Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site

Sosiaalisen toimiluvan saavuttaminen ja ylläpitäminen on tullut välttämättömäksi kaivannaisteollisuudelle, sillä keskeiset sidosryhmät odottavat teollisuudelta yhä enemmän myötävaikutusta ympäröivään yhteiskuntaan ja ympäristöön, avointa kommunikaatiota sekä paikallisten päätöksentekoon osallistumin...

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Päätekijä: Niemitz, Fenia
Muut tekijät: Kauppakorkeakoulu, School of Business and Economics, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2019
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Linkit: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/64934
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description Sosiaalisen toimiluvan saavuttaminen ja ylläpitäminen on tullut välttämättömäksi kaivannaisteollisuudelle, sillä keskeiset sidosryhmät odottavat teollisuudelta yhä enemmän myötävaikutusta ympäröivään yhteiskuntaan ja ympäristöön, avointa kommunikaatiota sekä paikallisten päätöksentekoon osallistuminen mahdollistamista (Moffat & Zhang, 2014). Hyväksynnän puuttuminen on yhteydessä taloudellisiin (Franks et al., 2014) ja imagollisiin (Prno & Slocombe, 2014) haasteisiin asettaen yritykselle tarpeettomia riskejä. Tämä kvantitatiivinen tapaustutkimus on ensimmäinen yritys kuvata kokonaisvaltaisesti Yaran imagoa Siilinjärven asukkaiden näkökulmasta. Yara Suomi Oy:n tuotantolaitos tuottaa lannoitteita maataloudelle, rehu- ja metsäteollisuudelle sekä maaperän parantamiseen. Siilinjärven kunnan välittömässä läheisyydessä toimivalle toimipaikalle paikallisyhteisön hyväksyntä on tärkeää samalla kun tarkastellaan toiminnan tulevaisuudennäkymiä. Näin ollen tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena on arvioida nykyisen sosiaalisen toimiluvan tasoa sekä tutkia sosio-demografisten tekijöiden sekä asukkaiden ja Yaran suhteiden mahdollista vaikutusta asenteisiin. Tutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin yhteensä 146 paikallisyhteisön jäsenen käsitystä Yarasta. Otos muodostettiin yksinkertaisella satunnaisotannalla huomioiden kunnan sosio-demografinen rakenne. Tulokset osoittavat, että paikallinen yhteisö on laajalti hyväksynyt Yaran. Lisäksi tulokset viittaavat siihen, että sosio-demografiset ominaisuudet ja asukkaiden suhde Yaraan ennustavat huonosti paikallisyhteisön asenteita. Tutkimus osoittaa myös selvästi kehitysalueet, joihin on puututtava, samalla kun pyritään rakentamaan luotettava yhteys paikalliseen yhteisöön ja pyritään edelleen löytämään yhteinen polku kohti kestävää tulevaisuutta. Mahdollinen jatkotutkimus tukisi toimipaikan sosiaalisen toimiluvan kehittymisen seuraamista. Obtaining and maintaining a social license to operate (SLO) has become essential for resource-extractive industries as key stakeholders are increasingly expecting the industry to contribute positively to the surrounding society and environment, communicate openly and engage the local communities in their decision-making (Moffat & Zhang, 2014). Not obtaining acceptance from relevant stakeholders is related with financial (Franks et al., 2014) and reputational backlashes (Prno & Slocombe, 2014) setting the company under unnecessary risks. This quantitative case study is the first attempt to comprehensively portray Yara’s image as perceived by the residents of Siilinjärvi, where the site of Yara Suomi Oy produces fertilizers for agriculture, feed and forest industry and soil improvements. Operating in the immediate vicinity of the municipality of Siilinjärvi, maintaining acceptance of local community is essential while exploring the prospects for future. Hence, this research aims to evaluate the level of the current SLO and examine the potential differentiation in attitudes between socio-demographic factors along with the residents’ relation to Yara. To address these tasks, the perceptions of 146 members of the local community were empirically examined. A simple random sampling was applied to generate a sample with respect to the socio-demographic structure of the municipality. The results indicate that Yara is broadly accepted by the local community. Furthermore the data suggest that socio-demographic attributes and the current relationship with Yara poorly predict the attitudes towards Yara Siilinjärvi. The outcomes of the study clearly demonstrate the development areas to be tackled while striving to build a trustworthy connection with the local community to further explore the mutual path towards a sustainable future. This research then also calls for a follow-up study to explore the evolution of the site's SLO.
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spellingShingle Niemitz, Fenia Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? : a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site social license to operate sustainability community acceptance Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 kaivannaisteollisuus kestävä kehitys extractive industry sustainable development
title Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? : a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site
title_full Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? : a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site
title_fullStr Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? : a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? : a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site
title_full_unstemmed Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? : a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? : a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site
title_short Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come?
title_sort social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business will stones turn into bread for years to come a case study of yara suomi oy siilinjärvi site
title_sub a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site
title_txtP Social license to operate reinforcing continuity of business: will stones turn into bread for years to come? : a case study of Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi site
topic social license to operate sustainability community acceptance Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 kaivannaisteollisuus kestävä kehitys extractive industry sustainable development
topic_facet 20425 Corporate Environmental Management Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen community acceptance extractive industry kaivannaisteollisuus kestävä kehitys social license to operate sustainability sustainable development
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