Social licence to operate model: Critical factors of social acceptance of mining in the Brazilian Amazon

Reframing the social acceptance of mining projects: The contribution of social impact assessment in the Brazilian Amazon

“…Being qualitative in nature, the research is based on the SLO model developed and applied by Pimenta et al (2021) and is divided into two phases: a descriptive analysis of the survey used in the territory in applying the SLO model and an interpretation of the results of trust and acceptance of the model through in-depth interviews with the community.…”

“…The survey from which the SLO model was tested (Pimenta et al, 2021) was built from scales of variables observed from previous studies in the literature. The questions of each construct were translated and adapted to the circumstances of the Brazilian scenario, having been validated by experts in the mining sector.…”

“…The questions of each construct were translated and adapted to the circumstances of the Brazilian scenario, having been validated by experts in the mining sector. Thus, each construct of the model of Figure 2 was related to a set of questions which were consolidated into a questionnaire with 33 statements on a 7-point Likert-type scale (Pimenta et al, 2021).…”

Modelling the Governance of Reconstruction after a Mining Disaster in Brumadinho, Brazil

“…Among the knowledge gaps in the literature, there is a need for new studies including integrative perspectives, as learning from disasters can provide broader discussions on how to avoid future events or, at least, reduce the suffering caused by them (Milanez, Ali, & Oliveira 2021). At the time of writing (2023), the work of Pimenta et al (2021) is the only recent discussion regarding social management in the mining industry using structural equation modeling, with the present study continuing efforts to use this technique in social management for this industry.…”

“…We used Structural Equation Modeling based on Hair et al (2014) and Ringle, Silva, and Bido (2014), generated from data collected on a Likert scale, with the objective of testing hypotheses about: (i) The con-figuration of the territory before the tragedy-crime; (ii) The current portrait of the territory after the tragedy-crime, as well as the different forces that act in the reconstruction of the territory, namely: (a) The action of the private sector (private initiative); (b) The capacity of action of the public power (The term 'public power' refers to the actions undertaken by municipal, state, or federal governments and their representative agencies), and; (c) The action of civil society. There are few studies that use structural equation modeling for the analysis and proposition of structural models, among which is recent work by Pimenta et al (2021), which presents a model for analyzing factors that influence the context of SLO in mining territories in the Brazilian Amazon.…”