Green Transition Playbook
In the first edition of Akordi’s Playbook, we focus on the early stages of project development and offer proven tools for thinking and doing. These tools can help build better interaction, collaboration and trust, which are essential for project acceptance. And if conflicts arise, they can be resolved with the help of an independent mediator.
Aims
Shorten the project lead time by investing in early-stage interaction
Advancing projects always involves a choice: should the starting point be the project itself or also on the needs of the local community and the environment of the site? A consent-based approach combines the goals of justice and robust sustainability. For companies, this new model of project development offers opportunities for responsible collaboration with local communities. Through joint problem-solving, it is possible to find site-specific, tailored solutions for planning and implementing projects.
Project Skills
Project development requires people skills
Project development should begin with getting to know the local community and understanding what is important to people and what meanings are attached to place. Trust is built through reciprocity, recognizing basic human needs, and ensuring agency in all interactions. Trust is essential for stakeholder collaboration because it requires openness, acknowledgment of mistakes, and a willingness to change direction when necessary.
Research shows that local acceptance of projects depends on how well the unique characteristics of the environment are understood and taken into account; how effectively harmful impacts are avoided, mitigated, or compensated for; and how transparent, fair, and equitable the processes are perceived to be.
Implementation
Take control of the early engagement steps
People want to influence matters that affect them and their environment. Therefore, it is important for the project developer to become familiar with the operating environment, develop an appropriate interaction process for the situation, and address the impacts of the project together with the local people.
Why is a playbook needed?
The increasing tensions in the green transition cause both direct and indirect costs for project developers and stakeholders. Project delays or cancellations waste everyone’s resources. Conflicts deepen divisions and create rifts within local communities and between stakeholders. There is no time to waste. Our collective action problems demand widely accepted solutions.
Acid test
Acid test to evaluate the level of acceptance of your project
The test helps you assess the current level of local acceptance of the project. It also provides suggestions on what could still be improved and how.
Download Green Transition Playbook
Take the steps towards project development that builds trust. The project’s timeline shortens if the project is advanced from the start with the needs of different parties in mind – through collaboration.
