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The emergence of the ‘social licence to operate’ in the extractive industries?

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Date
24/10/2018
Author
Heffron, Raphael
Downes, Lauren
Ramirez Rodriguez, Oscar M.
McCauley, Darren
Keywords
Social-licence-to-operate
SLO
Energy justice
Energy life-cycle
Extractive industries
Columbia
GE Environmental Sciences
HD Industries. Land use. Labor
T-NDAS
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Abstract
The ‘social licence to operate’ (SLO) is a construct that has potential to transform the mining sector internationally. The SLO is increasing in importance because it can reduce all risks during the energy project life-cycle that are detrimental to the success of energy projects. This paper analyses how SLO's are at first perceived by interdisciplinary energy scholars before examining the legal nature of an SLO and looking at the effectiveness of such an agreement from the perspectives of both the energy company and the local community. In essence, this research seeks to address what is the legal basis of an SLO. Further, an original case study on Columbia is presented which highlights the SLO in action and its transformative effect. The paper also engages in new debates around the relationship of SLOs to related energy concepts such as the energy justice and environmental impact statements, which are also vital to energy infrastructure development.
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Heffron , R , Downes , L , Ramirez Rodriguez , O M & McCauley , D 2018 , ' The emergence of the ‘social licence to operate’ in the extractive industries? ' , Resources Policy , vol. 59 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.09.012
Publication
Resources Policy
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.09.012
ISSN
0301-4207
Type
Journal article
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.09.012
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19850

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