Social licence to operate and impact assessment

S Bice, K Moffat - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews historical and recent developments in the understanding and
employment of 'social licence to operate'(SLO), particularly as it relates to impact …

Unconventional gas development in Australia: A critical review of its social license

H Luke, M Brueckner, N Emmanouil - The Extractive Industries and Society, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview of unconventional gas developments in Australia and
attendant public reactions to them through the lens of the 'social license'concept. An analysis …

How a large project was halted by the lack of a social Licence to operate: Testing the applicability of the Thomson and Boutilier model

D Jijelava, F Vanclay - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2018 - Elsevier
We explore why having a Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is essential for large projects. We
analyse the Khudoni Hydroelectric Power Plant in the Svaneti region of Georgia, which was …

The social imperative in public relations: Utilities of social impact, social license and engagement

B Hurst, KA Johnston - Public Relations Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Public relations is recognized as an organizational boundary-spanning function accountable
for communication engagement with diverse stakeholders in ways that facilitate social …

[HTML][HTML] Social resistance to coal seam gas development in the Northern Rivers region of Eastern Australia: Proposing a diamond model of social license to operate

H Luke - Land use policy, 2017 - Elsevier
As new industries emerge in rural areas, land use change can have important implications
for affected communities. In-turn, social responses to developments can have important …

Countering corporate power through social control: What does a social licence offer?

F Haines, S Bice, C Einfeld… - The British Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This paper interrogates the capacity for social control to act as a complement and alternative
to the law in controlling corporate harm. Social control can manifest as demands that …

Fostering the social license to operate: An integrative framework of organizational antecedents

S Baba, N Mercier, AA Guesthier - Resources Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Projects are omnipresent in society (Burke and Morley, 2016; Lundin et al., 2015), sha**
what some now term a “projectified society”(Lundin et al., 2015). In fact, we are constantly …

Forces for change in social impact assessment

R Parsons - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Social impact assessment (SIA) is experiencing both evolutionary and revolutionary forces
for change. Using the example of New South Wales, Australia, forces for change include …

Develo** social impact assessment guidelines in a pre-existing policy context

R Parsons, JA Everingham, D Kemp - Impact Assessment and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Few jurisdictions have translated internationally agreed social impact assessment (SIA)
principles into statutory provisions. Governments and regulatory bodies tend to provide …

The community cost of consultation: Characterising the qualitative social impacts of a wind energy development that failed to proceed in Tasmania, Australia

RM Colvin, GB Witt, J Lacey, K Witt - Environmental Impact Assessment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy developments affect communities in a range of ways. Impacts on communities can
be caused by changes to landscape amenity and access, disruptions to community …