Managing Community Relations for Energy and Resource Projects
Energy and resource projects operate within complex regulatory environments while managing relationships with local communities and multiple stakeholder groups.
These projects require ongoing consultation and community engagement throughout project lifecycles that can span decades. Civio provides engagement solutions, helping you maintain social licence to operate and build sustainable relationships with communities and stakeholders.
Civio streamlines engagement work, supports regulatory compliance, and promotes transparency throughout project development and operations.
Strengthen your social licence to operate, foster positive community relationships, and create lasting impact with our energy and resources engagement platform.
Civio’s tools help you gather community input on energy and resource projects, offering detailed insights and comprehensive reporting to support decisions backed by community evidence.
- Engagement tools
Facilitate meaningful dialogue and gather community perspectives on energy and resource projects. - Data-Driven Insights
Understand community needs and measure the impact of your project initiatives. - Seamless integration
Connect with your existing project management systems for streamlined workflows. - Team workflows
Coordinate consultation activities across multiple project phases and operational teams. - Simplified Mapping
Present project areas and impacts using our comprehensive mapping and visualisation tools. - Inclusive & accessible design
Ensure all affected communities can participate in project consultations. - Secure consultations
Manage sensitive project discussions with appropriate security and confidentiality protocols.
Enhanced Energy & Resources Engagement
From project development through to operations, our platform enhances transparency, encourages community participation, and helps achieve positive outcomes for projects, stakeholders and communities.
- Regulatory compliance: Meet consultation requirements for environmental approvals and project licensing with documented engagement processes and comprehensive reporting.
- Technical communication: Present complex technical information about operations and environmental measures in accessible formats that enable meaningful community input.
- Long-term relationships: Build and maintain community relationships throughout extended project lifecycles with consistent engagement approaches and relationship management.
- Social licence management: Monitor and maintain community support through ongoing engagement, transparent communication, and responsive community relations.
- Environmental transparency: Provide ongoing access to environmental monitoring data and compliance information with community-friendly data presentation.
Engagement Tools
Our tools support comprehensive energy and resources consultation activities.
Surveys
Our survey tools turn feedback into practical insights.
Built-in dashboards and reporting make it simple to understand results and share evidence that supports decisions.
Geospatial Mapping
Get community feedback on specific locations and overlay maps with relevant data.
Project Updates
Keep your community informed about progress and developments.
Project Updates make it simple to share news, milestones and announcements, keeping people engaged and involved throughout the life of your project.
Exportable Data
For exporting survey results for deeper analysis in external tools
Reporting & Analytics
For deeper analysis of survey results alongside other data
Delivering better outcomes
Civio enhances coordination and communication between project teams and communities. Streamline consultation projects to build consensus and community backing.
- Project Consultations: Use our tools to gather feedback on energy and resource proposals, gaining valuable perspectives from your affected communities.
- Impact Management: Ensure community feedback informs project planning with tools that surface concerns, priorities, and mitigation opportunities.
Site Planning: Create detailed consultation maps using project datasets for informed development planning.
- Multi-Format Input: Gather community input in multiple formats, from technical surveys to open discussions enriching your project development process.
- Project Coordination: Track consultation activities, monitor community feedback, and update stakeholders across complex energy and resource projects.
- Team Collaboration: Enable coordinated workflows that foster collaboration between project teams, contractors, and community representatives.
- Building Support: Foster community support through open communication, shared information, and regular project updates.
Featured Case Study: Blue Mackerel
Blue Mackerel, a Parkwind and JERA Nex initiative, is developing a significant offshore wind project in Gippsland, Victoria. They needed an accessible platform to present complex information and engage diverse stakeholders including local communities, marine users, and Traditional Owners over an 8+ year project lifecycle.
Using Civio, Blue Mackerel achieved:
- Dedicated engagement hub serving as the authoritative source for project information.
- Transparent information dissemination building community trust.
- Seamless stakeholder management integration with Simply Stakeholders.
- Multi-stage engagement support adapting to evolving consultation needs throughout project phases.
Not sure where to begin?
Get in touch to discuss your requirements and discover how Civio can support you.
