Renewable energy, social disruption and formalising the social licence to operate in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMabele, Bernard
dc.contributor.authorMarais, Lochner
dc.contributor.authorBalta-Ozkan, Nazmiye
dc.contributor.authorMirzania, Pegah
dc.contributor.authorMbobo, Babalwa
dc.contributor.authorvan der Watt, Phia
dc.contributor.authorCloete, Jan
dc.contributor.authorVenter, Anita
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-08T14:44:11Z
dc.date.available2023-08-08T14:44:11Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-16
dc.description.abstractA social licence to operate and corporate social responsibility are often applied voluntarily to ensure a positive relationship between businesses and communities. But South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme makes investment in local socio-economic development a contractual obligation. To assess the implications of this legalised approach to CSR and the social licence to operate, between September 2019 and January 2020 we conducted seven focus group discussions and 24 key informant interviews in two towns in South Africa's Northern Cape province. The data were analysed thematically and triangulated with data on crime, municipal finance and house prices. Our concerns about the legalised approach are that it does not require local consent; it reduces local development to a needs analysis; it does not require local collaborative planning, despite adverse consequences such as social disruption; it bypasses local organisation and accountability; it does not provide cheaper local electricity; and it offers no guidelines for decommissioning.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMabele B, Marais L, Balta‐Ozkan N, et al., (2024) Renewable energy, social disruption and formalising the social licence to operate in South Africa. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2024, pp. 331-343en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1535-3958
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2572
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20070
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWileyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectcorporate social responsibilityen_UK
dc.subjectcrimeen_UK
dc.subjectrenewable energyen_UK
dc.subjectsocial disruptionen_UK
dc.subjectsocial licence to operateen_UK
dc.titleRenewable energy, social disruption and formalising the social licence to operate in South Africaen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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