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	<title>PRIZMA &#187; IFC Performance Standards</title>
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	<description>Bankable. Credible. Sustainable.</description>
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		<title>IFC Publishes 2012 Guidance on Performance Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IFC  published its Updated Guidance Notes, the companion to the Updated IFC Performance Standards, which will also apply to Equator Banks and be effective January 1, 2012.  The new IFC Performance Standards (IFC board approved in May 2011, listed and hot-linked further below) and the Guidance Notes apply to all IFC investment and advisory clients whose projects go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Popular Entries on this Blog in 2011</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/12/12/most-popular-entries-on-this-blog-in-2011/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=most-popular-entries-on-this-blog-in-2011</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the year is coming to an end, I assembled the favorite entries on my blog. Are you curious to see which ones made it to the Top 10 list and which ones attracted most comments? Continuing a long tradition (OK, it’s only the second year), I assembled the most popular entries on my blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability Conference in Seoul</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/12/10/sustainability-conference-in-seoul/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sustainability-conference-in-seoul</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prizma’s Bill Kennedy was recently invited to participate at the 6th Sustainability Management Conference in Seoul, Korea.  The focus of the event, sponsored by the Korean Standards Association and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, was an examination of the IFC Performance Standards, the Equator Principles and OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the way in [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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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>Biodiversity for Banks Program Launched by Equator Principles, WWF, BBOP</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/11/07/biodiversity-for-banks-program-launched-by-equator-principles-wwf-bbop/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=biodiversity-for-banks-program-launched-by-equator-principles-wwf-bbop</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Equtor Principles Association has recently co-launched the Biodiversity for Banks (B4B) program, with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP).   The objective of this program is to assist financial institutions to manage risks from biodiversity and ecosystem services in their lending decisions. B4B is developing and will deliver a set of training materials to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/10/25/while-banktrack-criticizes-equator-principles-ifc-celebrates-community-of-learning/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=while-banktrack-criticizes-equator-principles-ifc-celebrates-community-of-learning</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/10/25/while-banktrack-criticizes-equator-principles-ifc-celebrates-community-of-learning/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></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>Should Equator Banks use Assurance?</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/10/18/should-equator-banks-use-assurance/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=should-equator-banks-use-assurance</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/10/18/should-equator-banks-use-assurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Given trust deficit highlighted by Occupy Wall Street movement, should Equator Bank’s develop and adopt assurance standards, a recommendation emerging from the Strategic Review of the Equator Principles? In 2002, ABN Amro, Barclays, Citigroup Inc. and WestLB AG spearheaded the development of a banking industry framework – now known as the Equator Principles - to address [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/09/07/prizma-llc-publishes-summer-2011-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></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[  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 discloses 2011 Performance Standards</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/08/01/ifc-discloses-2011-performance-standards/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ifc-discloses-2011-performance-standards</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/08/01/ifc-discloses-2011-performance-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IFC disclosed its 2011 Sustainability Framework (that includes the IFC Performance Standards) which will become effective on January 1, 2012. They contain strengthened aspects related to transparency, climate change, business and human rights, biodiversity and supply-chain management. IFC's fact sheet summarizing key changes can be downloaded here. Prizma will continue to offer its updated 1-day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Environmental Assessments in Mining</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/08/01/strategic-environmental-assessments-in-mining/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=strategic-environmental-assessments-in-mining</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/08/01/strategic-environmental-assessments-in-mining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There appears to be an increase in SEAs relating to the extractive/mining sector, including the Central Namib Uranium Rush study, which caught my eye. Therivel et. al.’s  textbook entitled Strategic environmental assessment (first published in 1992) defines SEAs “as the formalized, systematic and comprehensive process of evaluating the environmental impacts of a policy, plan or [...]]]></description>
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