Tracing Social Licence to Operate in the Mining Sector of Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Article from: OGEL 1 (2020), in Social Licence to Operate (SLO)
Abstract
(Added 17/03/2020) SLO is an integral and powerful lens of framing trust between the industries and the public. This informal license is critical in acknowledging the active role of the people and communities towards offering acceptance and approval of how industries conduct their business. In recent years, there have been improvements in companies' awareness and mitigation of social and environmental impacts. There are examples of better engagement between companies, governments and civil society to ensure extractive activities contribute to national and local development ...