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Rare Natural or Lab-grown Synthetic Diamonds?
As we ascend the iconic , the 300,000-year-old volcanic cone on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, Don Proebstel and I continue discussing the sustainability nexus of innovation in the renewable energy sector and diamond mining. As we work our way to the top of the structures added in 1908 as part of the island’s coastal defense system, we come back to this question: What will be the sustainability drivers of a diamond’s journey from mine - or lab - to finger?
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UN SDGs: Blue-washing or Sustainability Drivers?
I am always inspired when attending IFC’s Sustainability Exchanges. At the , I found myself gravitating to a session on Operationalizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (). I was curious to learn if the SDGs were being viewed as a repackaging exercise, an engagement and co-branding opportunity, or as drivers to move the needle towards more sustainable investing and development.
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Origins of 1st GRI-certified Training in North America
Over a decade ago, I started leveraging my professional background as an environmental and social specialist at the (EBRD) and head of ESG/CSR Research at CoreRatings (divested to DNV and Innovest), to assist companies with their sustainability strategy and disclosure. I was fascinated how structured engagement created the space for sustainability-oriented performance improvement, and disciplined GRI-type reporting enabled more meaningful ESG research and benchmarking.
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Fun Memories from Botswana to Venezuela
Receiving reminders that I have been favoring LinkedIn updates at the cost of neglecting my Prizma blog, its time to (re)post some of the updates and catch up. Lets start with this 2017 review and move on from there.
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Lucara re-engages Prizma to assist with 2017 Sustainability Reporting
Lucara Diamond Corp. (), a member of the , recently engaged Prizma LLC () to assist Lucara with its annual sustainability reporting for the 2017 period using the . Lucara is an established producer of large exceptional quality Type IIa diamonds from its 100% owned in Botswana. (shortlink: https://wp.me/p27qSt-RV) Read More
How my GRI reporting journey started in Venezuela’s jungles a decade ago
As I was updating sustainability reporting experience on (now clocking 28 assignments), I was reminded of how it all started about a decade ago while working on an ESIA in the jungles of Venezuela. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p27qSt-RA Read More
Lucara Diamond publishes 2016 Sustainability Report, adopts GRI Standards
is an established diamond producer with the (Karowe) in Botswana as its principal asset. For the past five years, has been assisted Lucara Diamond Corp. (Lucara) with its annual sustainability reporting efforts. Here are selected highlights. Read More
Lundin Gold Publishes Inaugural 2015-2016 Sustainability Report
Congratulations to , a pre-production gold mining company pursuing the high grade, underground Fruta del Norte (FDN) project in Ecuador, for publishing its first sustainability report: , and three reasons I enjoyed contributing to it. Read More
Attending IFC Sustainability Exchange 2017 in Cartagena
After attending IFC’s flagship annual , I was pleased to be invited once more to attend the upcoming which – for the first time – will not be held in IFC’s HQ in Washington DC. It will be interesting to see how this format change may engage a new set of stakeholders, create new angles and insights, and further leverage knowledge sharing. Read More
Congrats to former EBRD colleagues bagging awards at IAIA17 conference in Montreal
I attended the annual conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment () in Montreal to reconnect with my professional peers, learn from the many interesting presentations still "daring" to consider Climate Change impacts (despite of President Trump), and attend a masterclass on integrating Human Rights into impact assessment and E&S/IE/IMG Reviews. However, other important moments for me - an alum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development () - included IAIA handing out awards to Dr. Bill Kennedy and Mark King, both my former EBRD colleagues. I learned a lot working with both of them as highlighted below. Read More
D5 Creation