The phrase "acknowledged its impact" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the recognition or acceptance of the effects or consequences of a particular action, event, or phenomenon.
Example: "The committee acknowledged its impact on the community and decided to implement new policies to address the concerns raised."
Alternatives: "recognized its influence" or "admitted its effect."
The best the movies could do was to acknowledge its impact, in films like The Guys (in which journalist Sigourney Weaver helped fire captain Anthony LaPaglia pen eulogies for his fallen comrades) or The 25th Hour (which opened with shots of the towers of light that marked the half-year anniversary in 2002).
Cohen mentioned Occupy Wall Street in his email, acknowledging its impact on workers.
Although it does not yet have any reduction targets, Dairy Farmers of America acknowledged its climate impact.
Smith denied that the incident had any bearing on results on the pitch, but acknowledged its damaging impact.
Forcing the issue into either-or territory creates false choices, even in how to identify one's own position on abortion: "Do I side with those who understand that abortion can be emotional, but who want to limit its availability, or do I side with those who try to make it more available but refuse to acknowledge its emotional impact?" This has been a choice forced upon many Americans.
She describes the blog as "wonderful," though she also acknowledges its inevitable impact.
The center's administrators decided to close the building down and move to more modern facilities, but they wanted first to find some public way of acknowledging its tremendous impact.
The Project was implemented at a time when the responses to HIV in countries in the region were very limited, and there was resistance to acknowledging its potential impact.
But pushing "No Fly/No Buy" legislation without even acknowledging its potential discriminatory impact on Arabs and Muslims is not the solution.
Professor Downs, 39, is part of a wave of scholars who are sketching out a new, darker history of emancipation, Professor Blight said, one that recognizes it as a moral watershed while acknowledging its often devastating immediate impact.
