Venezuela MOU paving way for largest gold mine?
Last week (Feb 2016), I had the opportunity to travel to Caracas and witness a new chapter in the development of Gold Reserve Inc's Brisas Gold Project: the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
View ArticlePrizma re-engaged by InterEnergy for E&S due diligence review
Prizma was recently re-engaged by InterEnergy Holdings, a regional power company, to conduct an environmental and social due diligence review for two small wind developments in Chile. This review will...
View ArticleVenezuela’s President hosts Gold Reserve’s Team at Miraflores Palace
As Gold Reserve Inc.’s progresses the development of the join Brisas-Cristinas project, the company’s most senior officers, and environmental and social consultants - including yours truly - involved...
View ArticleLucara Diamond and Lundin Mining in Corporate Knights’ Top 40 List
While contributing to an Independent Monitoring Group review of a gold mining development in Burkina Faso (an inspiring meeting with a women association is depicted above), I was pleased to read that...
View ArticlePrizma re-engaged to assist Lucara Diamond with Sustainability Reporting
Lucara Diamond Corp. (Lucara), a member of the Lundin Group of Companies, recently engaged Prizma LLC, an independent sustainability advisory practice and member of the GRI Gold Community, to assist...
View ArticleSeeing a reindeer in a bar makes you wonder…
Having recently returned from a workshop with Crusader Resources in balmy Belo Horizonte, Brazil, I decided to embrace the winter in Wisconsin, and celebrate 10 inches of fresh snow by taking my...
View ArticleAttending IFC Sustainability Exchange 2017 in Cartagena
After attending IFC’s flagship annual Sustainability Exchange in 2016 , I was pleased to be invited once more to attend the upcoming IFC 2017 Sustainability Exchange which – for the first time – will...
View ArticleHow my GRI reporting journey started in Venezuela’s jungles a decade ago
As I was updating Prizma's sustainability reporting experience on CorporateRegister.com (now clocking 28 assignments), I was reminded of how it all started about a decade ago while working on an ESIA...
View ArticleUN SDGs: Blue-washing or Sustainability Drivers?
I am always inspired when attending IFC’s Sustainability Exchanges. At the 2018 IFC Sustainability Exchange: Building Resilience, Sparking Creativity, I found myself gravitating to a session on...
View ArticleTelework: From Necessity to Competitive Advantage
When moving from London to Wausau and providing independent ESRM, ESG and ISDS advisor services on projects based in places like Burkina Faso, Ecuador or Venezuela, teleworking seemed like a necessity....
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