Independent ESG, IESC & Monitoring Consultants

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Our key services, exemplified further below, include the following:

  • Independent Environmental & Social Consultants (IESC)
  • Trouble-shooting ESG performance and ESIA studies to make them bankable   
  • Aligning projects with IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles

Roxgold’s Yaramoko Gold Mine, Burkina Faso

Prizma’s seasoned environmental and social experts served on an Independent Engineer (IE/IESC) and, subsequently, Independent Monitoring Group (IMG) engaged by the IFC and Equator Principles Financial Institutions (Equator Banks) to review and monitor Roxgold’s Yaramoko Gold Mine in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Prizma’s tasks included a critical review of the project’s ESIA, ESMS, CDP, RAP, ASM, ESAP, SLO and other studies, systems and plans. Prizma also conducted monitoring site visits and local stakeholder meetings. Subsequently, Prizma was also engaged by Roxgold to support due diligence of investment targets. 

InterEnergy’s Laudato Si Wind Farm, Panama

Prizma’s seasoned environmental and social experts assisted Goldwind and InterEnergy Holdings to rapidly turn a ‘local permitting impact assessments’ for the phased Penenome wind project (265MW) into bankable ESIA Summary & Update. This avoided financing delays and debottlenecked $350 million in financing from the IFC, DFIs and Equator Banks. Later on, Prizma was invited by IEH to develop a corporate-level and IFC-compliant Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), and supported ESG due diligence reviews for about a dozen acquisition or investment targets in Argentina and Chile.

Bankable E&S Studies for Sonnedix Group’s Atacama Solar PV, Chile

Prizma was engaged to support Sonnedix Group’s Atacama Solar PV Project to provide independent environmental and social review, and develop a series of bankable studies and plans to access funding from Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and Equator Banks. The 171MW plant, which started construction in August 2019, is expected to generate 470GWh of clean electricity annually, enough for over 100,000 homes. Sonnedix successfully mobilized $99 million in project financing from the Andean Development Bank (CAF), Banco BICE, and Banco Security.