{"id":406,"date":"2023-11-06T02:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/?p=406"},"modified":"2024-07-12T08:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T08:05:15","slug":"building-social-licence-in-renewables-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/building-social-licence-in-renewables-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Building social licence in renewables development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"406\" class=\"elementor elementor-406\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-161d6cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"161d6cb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fabf18b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fabf18b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Companies and government continue to grapple with the challenge of building social licence in the communities in which they seek to operate, while host communities are feeling fatigued from consultation that isn\u2019t delivering tangible or legacy benefits to the region.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f65bae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f65bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">All the while, the global energy transition is charging ahead. Australia is at risk of falling far behind our international competitors (let alone our own targets) if we are unable to effectively build and maintain true social licence to operate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>So, what can we do to build trusted relationships between industry, government and communities?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dc486e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dc486e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><strong>Seek to understand your communities.<\/strong> It\u2019s not enough to presume you know what they want. Ask them. Frequently. Established local businesses, Councils and members of the public will all have a view. That way when you create a benefit sharing agreement or communicate your project in a way that resonates and actually delivers value.<\/li><li><strong>Own your narrative.<\/strong> Be able to clearly communicate the benefits of the project and why the project is needed \u2013 now and into the future. Be upfront about the impacts and how, if possible, they can be mitigated.<\/li><li><strong>Know your stakeholders. <\/strong>Some will be noisy. Some will be interested. And some will be influential. Understand who matters to your project, as not all engagement can be equal.<\/li><li><strong>Engage early and often.<\/strong> Know when the right moment is to engage, and be honest and transparent about what can change through consultation and what cannot. Set clear expectations and always close the loop.<\/li><li><strong>Be curious.<\/strong> Don\u2019t get complacent. Continue to ask stakeholders and communities about the project, their perceptions, their fears, their motivations and their preference as they are not static and will change over time. Measure, monitor and report on this frequently.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5fc507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5fc507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>There are no shortcuts to building social licence for renewable projects. <\/strong>Outsourcing is easy but to actually build and sustain acceptance and support, it requires dedicated resources that deliver the above in a way that shows:<\/p><ul><li>Transparency \u2013 asking why not, not why<\/li><li>Responsiveness \u2013 quick to act<\/li><li>Competence \u2013 having the right skills<\/li><li>Integrity \u2013 doing what\u2019s right<\/li><li>Humility \u2013 asking not telling.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companies and government continue to grapple with the challenge of building social licence in the communities in which they seek to operate, while host communities are feeling fatigued from consultation that isn\u2019t delivering tangible or legacy benefits to the region. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2288,"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/2288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mannynavarrete.com\/cadev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}