ENVIRONMENT

Two-way street of social licence

The bar for social contracts in mining is set ever higher – and the sector needs to meet it

 “I’d say that the mining sector has come a very long way in a relatively short space of time in understanding our social impacts …, but the bar is getting higher,” Nicky Black said.

“I’d say that the mining sector has come a very long way in a relatively short space of time in understanding our social impacts …, but the bar is getting higher,” Nicky Black said.

"Where does social licence sit in terms of being integral and core to business success in the mining sector?" Nicky Black, ICMM's director of social and economic development, asked delegates at Future...

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