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Venezuela’s President hosts Gold Reserve’s Team at Miraflores Palace
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The topics of discussions included the current conditions at the KM88/Las Claritas area of Venezuela (see YouTube
The Venezuelan government has been pursuing the diversification of its economy through the industrialization of the mining sector as its 14th economic growth engine about which I blogged
Fulbright Academy Summit on Global Health
Following a successful conference on
BHP MOZAL Smelter Back for OECD MNE Review
US launched Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade
The
Hidden Gems of King III and GRI plus 12 Report
Michael Rea's annual
IFC Performance Standards Revisions Entering Final Lap
In its recent
Phase II Consultation on IFC Performance Standards
IFC launched a second round of public consultation to update the
Perenco (Oil & Gas) Published First CSR Report –Why Now?
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, Peru and Guatemala, to create its first CSR report? Is it perhaps related to the recent creation of a $2.8bn reserve-based lending involving Equator Banks, which will also assist with completion of a controversial oil pipeline in Peru’s rainforests? Read More
Canadian CSR Councellor Launches Consultation on Dispute Resolution Mechanism
The Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor launched consultations on its new dispute-resolution mechanism. Will this - and the role of the CSR Councellor more generally - make the controversial Bill C-300 obsolete? Read More
Convergence of GRI and IFC Performance Standards?
As noted earlier,