The Colombian government created the ‘Green Growth Mission’ to create sustainable development. Brice Lalonde, Ex-Minister of the Environment in France and Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, spoke about the country’s challenges in this area.
There is always something to be worked on to improve the sector’s performance. The issue of transportation costs has come up again so we thought we would reprint this chart from a few months ago.
Colombia is regulating the development of extractive activities in natural areas. The Senate, in extraordinary session, ruled on a new law that seeks to protect the páramos (high mountain tundra) of the country.
CEO Felipe Bayón spoke about what he expects from the new Labor Agreement that it will soon negotiate with the USO.
The USO confirmed that a new list of demands for Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) is ready, four years after the last Collective Labor Agreement was signed.
We have been very concerned about the civil disobedience caused by the ANH’s seismic investigation in Boyacá. There was a public hearing last Friday to discuss the situation and well-known industry figure, Jaime Checa attended. He brought back this report (with photos) which only deepens our concern.
The the National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) and Fedesarrollo, among others, spoke about the fiscal challenges that Colombia’s new president, Ivan Duque, has ahead.
The sponsor spoke about a bill in the Senate that seeks to set at least 35% of the General Royalty System (SGR) budget for education in Colombia. These and other stories in our periodic Royalties summary.
The Network of Municipalities in Mining Environments (Remem) made a proposal to leverage royalties’ resources. The Colombian Federation of Municipalities (FCM) supports these initiatives.
Once again, the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) spoke out, setting the record straight on oil activities, this time in Boyacá.
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