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| Fri, 18 May 2012 19:08:52 +0000
Sustainability Reporting in Mining Continues to Grow
While PDAC departed from developing a voluntary sustainability reporting framework for its members, adoption of GRI continues to grow in the mining sector - albeit slowly. It seems that my enthusiastic blog entry Are Canada’s PDAC and MAC embracing GRI? has not withstood the test of time. PDAC appears to have shelved its original intent which was being supported by Stratos. This is [...]
Fri, 18 May 2012 17:01:52 +0000
8 Mining Companies Used GRI G3.1 Guidelines in 2011
GRI's G3.1 was launched in March 2011 and includes expanded guidance for reporting on human rights, local community impacts, and gender. According to GRI’s database for 2011, eight out of 102 reporting entries for the mining sector in 2011 have adopted the updated GRI G3.1 guidelines. Overall, GRI G3.1 comprise about 10% of all the registered [...]
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:22:25 +0000
It’s Official: North American Relative GRI Reporting Grew by 1% in 2011
I have been teasing GRI about unclear definition of what constitutes a GRI report and the slow adoption/growth rate in the US/North America. The former has been corrected and the latter remains a reality. In March 2012, I published a blog entry entitled Dilemma of GRI Reporting Stats in the US – Needs Grain [...]
Tue, 15 May 2012 13:11:19 +0000
Creating Paper Parks or Biodiversity Value in Kyrgyzstan?
In 1995, the Kyrgyz Republic established the Sary-Chat Ertash Reserve or Zapovednik (SCER/SCEZ) near Centerra Gold’s high altitude Kumtor gold mine. While inaccurate maps and politics seem to fuel misunderstandings about the SCER’s boundaries and Kumtor’s impacts, an important question deserves more attention: Is the SCER just another ‘paper park’ or is it generating biodiversity value? [...]
Mon, 14 May 2012 15:22:24 +0000
Prizma Publishes Spring 2012 Newsletter
- Assessing Kyrgyz Commission’s Report on Centerra Gold’s Kumtor Gold Mine - Supporting ScottsMiracle-Gro with CR Reporting - Supporting Claimant at International Arbitration Hearing case before ICSID -Completing 3rd Party Check for Lundin Mining’s 2011 Sustainability Report You can access the PDF version of the newsletter here or request via email here. Looking forward to your comments and suggestions.
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