Download or read book The Social Licence to Operate written by Leeora Black and published by Greenleaf. This book was released on 2013 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social license to operate began as a metaphor to bring attention to the need for companies to earn acceptance from their host communities. Today, it is a necessary management framework for complex times. A social license strategy is essentially a stakeholder engagement strategy for navigating complex socio-political environments. This book provides the framework, tools and case studies a company needs to create a foundation for truly sustainable community development. This 90-minute guide will enable you to: - Define the social license to operate - Make the business case for actively managing your social license to operate - Measure the social license to operate - Develop a step-by-step plan to restore, build, maintain and enhance your company's social license - Report on your social license. This book is for managers in any company facing rising social scrutiny due to unwanted social or environmental impacts. You may be working in natural resources, renewable energy, oil and gas, forestry, construction, manufacturing, retail, food processing, pharmaceuticals or any industry that is facing rising stakeholder expectations and increasing criticism.