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The NOC reported that it increased its local hiring figures by 11% during the first nine months of 2019.

These are some of the social investment projects that companies like Minesa, Carbocoque and Cerro Matoso, among others, have developed in their areas of influence.

Last week we described a Transparency International study of corruption perceptions in Latin America. For space reasons, we cut the above graph and a companion that looks just at oil countries.

The Comptroller General conducted a study on the use of royalties in different regions of the country, finding irregularities in the way the resources are being used.

The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) spoke about the environmental projects that have been successfully developed in the department of Casanare.

Much of Latin America has rebelled against its political leaders in recent weeks. Colombia has not been immune but neither has it been as violent as Chile or Ecuador. When polled, most Colombians identify corruption as the issue that most concerns them. To understand this better, we looked at a recent Transparency International corruption study which compares 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

The union signed its first collective agreement with Cenit, highlighting advances in the protection of workers’ rights, among others.

This is how investments from the mining industry have helped preserve Colombia’s cultural traditions.

Companies in the oil sector continue to announce their social responsibility programs to protect and help the environment. Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) talked about a beach care project.

The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) hosted its first territorial dialogue session in the department of Casanare. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.