Data for a Stronger Social License 

This report describes how companies in the natural resources sector can leverage new sources of data and techniques to engage and deepen relationships with local communities and stakeholders in ways that are profitable, inclusive, and sustainable.

It presents the concept of a data value chain and provides case study examples of how companies have started using data to engage with communities, develop trust, create new social and economic opportunities, establish new forms of partnerships, and give voice to a wide variety of stakeholders in a smarter way. It offers tools that companies can incorporate into their operations and processes that contribute to the development of social capital. It also examines the policy issues most relevant to the topic of social capital.

The publication is part of a series of knowledge products by IFC’s From Disclosure to Development program. Two other publications in the series are Data in Action and Transparency for Impact.

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