2447 showed an upward trend from 1990 to 2023, with a temporary dip during the COVID-19 pandemic. Income inequality also fell between 1997 and 2023, experiencing only a brief setback during the pandemic years. Nevertheless, despite the achievements of the mining sector in Peru and in other mining regions worldwide, there remain deep trust deficits between mining companies, governments, and local communities, social acceptance has become an important bottleneck, and above all, weak institutions, limited state presence in mining territories, corruption, lack of transparency, absence of long-term territorial development visions, and persistent stakeholder conflicts are structural barriers that undermine trust and block progress. In light of this context, a comprehensive proposal becomes necessary within the framework of a shared value creation strategy, with a strong public policy component in the mining sector. This study aims to develop and illustrate a policy-oriented framework—the Territorial Development and Sustainable Balanced Scorecard (TD-SBSC)—that integrates technology, social innovation, and multi-stakeholder governance to help rebuild trust and align mining with long-term sustainable territorial development in mining territories. This paper tackles a key challenge for mining: building trust and social acceptance. It presents an approach integrating territorial governance, social innovation, and advanced technologies to align mining with sustainable development. By offering evidence-based, scalable solutions, it contributes to the WMC 2026 themes of Trust, Transformation, and Technology, guiding governments, industry, and communities toward stronger collaboration and long-term social legitimacy. The document brings together and integrates several dispersed theoretical strands that underpin the proposal for rebuilding thrust through sustainable territorial development. The empirical section presents eight successful case studies from mining companies operating in Peru, Chile, and Brazil, as well as two from public policy initiatives in Peru and Chile. These cases were selected based on their high impact in terms of territorial development, social innovation, and data-driven territorial development, and were analyzed to determine if they encompass the three elements of the current proposal. This document is structured in four parts. First, the theoretical framework of the proposal's main themes is presented. Part Two presents the research design and explains the TD-SBSC. Third, the results section presents the case studies analyzed. Fourth, the conclusions and policy recommendations. 2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK This section integrates key theoretical strands underlying the proposal: shared value, territorial development, AI, digital twins, social innovation approaches and smart territories. Shared value is the creation of economic value for the company in ways that simultaneously create value for society by addressing societal needs and challenges (Porter and Kramer 2011). This approach relies on a business model that creates economic, social, and environmental value by expanding the value chain within the company’s ecosystem. In mining, shared value can be embedded in the business model by linking operational decisions to core value-chain enablers—water, energy, and transport/logistics—as well as to adjacent activities such as local procurement. When designed in this way, these investments both strengthen operational performance (by reducing costs and risk exposure) and deliver lasting territorial benefits.. Community-based value creation is a key pathway for territorial development, mobilizing government, business, civil society, and academia to leverage local resources and capabilities within the ecosystem (Gallegos & Aguilar, 2023). Territorial development is a process of productive, social, and institutional transformation aimed at creating social, economic, and environmental value, with the ultimate goal of reducing inequality and poverty and improving living conditions (ECLAC & ILPES, 2019). The term “territorial development”, according to Torre (2019), emerged in the early 2000s as authors began focusing on the territorial dimension. Previously referred to as “regional, local, or bottom-up development,” the concept of territorial development initially faced resistance before gaining acceptance. Territories are not just geographical entities but collective creations shaped by citizens, governance, and
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