National level paths to the mining industry’s Social Licence to Operate (SLO) in Northern Europe: The case of Finland

Jartti, Tuija; Litmanen, Tapio; Lacey, Justine; Moffat, Kieren

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2020.01.006

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“…SLO is ideally measured at the beginning of the project, during the business case phase, to establish a baseline, and then research is repeated periodically through the other phases of the project. On the other hand, studies emphasized that SLO may vary in their strength [55]. This variation reflects the different levels of social approval and acceptance [47,56].…”

Section: A Measurable Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The SLO concept originated from the mining sector in 1997 and quickly became part of the jargon used, when discussing social aspects of mining projects [47]. With the rising of criticism and opposition to mining projects, SLO became a tool to gain back legitimacy to proceed with mining projects [55,76,77].…”

Section: Social License To Operate For Geothermal Energymentioning

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Social License to Operate in Geothermal Energy

Barich¹,

Stokłosa²,

Hildebrand

et al. 2021

Energies

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Geothermal energy is a resource that has the potential for development in many countries around the world. Despite its versatility and economic viability, this resource faces numerous obstacles that hinder its deployment and capacity for achieving a similar market share as other renewable and clean energy sources. Both technical and non-technical barriers can be highly detrimental to the implementation of geothermal projects. A social license to operate (SLO) is a tool that can help the deployment of geothermal energy. As a new concept, SLO is little developed in the business literature but is still being adopted in many industries. Its main challenges reside in its context-dependence and the lack of clear frameworks to utilize it. This paper introduces, in a first known attempt, through a qualitative approach, a conceptual model of the social license to operate in the geothermal energy sector. For its development, three case studies, working group discussion and surveying were conducted in the framework of the H2020 funded CROWDTHERMAL project, which aims to empower EU citizens for direct participation in geothermal projects through crowdfunding. Findings of this paper also drew on existing general conceptual models of the SLO, and experiences from other sectors that have developed their own SLO models. The paper contributes to a more contextualized understanding of the social license within the geothermal sector and sheds the light on practices and challenges that influence the acquisition and maintenance of SLO in geothermal energy projects and initiatives.

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Section: A Measurable Conceptmentioning

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Social License to Operate in Geothermal Energy

Barich¹,

Stokłosa²,

Hildebrand

et al. 2021

Energies

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“…The SLO literature has recently developed further this framework, notably by seeking to integrate the community and societal level within a single SLO framework (Lesser et al 2021), and by addressing also more general aspects of institutional trust, especially those relating to governance (e.g. Jartti et al 2020;Zhang and Moffat 2015, 32). However, we argue that this has yet to go all the way by integrating in its frameworks the notions of trust, mistrust, and distrust, in their full complexity.…”

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“…Recent scholarship has addressed citizens' trust in governance and institutional arrangements as a factor that shapes interactional trust-building (e.g. dialogue, citizen participation) and Jartti et al 2020;Lesser et al 2021;Heffron et al, in press). Trust in the adequacy of legislation and regulatory authorities to hold companies accountable and ensure that they 'do the right thing' (Zhang and Moffat 2015, 30;Measham and Zhang 2019, 365) is particularly crucial in the area of NWM, given the entanglement of state and private sector interests and the key role of national safety authorities in ensuring trust in the safety of the projects (Lehtonen et al 2020 Lesser et al (2021, 7), clarification is needed on the interaction between the community and societal SLO.…”

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Trust, mistrust and distrust as blind spots of Social Licence to Operate: illustration via three forerunner countries in nuclear waste management

Lehtonen

Kajo

Kari

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Journal of Risk Research

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Links between the actors and mining activities related to the implementation of sustainable development principles

Fuentes,

Negrete,

Herrera‐León

et al. 2024

Sustainable Development

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The uninterrupted supply of raw materials is essential to implement low‐carbon technologies. Therefore, the sustainable extraction of these materials is crucial. One of its important aspects is the analysis of the interaction between the actors as well as the actions undertaken by them. This study explores the characteristics of the network of links between social actors and the supporting and inhibitory actions related to sustainable development that the mining industry and its possible implications with collaboration and conflict between actors. Our methodological approach consisted in building two bipartite networks based on actor‐action interaction, identified thanks to the literature review of sustainability initiatives of mining companies. Applying network analysis, we examine the structural characteristics of the networks and the strength of links between social actors. The results highlighted that “Government,” “Local society,” and “Indigenous peoples” have a critical position in the network of “Supporting” and “Inhibitory” actions. They are those who could articulate with other social actors to create collaborative processes in the implementation of actions that contribute to sustainable development by the mining industry. However, from the analysis of the structure of the network of “Inhibitory” actions, these three actors are the ones who could be relevant in the dynamics of the development of conflicts with the mining industry. This study presents, from the dual perspective (“Supporting” and “Inhibitory” actions), the characteristics of the systems of relationships between social actors and their possible implications for the design, as well as implementation of sustainable strategies in the mining sector.

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National level paths to the mining industry’s Social Licence to Operate (SLO) in Northern Europe: The case of Finland

Cited by 21 publications

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Social License to Operate in Geothermal Energy

Social License to Operate in Geothermal Energy

Trust, mistrust and distrust as blind spots of Social Licence to Operate: illustration via three forerunner countries in nuclear waste management

Links between the actors and mining activities related to the implementation of sustainable development principles

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