Purpose This research aims to investigate the main components of an engagement and participation process in the context of mine closure and how they contribute to a sustainable territorial transition in the post-mining period in Itabira, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach Based on literature reviews, interviews and a focus group, this study identifies five analytical categories: information flow, engagement context, scope of engagement, type of engagement and social acceptance. Although consultation and communication initiatives exist, practices remain largely unilateral and weakly deliberative, generating uncertainty about socioeconomic impacts as ore reserves are depleted. Findings The authors argue that enduring participatory forums and strengthened local capacities are essential for anticipating impacts, reducing asymmetries, and stimulating alternative productive activities. These contributions are particularly relevant in the Global South to ensure a legacy in mining territories that promotes inequality reduction, social inclusion and local development, as envisaged in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Research limitations/implications Single case evidence and absence of Vale interviews limit broader analytical generalization. Practical implications Permanent multi-stakeholder forums can reduce asymmetries and guide mine closure decisions. Social implications Inclusive closure governance can reduce vulnerability and support equitable local development. Originality/value Integrates stakeholder engagement, social license to close, and transition governance debates.

Mining activity, especially in vulnerable contexts, fails to convert economic gains into sustainable development for post-mining, intensifying social impacts upon mine closure. This research argues that an integrative approach involving stakeholders through engagement and social dialogue appears as an alternative in understanding the territory's trajectory and establishing governance that is sustainable in the long term. The main aim of this work is to systematize a set of analytical categories aimed at strengthening engagement processes applied to the mine closure process. The chosen research strategy was indirect documentary research, which seeks articles and academic productions that support the exposed content. The academic literature is still relatively incipient when studying the themes related to social issues in mine closure and post-closure processes. It is also highlighted that effective participation will only occur when the impacted communities participate in the discussions and decision-making processes related to the present and future use of the territories.

Historically, the undertaking of mine closure has emphasised facility decommissioning, environmental recovery and remediation, and the adoption of measures and programs that promote the physical and chemical stability of the mining area.This fundamental concern with the physical and environmental aspects of closure allowed for the development of deep knowledge of the technical environmental issues involved.However, the integration of social aspects into the process of mine closure is a more recent theme.The effects of a mine closure on the community can persist for many years after a mine ceases operations, which causes several negative socio-economic impacts on the physical and mental wellbeing of residents.This paper mainly discusses the theoretical evolution of the integration of social impacts into mine closure studies.Based on a systematic literature review on mine closure, the results show a recent trend, although still incipient, of valuing social aspects.Against this backdrop, three main analytical categories emerge from the literature when considering the social dimension of mine closure and the post-mining period: the social licence to operate, engagement and participation, and vulnerability.

Purpose: This article aims to propose and apply a set of analytical categories for evaluating engagement in mine closure processes. Design/methodology/approach: The qualitative research adopts a case study strategy considering the singularity of the phenomenon studied. The mine project analyzed is the country's first large-scale closure, scheduled for 2041, with the potential to influence future processes. Data collection involved observation, documentary analysis, and interviews. Sixteen interviews were conducted with representatives from the public power, community, organizations, and the company. The research strategy chosen was content analysis using the analytical categories raised in the literature review and triangulation of data collection sources. Findings: The results highlight the importance of the mining company's active role in constructing the city's post-mining future, collaborating to reconvert socio-economic dynamics, and fostering a trusting relationship with the community. However, the company remains distant from the debate. Interviews revealed a paternalistic relationship between the mining company that guides engagement in a predominantly unilateral flow, with communication directed to meet its interests. Originality/value: This research fills a gap in the existing literature by focusing on engagement in a vulnerable context. It contributes to the theoretical advancement of the main characteristics of engagement in mine closure processes and for dialogue practices with communities to favor sustainable territory development in the post-mining period.

Abstract Networks of cooperatives of waste pickers (NCWPs) are a yet little explored phenomenon in the literature on solid waste management and one that emerges as an alternative organizational model for overcoming the challenges faced by these organizations. This research aims to evaluate the impact of NCWPs on the performance of their members. To that end, the adaptation of the sustainability indicators of cooperatives proposed by Besen et al. (2017) was applied to three NCWPs, and their results were triangulated with document analysis and interviews. The research indicates gains for these organizations regarding the expansion of collection and separation of recyclables, joint trading, productivity, and income growth, the feasibility of logistical routes, gender equality improvement in the workplace, and better health and safety conditions. It also revealed that even when there is no joint trading, the benefits of cooperation foster the political strengthening of these organizations. Finally, we highlight the operational challenges faced by these organizational models, such as the structural asymmetry among network members, conflicts between the networks’ objectives and the most immediate needs of their members, and the need to balance government support for establishing NCWPs without compromising their independence and self-management.

Objetivo: propor um modelo de análise da relação entre clube de futebol profissional e comunidade local, com enfoque na Responsabilidade Social Corporativa (RSC). Metodologia: revisão sistemática da literatura de 49 artigos científicos sobre RSC no futebol publicados no período de 2011 a abril de 2022. Originalidade: a partir dos anos 1990, o futebol inicia um processo de industrialização no qual a tomada de decisão passa a ser pautada por interesses comerciais, acarretando o distanciamento do clube com a comunidade local. Desafios éticos recentes envolvendo a modalidade demandam maior comprometimento das Organizações Esportivas de Times Profissionais (OETP) com a agenda de desenvolvimento sustentável, normalmente atribuída aos programas de RSC. Entretanto, as investigações enfocam seu caráter instrumental e debruçam-se pouco sobre as ações orientadas à comunidade, o Esporte para o Desenvolvimento (EPD) e a mobilização social. Resultados: sugere-se que um dos propósitos da RSC seja a reconstrução dos laços entre clube e comunidade, cujo processo demonstra-se multidimensional (econômico, político-integrativo e ético-emocional). Contribuições teóricas: ampliar o corpo de estudos brasileiros sobre a RSC no futebol, em um contexto político-econômico que aumenta a pressão por mudanças profundas em sua estrutura de governança. Contribuições práticas: propor um modelo capaz de guiar o planejamento de ações de RSC, baseado em princípios de sustentabilidade e do EPD, despertando sua atenção para os aspectos que podem desencadear a mobilização social.

Resumo As Redes de Cooperativas de Catadores (ROC) são um fenômeno ainda pouco estudado na literatura e emergem como um modelo organizacional alternativo para superar os desafios enfrentados por seus integrantes ao melhorar seu desempenho por meio da comercialização conjunta e acesso direto às indústrias recicladoras. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo avaliar o impacto das ROC no desempenho de suas organizações-membros. Para esse objetivo, uma adaptação de indicadores de sustentabilidade de cooperativas propostos por Besen et al. (2017) foram aplicados em 3 redes, sendo seus resultados posteriormente triangulados com a análise documental e entrevistas. Os resultados apontam que houve ganhos para as organizações estudadas no que se refere a ampliação da coleta e separação de recicláveis, aumento da produtividade e renda, viabilização de vias logísticas, maior equidade de gênero no ambiente de trabalho e melhoria das condições de saúde e segurança e fortalecimento político dessas organizações. Também foram identificados desafios para o funcionamento deste arranjo organizacional, destacando-se o desnivelamento estrutural entre os empreendimentos que compõem as ROC, conflitos entre os objetivos das ROC e necessidades mais imediatas das cooperativas membros e ainda a necessidade de balancear o apoio governamental na construção das ROC sem comprometer seu necessário grau de emancipação e autogestão.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the need to adopt a restorative and regenerative model proposed by circular economy (CE). Methods: This article aims to identify the current status of packaging waste management in the CE context through an integrative literature review using Scopus and Web of Science databases. Using the Bibliometrix package, 162 articles were analyzed. Results: A bibliometric overview is presented, including the prominent authors and journals, and most cited articles, techniques and research methods used. Most of the analyzed articles are of the theoretical–empirical, quali–quantitative type, and plastic is the most studied material when a paper focused on one waste item. The contribution of packaging waste management for the transition to CE is discussed, highlighting important actions such as the replacement of materials to increase recyclability, the installation of voluntary delivery points associated with education programs focusing on the environment and support for cooperatives of waste pickers. In addition, a research agenda was developed that highlights the main gaps identified to guide future studies. Conclusion: Finally, the managerial contributions of the study are emphasized in particular by providing insight into the implementation of this model of growing international interest.

Neste trabalho avalia-se o grau de conhecimento da população de Parauapebas – maior município minerador do estado do Pará – sobre o recebimento da Compensação Financeira pela exploração de recursos minerais (CFEM) e sobre as compensações ambientais obrigatórias a serem desenvolvidas pelas mineradoras, além de captar o grau de pertencimento territorial da população da cidade. A proposta é confirmar a hipótese de que os habitantes da cidade, apesar do elevado grau de dependência econômica da mineração, ainda não conhecem aspectos legais inerentes a atividade e possuem baixo grau de pertencimento territorial. Para isso foram realizados dois levantamentos: um com 1.000 e outro com 1.024 habitantes da cidade para a geração de dois indicadores referentes ao conhecimento sobre mineração e pertencimento territorial. Foi comprovado que a população de Parauapebas possui, em sua maioria, um baixo grau de conhecimento sobre aspectos legais de recebimento de CFEM e compensações ambientais, assim como existe um baixo grau de engajamento da população nas atividades ligadas a gestão e cuidado do município, tais como audiências públicas e participação nas eleições. Isso evidencia um baixo grau de pertencimento com a cidade e esses dois problemas refletem na formação do capital social, visto que o panorama é de uma população de município minerador que não entende sobre mineração e que se manifesta pouco em termos de participação cívica na gestão da cidade.

This work evaluates the degree of knowledge of the population of Parauapebas - the largest mining municipality in the state of Para - about receiving the Financial Compensation for the exploitation of mineral resources (CFEM) and about the mandatory environmental compensation to be developed by mining companies, in addition to capture the degree of territorial belonging of the population of the city. The proposal is to confirm the hypothesis that the inhabitants of the city, despite the high degree of economic dependence on mining, still do not know the legal aspects inherent to the activity and have a low degree of territorial belonging. For this, two surveys were carried out: one with 1000 and the other with 1024 inhabitants of the city to generate two indicators referring to knowledge about mining and territorial belonging. It has been proven that the population of Parauapebas has, for the most part, a low degree of knowledge about the legal aspects of receiving CFEM and environmental compensation, as well as a low degree of engagement of the population in activities related to the management and care of the municipality, such as such as public hearings and participation in elections. This shows a low degree of belonging to the city and these two problems reflect on the formation of social capital, since the panorama is of a population of a mining municipality that does not understand about mining and that manifests little in terms of civic participation in the management of the city. City.

The popularisation of the Social Licence to Operate in measuring the acceptance of mining projects has stimulated the development of critical studies that question how the practical use of this management model has favoured the reduction of risks for the business without generating gains for the community. We propose in this article that the integration of Social Impact Assessment in Social Licence to Operate contributes to deepening the understanding of the social acceptance of mineral projects, especially in contexts of vulnerability. The objective of this research is to discuss the social acceptance of mining projects integrating the results of Social Licence to Operate and Social Impact Assessment approaches applied in a mineral project in the Brazilian Amazon. The methodological procedures of this research included document analysis, survey application, and interviews. The results show that Social Impact Assessment, by enabling the understanding of the local context and social impacts, serves as a complementary instrument to Social Licence to Operate measurement models. By giving voice to the local community, the use of Social Impact Assessment shows means that could effectively contribute to local development, based on actions involving the company and local government in order to act in the most sensitive areas that impact the community, such as its economic, social, environmental, and cultural challenges.

Abstract Despite the advances in the implementation of the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS), waste pickers’ organizations (WPOs) continue to face structural problems that challenge their viability. Facing the challenges, cooperative networks (CNs) emerged as an alternative to expand their role in the recycling chain. This research aims to identify the challenges and perspectives of the actions of waste pickers’ networks in the recycling chain and discuss how this new organizational arrangement can contribute to the expected advances of the PNRS. The methodological procedures included the selection of 3 case studies on CNs, interviews, documental and content analysis. The results show the importance of public policies and the breadth of the partnerships to the consolidation of the CNs analyzed. Thus, an adaptation of the PNRS to the new dynamics of the recycling market, considering the multiple benefits of CN, can contribute to overcome the structural problems faced by WPOs.

Resumo Apesar dos avanços na implementação da Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos (PNRS), as organizações de catadores (OC) continuam a enfrentar problemas estruturais que desafiam sua viabilidade. Frente aos desafios, as redes de cooperativas (RC) emergem como alternativa para ampliar seu espaço na cadeia de reciclagem. O objetivo desta pesquisa é identificar os desafios e perspectivas da atuação das redes de catadores na cadeia de reciclagem e discutir como este novo arranjo organizacional pode contribuir para os avanços esperados da PNRS. Os procedimentos metodológicos incluíram a seleção de 3 estudos de caso de RC, entrevistas, análise documental e de conteúdo. Os resultados mostram a importância das políticas públicas e da amplitude das parcerias na consolidação das RC analisadas. Assim, uma atualização da PNRS à nova dinâmica do mercado de reciclagem, considerando os múltiplos benefícios das RC, pode contribuir para superação dos desafios estruturais enfrentados pelas OC.

The field of studies on social licence to operate (SLO) has grown considerably over the past two decades, leading to the emergence of new approaches, models, and theoretical development. This paper aims to organise, map, and analyse the evolution of SLO over its years of existence. We seek to understand the theoretical body that supports the concept; the rationality of the adopted trajectories for its scientific development; and the most influential studies that have guided these trajectories. A multi-method approach was applied in the procedure adopted to map the evolution of SLO, analysing international academic publications over the last 24 years (1996–2019). This has been achieved through a systematic, longitudinal literature review using citation and co-citation analysis; bibliometric techniques and social network analysis, combined with a thematic analysis of the complete articles. The results from citations show that SLO evolution can be organised into five broadly representative stages, categorised as Historical Bases (1996–2002); SLO Recognition (2003–2006); First Management Models (2007–2011); Evolution of SLO Models and Initial Critical Studies (2012–2016); and Critical Studies and Increasing Complexity (2017–2019). We discuss the clusters formed by co-citation analysis, which is the theoretical body adopted by the authors, allowing the identifying of “invisible colleges”, which can be understood as the formation of conceptual lines used by the authors to support SLO. A comparative analysis of clusters generated by stages of evolution shows that while early research drew heavily on other fields, such as anthropology and engineering, studies primarily focused on citing SLO literature are identified as emerging from 2017, 21 years after the publication of the first identified publication (1996). Thus, SLO emerges as a self-sufficient field of knowledge, no-longer borrowing knowledge from other fields for itis intellectual development. Studies become theoretically based, with more rigor as the search for SLO management models continue. The organisation and analysis of this knowledge contributes to understanding the historical foundations of SLO, making the tracing of SLO trends possible while providing a broader understanding of the SLO literature that can assist and guide future research directions.

The Social Licence to Operate (SLO) has been identified as one of the main risks to the mining business and is a growing topic in academic publications. Quantitative studies have modelled and measured the critical elements of SLO, but most of this research is concentrated on developed countries, indicating the importance of extending studies into the distinct reality of developing countries. The objective of this research was to propose a model for measuring the critical factors of Social Acceptance to evaluate SLO, to test it on a Brazilian mining operation, and critically discuss its results within the context of the high social vulnerability of local communities. The Social Acceptance measurement model was tested with a questionnaire applied to communities in the municipality of Parauapebas/PA, in the Brazilian Amazon, where one of the largest mining reserves in the world is found. The results confirmed that Procedural Fairness, Distributional Fairness, Relationship, and Environmental Protection affect Trust, which in turn has a positive relationship with the Social Acceptance of the mining company in the Brazilian context. The most significant variable in the model was Environmental Protection, which was included due to the territory being located in the Amazon region, and on account of the recent environmental catastrophes involving mining in Brazil. However, even when considering the validity of the proposed model, a contextual analysis of the results obtained indicates the importance of understanding the influence of local vulnerability on the results achieved. The low level of trust and of other constructs, associated with the perception of high wealth generation and low welfare, may, at any moment, turn into community dissatisfaction, and increase the risks to the business in this specific case.

In this study, the contribution of information systems and tracking technologies to the reverse logistics of electronic and electrical waste chains is analyzed. The research was based on a case study in the Brazilian context, incorporating the electronics supply chain. The results show that reverse logistics do not use the technologies and systems implemented in direct logistics. Although tracking technologies can make disassembly and recycling more efficient, the possibility of increased costs remains, and does not contribute to increased sales and profitability. Furthermore, resistance by representatives of the electronics sector to adhere to the sectoral agreement-established by the National Solid Waste Policy (NSWP) in 2010 but signed only at the end of 2019-contributed to companies postponing investments in information systems and technologies tracking in Brazil.