James Bamford is a Senior Advisor at Ankura based in Washington, DC. He joined Ankura with the firm’s 2020 acquisition of Water Street Partners, which he co-founded in 2008. Water Street Partners has been independently ranked as the number one global advisor on joint ventures since 2017. Prior to Water Street, he was global co-lead of the Joint Venture & Alliance Practice at McKinsey & Company.
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World’s response to climate change is exposing companies and communities to new human rights risks • Joint ventures in mining industry will be key to ensuring ESG is not a zero-sum game
Businesses are increasingly partnering to meet their strategic objectives — but neglecting governance puts JVs and their shareholders at risk.
Today, companies are under extreme pressure to improve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.
Ankura Joint Venture Index®: Second Quarter 2022
We researched 96 companies across 8 industries and 3,274 partnerships
Companies are under intense pressure to improve their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.
More than 5,000 joint ventures, and many more contractual alliances, have been launched worldwide in the past five years.
