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	<title>PRIZMA &#187; Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives</title>
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		<title>Sustainability Reporting in Mining Continuous to Grow</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2012/05/18/sustainability-reporting-in-mining-continuous-to-grow/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sustainability-reporting-in-mining-continuous-to-grow</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While PDAC departed from developing a voluntary sustainability reporting framework for its members, adoption of GRI continuous to grow in the mining sector - albeit slowly. It seems that my enthusiastic blog entry Are Canada’s PDAC and MAC embracing GRI? has not withstood the test of time. PDAC appears to have shelved its original intent which was being supported by Stratos. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Paper Parks or Biodiversity Value in Kyrgyzstan?</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2012/05/15/creating-paper-parks-or-biodiversity-value-in-kyrgyzstan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=creating-paper-parks-or-biodiversity-value-in-kyrgyzstan</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1995, the Kyrgyz Republic established the Sary-Chat Ertash Reserve or Zapovednik (SCER/SCEZ) near Centerra Gold’s high altitude Kumtor gold mine. While inaccurate maps and politics seem to fuel misunderstandings about the SCER’s boundaries and Kumtor’s impacts, an important question deserves more attention: Is the SCER just another ‘paper park’ or is it generating biodiversity value? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing Kyrgyz Commission’s Report on Centerra Gold&#8217;s Kumtor Mine</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2012/05/11/assessing-kyrgyz-commissions-report-on-centerra-golds-kumtor-mine/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=assessing-kyrgyz-commissions-report-on-centerra-golds-kumtor-mine</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Centerra Gold’s Kumtor Gold Company commissioned Prizma to provide an Independent Assessment of a Kyrgyz Commission's Evaluation of Compliance with Environmental and Industrial Safety Standards at the high altitude Kumtor Gold Mine. Topics covered in Prizma’s report (which is also being translated for distribution) include transparency, water quality, biodiversity, glaciers, water consumption, geotechnical and mine closure issues. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting Claimant at International Arbitration Hearing at ICSID</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2012/05/09/attending-international-arbitration-hearing-at-icsid/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=attending-international-arbitration-hearing-at-icsid</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 01:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artisanal Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resettlement Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prizma's Mehrdad Nazari was engaged by White &#38; Case to serve as an Expert Witness for Claimant in the case of Gold Reserve Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela which is before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). According to its press release, Gold Reserve claims damages of approximately $2.1 billion arising from violations of provisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do Mining and Gardening Have in Common?</title>
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		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2012/03/19/what-do-mining-and-gardening-have-in-common/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Councellor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Even the most diverse projects in different parts of the world tend to share some communalities in terms of context. And sometimes, recognizing these can be very sobering. Two recent assignments in the lawn and garden sector in North America (ScottsMiracle-Gro) and the mining sector in Central Asia (Centerra Gold's Kumtor mine) drove home the importance of climate change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s GRI reporting in 2011 appears on par with 2010</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2012/01/27/canadas-gri-reporting-in-2011-appears-on-par-with-2010/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=canadas-gri-reporting-in-2011-appears-on-par-with-2010</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2012/01/27/canadas-gri-reporting-in-2011-appears-on-par-with-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although 2011 GRI reporting in the US seems to be trailing by nearly 30% from 2010, Canada’s numbers remain largely on par. But has push by government and PDAC been effective? Earlier this week, I reviewed a January 2012 GRI spreadsheet which listed sustainability reporters for North America. GRI had sent this spreadsheet to its Organizational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GRI Reporting in Mining on Increase</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/03/17/gri-reporting-in-mining-on-increase/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gri-reporting-in-mining-on-increase</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/03/17/gri-reporting-in-mining-on-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRI recorded 87 mining reporters for the 2010 period, up from 70 in 2009. 61 had adopted GRI’s Mining and Metals Sector Supplement. Nine were classified as integrated reports (4 from South Africa). Looking at the GRI list (queried March 17, 2011), a few things stand out. First, Xstrata related companies were recorded with 4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GRI Reporting Grows by 30% in USA and 50% in Canada</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/03/09/gri-reporting-grows-by-30-in-usa-and-50-in-canada/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gri-reporting-grows-by-30-in-usa-and-50-in-canada</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/03/09/gri-reporting-grows-by-30-in-usa-and-50-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With over 450 new reports added to GRI’s database for 2010, it is time to present updated charts for Canada and the US. They show impressive growth rates, that these are different markets and that US reporters like to remain ‘Undeclared’. Globally, GRI recorded a 22% increase of GRI-type sustainability reporting between 2009 and 2010. The increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGOs Testing BHP Billiton and Investors’ Metal</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/12/02/ngos-testing-bhp-billiton-and-investors%e2%80%99-metal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ngos-testing-bhp-billiton-and-investors%25e2%2580%2599-metal</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2010/12/02/ngos-testing-bhp-billiton-and-investors%e2%80%99-metal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As discussions about the failed Bill C300 are subsiding, BHP Billiton's sustainability report is being mocked and NGOs lodged complaints about the company’s Mozal aluminum smelter with the JSE SRI Index and IFC’s independent recourse mechanism. BHP Billiton is one of the very profitable giants in the extractive sector The company has also been a long time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prizma Publishes Fall 2010 News</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/09/26/prizma-publishes-fall-2010-news/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=prizma-publishes-fall-2010-news</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2010/09/26/prizma-publishes-fall-2010-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can now access Prizma News Fall 2010.]]></description>
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