Acorn International LLC
1740 Massachusetts Avenue

Boxborough , MA 01719

                                                                                                +1978-263-4334(o)

Info@acornintl.net

www.acornintl.net

NEWS RELEASE

March 27, 2008

Acorn International has committed to invest in certified carbon offsets for all our business air and land travel in 2008.  We pay for offsets that are certified by a third party through Sustainable Travel International (STI, www.sustainabletravelinternational.org)  for all air travel, and we pay for offsets for all rental car travel through Enterprise Rental Car.  We will calculate carbon emissions from our travel on business in personal vehicles using STI's carbon calculator and invest in additional offsets for these emissions.  Most of our offsets are related to investments in international reforestation projects, consistent with Acorn's mission of building local capacity in Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability services worldwide.  STI describes these projects as:  "Projects to recreate critical forests and provide incentives to protect critical forest land and avoid the cutting of trees. Projects are designed using the standards set forth by the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance (www.climate-standards.org)."

As a consulting company, the vast majority of Acorn's carbon footprint is associated with travel.  We estimate that our travel-related carbon footprint, and consequently our committed offsets, will be around 100 tons in 2008.

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 allows 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.