Course overview
This course aims to equip students with the ability to build and maintain Social Licence to Operate in energy organisations. With a particular emphasis on sustainability and equitable development students will learn how to undertake stakeholder consultation as input into organisational decision making. Principles of sustainable and equitable development, Social Licence to Operate : requirements and obligations, stakeholder analysis, engagement and communication processes, grievance management, input of stakeholder views into decision making, ethical aspects.
Course learning outcomes
- Plan, design, implement and evaluate stakeholder consultation activities
- Design stakeholder involvement initiatives for project monitoring
- Apply key listening and questioning skills required to build sustainable relationships with stakeholders
- Embed best practice stakeholder engagement approaches in planning, approval and decision making processes