Posts from 2018

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Posts

Having the courage to trust communities

Our work shows that building trust with communities leads to greater acceptance (or social licence) – and building trust is, in part, dependent on how comfortable we are being vulnerable with communities (and knowing they will not take advantage of that to hurt you).

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Papers

What makes engagement "meaningful"?

Social licence to operate (SLO) recognises the need for extractive industries to move beyond regulatory requirements into social accountability, which requires engagement between companies and their stakeholders.