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		<title>BHP MOZAL Smelter Back for OECD MNE Review</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/11/28/bhp-billiton%e2%80%99s-mozal-back-for-oecd-mne-review/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bhp-billiton%25e2%2580%2599s-mozal-back-for-oecd-mne-review</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OECD Watch reports that UK National Contact Point for OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises re-initiated review of BHP Billiton's bypass case of its MOZAL smelter in Mozambique after IFC Compliance Advisor Ombudsman appears to have failed to facilitate a resolution of this case.  In late 2010, a coalition of NGOs had lodged complaints about BHP’s MOZAL aluminum smelter with the Johannesburg Stock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prizma publishes Summer 2011 News</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/09/07/prizma-llc-publishes-summer-2011-news/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=prizma-llc-publishes-summer-2011-news</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Articles: Prizma provided Expert Witness services on ICSID arbitration case, assisted Lundin Mining and Fulbright Academy to generate Sustainability Reports, and co-delivered four GRI-certified training courses. Access newsletter here.]]></description>
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		<title>IFC-owned Greystar/Angostura gold development in trouble</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/04/17/ifc-owned-greystarangostura-gold-development-in-trouble/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ifc-owned-greystarangostura-gold-development-in-trouble</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artisanal Mining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greystar shareholders kicked out management and board as they did not secure permits and broad community support. Revisions of IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles has a new case study to wrestle with. As reported by infomine.com, Greystar (listed on TSX and AIM: GSL) has been working on the development of Angostura gold-silver mine for [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></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>NGOs Testing BHP Billiton and Investors’ Metal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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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>Phase II Consultation on IFC Performance Standards</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/06/29/phase-ii-consultation-on-ifc-performance-standards/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=phase-ii-consultation-on-ifc-performance-standards</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2010/06/29/phase-ii-consultation-on-ifc-performance-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IFC launched a second round of public consultation to update the IFC Performance Standards (2006), which provide also the basis for the Equator Principles. In mid June 2010, the first meeting was held in Washington DC. It attracted over 5o participants from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and industry.What are the emerging themes? I previously blogged about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Sustainability Reports Designed for Local Communities?</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/06/23/are-sustainability-reports-designed-for-local-communities/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=are-sustainability-reports-designed-for-local-communities</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unable to attend the GRI conference in Amsterdam, I watched the many taped snippets of the Mining &#38; Metals Sector Supplement session on YouTube. One take away from a presentation by First Peoples Worldwide suggests that GRI reports are important but also that they are not designed with local communities as target audience in mind.The session around GRI's Metals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perenco (Oil &amp; Gas) Published First CSR Report –Why Now?</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/06/06/perenco-oil-gas-published-first-csr-report-%e2%80%93why-now/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=perenco-oil-gas-published-first-csr-report-%25e2%2580%2593why-now</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inaugural sustainability reports, even if they don’t hit all the right notes, empower internal champions and create opportunities for better stakeholder engagement and transparency, and can help drive  performance improvements. But are you not intrigued to find out what catalyzed and motivated Perenco, an independent oil and gas company operating in places like Gabon, DR Congo, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAO Contributes to IFC Performance Standards Review</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/05/18/cao-contributes-to-ifc-performance-standards-review/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cao-contributes-to-ifc-performance-standards-review</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2010/05/18/cao-contributes-to-ifc-performance-standards-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 15:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May 2010, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) office of IFC/MIGA released its Review of IFC’s Policy and Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability and Policy on Disclosure of Information. This CAO Advisory Note is a contribution to IFC’s ongoing review and update of its Sustainability Framework about which I blogged previously. When IFC launched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving from Consultation to Consent?</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/03/12/moving-from-consultation-to-consent/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=moving-from-consultation-to-consent</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IFC Performance Standards require that projects with potentially significant impacts conduct ‘Free, Prior, Informed Consultation’ (FPIC) and demonstrate ‘Broad Community Support’ (BCS). Will these requirements move towards the concept of ‘Consent’ particularly in the context of Indigenous Peoples? During the March 2010 PDAC exploration and mining convention in Toronto, the Export Development Canada (EDC), hosted [...]]]></description>
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