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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. (more...)

GRI's G3.1 was launched in March 2011 and includes expanded guidance for reporting on human rights, local community impacts, and gender. According to GRI’s database for 2011, eight out of 102 reporting entries for the mining sector in 2011 have adopted the updated GRI G3.1 guidelines. (more...)

I have been teasing GRI about unclear definition of what constitutes a GRI report and the slow adoption/growth rate in the US/North America. The former has been corrected and the latter remains a reality. (more...)

- 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

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The Lundin Mining Corporation recently completed its 2011 Sustainability Report. As part of this process, Prizma was commissioned to conduct a 3rd Party Check of the report. Prizma has assisted Lundin Mining for the last three reporting cycles. This included benchmarking of Lundin Mining's sustainability reporting.

 ScottsMiracle-Gro recently published its 2011 Corporate Responsibility (CR) report. ScottsMiracle-Gro is the world’s leading provider of lawn products and services with approximately $3 billion in worldwide sales. Prizma's Mehrdad Nazari supported the generation of this web-based report which utilized the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI G3) sustainability reporting framework. The report is structured around engagement and outreach, product responsibility, operational footprint, workplace and culture. (more...)

Has GRI reporting been stagnant or growing by 60+% in the US? Are reports published by Apple, Cummins and Yum Brands GRI-type reports or not? Does it matter? http://wp.me/p27qSt-jR   (more...)

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 issues.

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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? (more...)

Hiding in plain sight: the (incomplete, Jan 2012) numbers of GRI reporters show a nearly 30% decline from 2010 to 2011.  And GRI started counting non-GRI reporters. (more...)