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Communities & CSR

December starts with a positive report in CSR projects

Companies like Equión, Geopark (NYSE: GPRK), Occidental de Colombia (Oxy) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) spoke about their social development projects in Casanare, Arauca and Santander. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

Tuesday, December 12th, 2017
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USO ends blockades at oil facilities

After almost 60 hours of blockades in Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) pipelines nationwide, the USO reached an agreement with the NOC’s management and announced the end of the strikes.

Monday, December 11th, 2017
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The government talks CSR projects

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) and the Minister of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) spoke about their plans to improve their territorial strategies and approach communities. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
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Proposals to change prior consultations

Prior consultations have generated headaches for several companies in different sectors. Some entrepreneurs talked about the adjustments needed to regulate these popular mechanisms.

Monday, December 4th, 2017
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“The popular consultation in Hato Corozal has no arguments”: Acipet

he Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) filed an injunction against the Resolution that recognizes a local citizen as the promoter of a Popular Consultation in Hato Corozal (Casanare).

Thursday, November 30th, 2017
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IDB takes on anti-extractive industry wave

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) wants to create communication channels between the Government, companies and civil society to allow the sustainable and profitable development of industry projects.

Thursday, November 30th, 2017
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Compensation needs to get closer to communities: ANLA

The National Authority of Environmental Licenses (ANLA) participated in a meeting to discuss Putumayo at last week’s Expo Oil and Gas 2017. Representatives of the government, local authorities and companies participated in this meeting.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
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Lack of resources or new governmental strategy?

A popular consultation in La Macarena (Meta) was scheduled for last Sunday, but as happened in the municipality of Granada, it did not take place due to lack of resources.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
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USO blockade

USO blockade

A new problem begins to emerge for Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) due to the fact that the USO initiated blockades in different strategic points the departments of Meta and Casanare.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
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Blockades at Ecopetrol’s facilities in Bolívar are still going

Operations at Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) Cantagallo field (Bolívar) were halted once again, this time, by 70 workers thatstarted a blockade demandingbetter labor conditions. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

Tuesday, November 28th, 2017
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