BOARD BRIEFING PAPER FORMAT

Main Board: Renewable Investments Ltd

Meeting date May 2022

Paper title Environmental risks associated with the proposed use of Dean Quarry in Cornwall to
supply rock to renewable energy lagoons in the Bristol Channel

Security classification Restricted

Authors <Enter authors names>

Recommendation <what do you recommend – on your assessment of the environmental risk

should we invest or not - one sentence>

Background

Provide context – eg location, history, development plans eg wharf, activities, timescales, onshore &
coastal & offshore, analogies?

1. Enter note (normally one – three sentences – a paragraph. All text lines single-spaced)

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Discussion

Discuss key environmental issues & sensitivities eg noise, dust, transport, landscape, habitats, local
people, local environment, water, how much activity and what will it look/feel like, fit with Local
Industrial Strategy

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Financial issues

Consider costs of operation & mitigation in a qualitative sense – eg access roads, screening, dust
suppression, community funds, restoration)

7. Enter notes…

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Sustainability issues

Particularly consider broad environmental issues & policies, impacts & mitigation, jobs, stakeholders
and communities, net gain, net zero, longer-term view?)

10. Enter notes…

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Legal issues

Consider conservation designations, restoration ideas, monitoring & potential for operational
prosecutions, responsibility & ownership, potential liabilities & aftercare on closure)

13. Enter notes…

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Reputational / PR issues

Provide Corporate Affairs perspective – coastal path, social media, NIMBY influence, negative impact
on investors, NGO response, compare with geothermal & lithium?, history of mining, Mining World
Heritage Site )

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THERE ARE NO RIGHT ANSWERS – TAKE A VIEW ON THE BASIS OF YOUR JUDGEMENT & RESEARCH!
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