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Making Your Projects More Bankable, Credible & Sustainable.
About Prizma – Prizma is a boutique environmental, social, and sustainability advisory practice.
We generate bankable ESIAs and updates, conduct E&S/ESG due diligence reviews and gap analysis, and ensure projects are aligned with the IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles.
We also assist our clients with sustainability reporting, independent assurance, and compliance with certification schemes.
As highlighted in the following pages, our clients range from private sector developers to multilateral financial institutions. Our projects range from renewable energy in Central America to gold mining in Central Asia. We also contribute to Independent Engineer and Independent Monitoring Group assignments.
At the core of Prizma’s independent advisory practice are seasoned and peer-credible experts. Our clients value our experience serving in and working with multilateral financial institutions, and advising their clients.
We invite you to learn more about Prizma at www.prizmasolutions.com, request client references, and talk to us about your challenging projects.
Mehrdad Nazari, MSc, MBA Director, Senior ESIA, ESG & Sustainability Advisor
[email protected] Direct: +1-715-551-4395 www.prizmasolutions.com
Meet us at these events:
• IAIA/IDB Biodiversity 2017 – Washington, DC • GRI Reporters’ Summit 2018 – Phoenix, AZ • PDAC Convention 2018 – Toronto, CAN • IAIA18 Annual Convention – Durban, SA
Wind Energy – Prizma provided environmental and social
impact assessment advisory services to help align one of
the largest wind developments in Central America (265MW)
with the IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles.
The developers, Goldwind and InterEnergy, successfully
mobilized over $370 million from Equator Principles
Banks, the International Finance Corporation, and other
Development Finance Institutions.
Mining Sector – Prizma was engaged by Centerra’s Kumtor Gold Mine
in Central Asia to provide a broad range of environmental, social, and
sustainability advisory services. Prizma’s deliverables included a biodiversity
management strategy, training community relations officers, conducting
a wildlife-cyanide risk study, and Kumtor’s maiden sustainability report.
Centerra maintains a $150 million revolving corporate debt facility with
the European Bank, and has also secured project finance from UniCredit
and the European Bank for its Öksüt gold mine development in Turkey.
Solar PV – Prizma provided environmental and social advisory services
to Sonnedix Group’s large-scale Atacama Solar PV Project in Chile
(Phase I: 143MW). Prizma’s output included a series of bankable E&S
studies and plans. These were designed to meet the expectations of
multilateral financial intuitions. Subsequently, CAF, the development bank
of Latin America, approved a $92 million project finance facility, and the
Green Climate Fund approved an additional $49 million.
Location: Pica, Atacama Desert, Chile
GENERATIONCAPACITY
143MW (PHASE I)
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLDS190,000
ANNUAL GENERATION
412GWh TOTAL INVESTMENT
US$265MILLION
PERMANENTLOCAL JOBS
20
TRANSMISSION LINE (SING)45.5km
Vers. 1 Jul 2016, 20 year life, P90, 0.98 annual efficiency deterioration, T-line leased, Chile household use 2,160 kWh/year
ANNUAL AVOIDED tCO185,000 CAF
US$50MILLIONOTHER
US$42MILLIONGCF
US$49MILLION
Independent E&S Experts – Prizma has contributed to a variety of assignments
requiring an exceptional combination of technical expertise, knowledge of international
standards, and professional integrity. Examples include contributions to Independent
Engineer and Independent Monitoring Group assignments on behalf of Equator
Principles Banks and the IFC on a gold mining project in West Africa; serving
as expert panelists to and advising IFC/MIGA’s Office of the Compliance Advisor
Ombudsman; and contributing to an international arbitration case resulting in
claimant being awarded over $700 million.
Training & Capacity Building – Prizma has been
assisting a variety of developers, investors, and others
with their training and capacity building needs. Examples
include conducting a sustainability reporting workshop
for Africa Oil in Kenya; delivering a short course on
the IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles
to DNB and export finance and guarantee agencies
in Norway; and training Centerra Gold’s community
relations officers from Mongolia, the Kyrgyz Republic,
and Turkey during a workshop held in Central Asia.
Training on IFC Performance Standards and IEH’s Environmental & Social Management System Santo Domingo, 7-8 May 2015
Report by Mehrdad Nazari, MSc, MBA ESIA & Sustainability Advisor, Prizma LLC 12 May 2015
Sustainability Reporting & Assurance – Prizma has been assisting both
maiden and long-term reporters, such as Lundin Gold and Lucara Diamond,
during their sustainability reporting journeys. Prizma’s tasks have included
benchmarking CSR/ESG performance, materiality assessment, site-based
data collection and analysis, focus groups meetings, stakeholder interviews,
integrating new GRI Standards and the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals, generating and translating content, and providing graphic design
services. Prizma has also provided assurance services using the
AccountAbility’s AA1000 Assurance Standards.