Exploring the origins of ‘social license to operate’ in the mining sector: Perspectives from governance and sustainability theories

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Strategic CSR: A Concept Building Meta‐Analysis (2019, positive): “Communities may also reciprocate by granting CSR firms a societal license to operate (Henisz et al., 2014; Prno and Slocombe, 2012).”
The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers (2015, background): “Corporations engaged in mining, pulp and paper manufacturing and the marketing of soy, beef and palm oil have responded to such pressures to go beyond compliance with legal standards for environmental and social sustainability (Gunningham et al. 2004; Prno and Slocombe 2012; Nepstad et al. 2014).”
The paths to social licence to operate: An integrative model explaining community acceptance of mining $ (2014, background): “A social licence to operate refers to the ongoing acceptance and approval of a mining development by local community members and other stakeholders that can affect its profitability (Prno and Slocombe, 2012; Thomson and Boutilier, 2011).”
Big Data in food and agriculture (2016, background): “For instance, food processors are monitoring social media data in an eﬀort to predict consumer sentiment and secure social approval or ‘license’ (Prno and Slocombe, 2012).”