Communities want to see genuine community benefits delivered through the energy transition. Seems fair enough! This week we spoke with Victorian wind farms about the opportunity to work with communities about delivering shared value. And that means, having conversations with the people on the ground. Our community research shows: ➡ The impacts of renewable energy infrastructure are real and diverse on landholders and regional communities, including visual impacts, financial loss, biosecurity risks and biodiversity ➡ Landholders and communities identify limited on-the-ground benefits from the energy transition ➡ A focus on impact mitigation is required to facilitate co-existence Strong engagement with landholders and communities is critical to realising the opportunities Our Better Practice Social Practice Guideline highlights how renewable energy businesses can build and maintain social licence in communities, including Priority Actions and Better Practice Opportunities. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/g9xYKxAU Next year we expect to be doing some deeper dive work to encourage Better Practice Community Benefit Schemes. Want to get involved? Get in touch! #sociallicence #energytransition #renewables #renewableenergy #windfarms #community #engagement #sharedvalue #benefitsharing
Unique opportunities to explore with the lens of collaboration! Bring it on!
Decarbonisation - Electrification - Diversification
10moYes please keep Us updated as the renewables industry is slower to come to Our region which means we can be better armed from the learnings elsewhere.