s staff members have experience in leading over 80 EIAs and baseline assessments, and performing dozens of due diligence assessments, management diagnostics and strategy implementation, and risk assessment programs for industrial operations and development in more than 25 countries worldwide.