Social licence to operate model: Critical factors of social acceptance of mining in the Brazilian Amazon

• Published in: Resources policy Vol. 74; p. 102237
• Main Authors: França Pimenta, Adriano Augusto, Demajorovic, Jacques, Saraiva de Souza, Maria Tereza, de Carvalho Pedro, Samara, Pisano, Viviane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Acceptance; Acceptance tests; Community; Context; Contextual analysis; Developed countries; Developing countries; Environmental protection; Fairness; LDCs; Low level; Measurement; Mining; Mining industry; Model testing; Procedural justice; Quantitative analysis; Scientific papers; Social acceptance; Social licence to operate; Trust; Vulnerability; Wealth; Wealth generation; Welfare; Brazil; Amazon Basin; Mining; Social licence to operate; Trust; Social acceptance; Environmental protection

The Social Licence to Operate (SLO) has been identified as one of the main risks to the mining business and is a growing topic in academic publications. Quantitative studies have modelled and measured the critical elements of SLO, but most of this research is concentrated on developed countries, ind...