Equator Principles & IFC Performance Standards

LEAD International will be hosting LEAD Europe Fellow Mehrdad Nazari, Director and Senior ESIA & CSR Advisor of Prizma LLC, who will be delivering a 1-day short course on Equator Principles & IFC Performance Standards.

Download course brochure here: http://www.prizmasolutions.com and contact Mehrdad@prizmasolutions.com to register. Only three more seats available (registration closes March 28).

The course will provide advanced insights into and application of the IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles and related guidelines which have raised the bar on bankable social and environmental assessments and feasibility studies, and materially influence access to syndicated project finance and its timeline. Key course elements include:

• Genesis, context and application of new standards
• Key requirements and changes
• Biodiversity and offset solutions
• Human rights and extractive industries
• Community health/health impact assessment
• Due diligence process and role of Independent Expert

Bios of course presenters:

Mehrdad Nazari (MSc, MBA, LEAD Fellow), Senior ESIA & CSR Advisor, Prizma LLC. Mehrdad has 17 years of experience in environmental and social risk assessments. This includes 10 years at the European Bank involved in $2+ billion extractive investment portfolio co-financed with IFC, ECAs and Equator Banks. Previously, Mehrdad was a Project Manager with Dames & Moore (now URS) and Director of CSR Research at CoreRatings (now Innovest and DNV).

Martin Birley (MS, PhD, DIC), Director, Birley HIA. Martin has over 20 years of experience in Health Impact Assessment and advised and provided training on HIA to Shell, BP, ENI, development banks, development agencies and governments. Martin's previous appointments include Senior Lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.