O processo de legitimação nas empresas e a licença social para operar: um estudo multicasos em mineradoras

Abstract

This study sought to describe what types of social and environmental action are shown tosociety by companies in the mining sector in order to legitimize and obtain the social license to operate. The exploratory objective multiple cases study used the twenty five largest miningcompanies as a sample classified in descending order by the value of their collection of CFEM. Of the twenty five companies studied, only six did not disclose information about the actions surveyed. After the classification of the actions in their respective groups, the study demonstrated that the disclosure of actions that affect community and social development followed by actions of management and conservation of biodiversity are the most evidenced types of action. The present study also discussed the motivation of this disclosure in the companies that stood out in the main groups.