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	<title>PRIZMA &#187; European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements</title>
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	<description>Bankable. Credible. Sustainable.</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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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Councellor]]></category>
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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>Prizma Publishes Spring 2012 Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2012/05/14/prizma-publishes-spring-2012-newsletter/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=prizma-publishes-spring-2012-newsletter</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Assessing Kyrgyz Commission’s Report on Centerra Gold’s Kumtor Gold Mine - Supporting ScottsMiracle-Gro with CR Reporting  - Supporting Claimant at International Arbitration Hearing case before ICSID -Completing 3rd Party Check for Lundin Mining’s 2011 Sustainability Report You can access the  PDF version of the newsletter here or request via email here. Looking forward to your comments and suggestions.]]></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>What do Mining and Gardening Have in Common?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Councellor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></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>While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In advance of the gathering of Equator Banks for the fifth Community of Learning event hosted by the IFC this week, BankTrack published its critical review: The Outside Job -Turning the Equator Principles towards people and planet. As blogged in greater detail previously, the Equator Principles are a derivative of the IFC Performance Standards and form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Bank Outreach to US-based Consultants in Chicago &amp; Washington</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/10/24/ebrd-outreach-to-us-based-consultants-in-chicago-and-washington-dc/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ebrd-outreach-to-us-based-consultants-in-chicago-and-washington-dc</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/10/24/ebrd-outreach-to-us-based-consultants-in-chicago-and-washington-dc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil and Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resettlement Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Consultancy Services Unit of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is conducting an outreach to US-based consultants in Chicago (Nov 30) and Washington DC (Dec 1).  The EBRD is a London-based Multilateral Financial Institution in which the US Government is the largest individual shareholder (about 10%).  An AAA rated public institution, the EBRD provides debt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFC Performance Standards Revisions Entering Final Lap</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/01/03/ifc-performance-standards-revisions-entering-final-lap/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ifc-performance-standards-revisions-entering-final-lap</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/01/03/ifc-performance-standards-revisions-entering-final-lap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil and Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resettlement Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In its recent CODE Progress Report on IFC Sustainability Framework Review and Update ( December 1, 2010), IFC notes that, with exceptions (such as the Access to Information Policy), majority of proposed changes are clarifications rather than material changes.  Please visit updated blog post: Remaining Obstacles to Revisions of IFC Performance Standards The IFC Performance Standards, which provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equator Principles – Only Greenwashing?</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/11/25/equator-principles-%e2%80%93-only-greenwashing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=equator-principles-%25e2%2580%2593-only-greenwashing</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2010/11/25/equator-principles-%e2%80%93-only-greenwashing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 04:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I note that another bank - NIBC - has joined the group of financial institutions which have adopted the Equator Principles, I recalled a friendly request and equally friendly but probing questions prompting this blog entry. As I blogged earlier, the recently formed Equator Principles Association  commissioned a strategic review of the Equator Principles. This seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chuckles courtesy of Scotiabank and CBSR</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/08/06/chuckles-courtesy-of-scotiabank-and-cbsr/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=chuckles-courtesy-of-scotiabank-and-cbsr</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2010/08/06/chuckles-courtesy-of-scotiabank-and-cbsr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paging through Scotiabank’s C-Level Sustainability report, two somewhat misleading lines in the CEO Letter (!) about assurance by CBSR caught my attention and made be chuckle - TGIF! The lines read as follows: “For the first time, assurance for this report’s Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) table has been provided by Canadian Business for Social Responsibility. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFC gets out vuvuzella for sustainability reporting</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/06/19/ifc-gets-out-vuvuzella-for-sustainability-reporting/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ifc-gets-out-vuvuzella-for-sustainability-reporting</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2010/06/19/ifc-gets-out-vuvuzella-for-sustainability-reporting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Jointly with GRI, the International Finance Corporation (IFC, part of the World Bank Group) published a bridging document showing how strategies, system and data points developed to meet IFC Performance Standards can be used to generate GRI-type sustainability reports. About time to help capital project developers/sponsors to leverage expensive compliance reporting to create more shareholder value! Capital project sponsors [...]]]></description>
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