Monthly Archives: August 2011

Untangling CSR and similar concepts

Last week’s post on the social licence to operate led to a flurry of questions on this blog’s sister site on LinkedIn. Here’s a few more definitions to help untangle the differences between CSR, the social licence and other related … Continue reading

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Defining the elusive and essential social licence to operate

By Leeora Black and Sara Bice The term ‘social licence’ has become an increasingly popular expression to describe the business case for company engagement with stakeholders and issues. The term was coined in the mining industry about 15 years ago … Continue reading

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