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What is the impact of Covid-19 on the Energy sector?

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Experts React: COVID-19 Impacts the Energy Sector

As COVID-19 is a source of significant regional and increasingly global economic disruption, experts give their views on its impacts on energy, climate and the economic downturn.

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from CSIS where experts debate on the impact of COVID-9 on the Energy sector.

Sarah Ladislaw@CSIS

Thought Leadership

Covid-19 impact on the GCC’s energy sector: Switching on or off?

The energy sector continues to be the biggest pillar powering the growth of GCC economies. But as it reels with the impact of the historic oil price drop and the Covid-19 pandemic, is the outlook for the future brighter?

No single event has had such an impact on CO2 emissions as Covid-19 has had in a few short months. As the fall in the price of oil due to the pandemic is historic, what are the outlook for the future ?

Gulf Business

How to advance equity in energy solutions in the COVID-19 era | Greenbiz

With the pandemic, the climate crisis and awareness of racial injustice reaching new levels, the nation is fighting multiple interconnected battles. What can energy professionals do to move the best solutions forward for all communities?

Daphany Rose Sanchez@Kinetic for GreenBiz

COVID-19: What it means for the energy industry

The energy sector has already felt the impacts of coronavirus/COVID-19. The outbreak has contributed to a dampened demand for oil, resulting in plummeting oil prices and production declines, especially in the wake of the Russia-Saudi Arabia price war.

The pandemic crisis has impacted all sectors, and Energy was not spared. How can Energy companies managed simultaneously the health emergency and a low oil-price scenario?

Bobby Marandi, Joe Dunleavy, Gavin S. Hamilton, Reid Morrison, Maria Collman and John Corrigan@Pwc

COVID-19 and Turnarounds—Panicking or Planning? | Independent Project Analysis - Capital Projects Expertise - IPA

How are turnarounds being impacted by COVID-19? This article summarizes IPA’s observations, some with potentially long-term advantages for turnarounds.

The energy sector still has a long way to go to figure out on the best way to cope with the disruptions caused by the pandemic, but it is clear that companies are already expending significant turnarounds.

Andras Marton, Patrick Voogd and Katherine Marusin@IPA

This week’s Consulting News

P&G plays climate-change catch up but critics say worrisome tree-to-toilet pipeline has to go

P&G invests in ‘natural climate solutions’ but ignores boreal forest protection in new ‘It’s Our Home’ campaign, critics argue

| Rachel Koning Beals@MarketWatch

McKinsey is making over $100 million from government agencies struggling to adapt during the pandemic. Internal documents reveal they’re rushing contracts and charging absurdly high prices for little service.

A ProPublica investigation found counties have been charged $125,000 a week for just two consultants to compile data and put it in “pretty formats.”

| Ian MacDougall@ProPublica

Most Employees Satisfied With Covid-19 Return-to-Work Plans

/PRNewswire/ -- More than three-quarters of employed U.S. adults (79%) are satisfied with their employers’ pandemic-related return-to-work plans, according to...

| PRNewswire

Social Security Scotland hands contract to Deloitte Consulting

Deloitte Consulting has landed another major contract from the Scottish Government to help develop its Social Security Scotland programme.

| Consultancy.uk

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Some facts, figures and probabilities of the direct or indirect impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the Environment.

Consulting sourcing tips

5 Mistakes When Sourcing Consultants You Should Avoid

by wiki master | Oct 19, 2021 | Post of the Week, Clients, Managing the Consulting Sourcing Process

5 Mistakes When Sourcing Consultants You Should AvoidPeople make many mistakes when sourcing consultants, and it can be challenging to avoid them all. The following are five of the most common mistakes that people make when sourcing consultants.5...

Podcast | How to qualify a consulting firm for a project?

by Hélène Laffitte | Oct 14, 2021 | Clients, Defining the Needs and Finding a Consultant, Podcast

There are several markers that define the “Consulting DNA” of a company: the obvious capability & industry experience, but also the footprint, culture, and delivery model. On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, I tell you how to qualify a consulting...

Podcast | How to find the right consultants for your projects?

by Hélène Laffitte | Oct 7, 2021 | Clients, Defining the Needs and Finding a Consultant, Podcast

The first question is not "do I need a consultant?" Instead ask yourself: do I have an urgent problem? If yes, find your best understanding of the issue and why it needs a solution. Then ask yourself: what kind of consultant can solve this issue? Another way to put it...

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