In surveying nearly 5,000 Canadians, we found that national trust in the mining industry is partly driven by confidence that local communities can hold mining companies accountable. When citizens believe communities closest to mining activity have a voice and agency, trust in the industry increases nationally.
In surveying nearly 5,000 Canadians, we found that national trust in the mining industry is partly driven by confidence that local communities can hold mining companies accountable. When citizens believe communities closest to mining activity have voice and agency, trust in the industry increases nationally.
Voconiq partners with Canadian consulting firm Transfert Environnement et Société to expand into Canada and Francophone Africa, combining local expertise with Voconiq's social licence technology and Engagement Science to strengthen community-company relationships globally.
Our work shows us that building trust with communities leads to greater levels of acceptance (or social licence) – and building trust is, in part, dependent on how comfortable we are in being vulnerable with communities (and knowing they will not take advantage of that to hurt you).
Social licence to operate (SLO) acknowledges the need for extractive industries to move beyond regulatory requirements into social accountability, which requires engagement between companies and their stakeholders.