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 halted in 2013 after much social protest. We assess why the project lacked a SLO and what lessons can be learnt from this experience. Using the Thomson and Boutilier model of SLO as our analytical framework, we elaborate its key elements legitimacy, credibility and trust in the context of dam and hydropower projects and assess where the Khudoni project failed. We conclude that the project lacked legitimacy, with local communities not seeing any social justification for the project. The credibility of the project and proponent was weak amongst the local populatio...
From 1943 to 1996, the small rural community of Schoonebeek in the eastern Netherlands hosted the la...
Social licence to operate (SLO) is the ongoing acceptance or approval for a development that is gran...
The vagaries of the term “social licence” and its broad application by various interest groups who t...
We explore why having a Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is essential for large projects. We analyse ...
We explore why having a Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is essential for large projects. We analyse ...
We consider the extent to which the concept of Social Licence to Operate can be applied in actual pr...
Social Licence to Operate is a framework for thinking about the relationship between an organisation...
Short-lived companies, such as special purpose entities and quick-fail companies, are gradually grow...
We consider the extent to which the concept of Social Licence to Operate can be applied in actual pr...
The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary organized a one-day symposium on Oct. 8, 20...
Establishing "social licencs to operate" with communities has become a significant corporate social ...
This thesis is a compilation and analyses of research into Social License to Operate as applied to t...
The notion of the Social License to Operate (SLO) has become an established part of the lexicon of t...
The ‘social license to operate’ (SLO) concept, whilst ubiquitous in industry and academia, to this d...
The Social License to Operate (SLO) concept is significant precisely because it is bringing social i...
From 1943 to 1996, the small rural community of Schoonebeek in the eastern Netherlands hosted the la...
Social licence to operate (SLO) is the ongoing acceptance or approval for a development that is gran...
The vagaries of the term “social licence” and its broad application by various interest groups who t...
We explore why having a Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is essential for large projects. We analyse ...
We explore why having a Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is essential for large projects. We analyse ...
We consider the extent to which the concept of Social Licence to Operate can be applied in actual pr...
Social Licence to Operate is a framework for thinking about the relationship between an organisation...
Short-lived companies, such as special purpose entities and quick-fail companies, are gradually grow...
We consider the extent to which the concept of Social Licence to Operate can be applied in actual pr...
The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary organized a one-day symposium on Oct. 8, 20...
Establishing "social licencs to operate" with communities has become a significant corporate social ...
This thesis is a compilation and analyses of research into Social License to Operate as applied to t...
The notion of the Social License to Operate (SLO) has become an established part of the lexicon of t...
The ‘social license to operate’ (SLO) concept, whilst ubiquitous in industry and academia, to this d...
The Social License to Operate (SLO) concept is significant precisely because it is bringing social i...
From 1943 to 1996, the small rural community of Schoonebeek in the eastern Netherlands hosted the la...
Social licence to operate (SLO) is the ongoing acceptance or approval for a development that is gran...
The vagaries of the term “social licence” and its broad application by various interest groups who t...