Company Community Relations

Business performance, financial performance and safety performance are frequently used terms in everyday mining business language. However, what about managing the social performance of the business? Mining companies are increasingly recognizing that a government license to operate is not sufficient on its own. Ensuring community acceptance throughout the life of the mine is equally crucial. […]

Often in our roles as business or community professionals, we encounter what we might call ‘company-community ‘situationships’. Companies and communities coexist like neighbors, yet the trust between them is minimal. There are no clear commitments, just expectations that each party will be accepting of the other’s behaviour. Conversations tend to be superficial rather than substantive,