The Canadian Embassy, together with the Brigard&Urrutia Law firm and the Colombo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce hosted the “CSR: A precise moment to take action” forum. HCC attended the event.
The Colombia Stock Exchange (BVC) hosted the Colombia Inside Out 2017 event in London, to present business opportunities in different sectors of the country.
Representatives of Shell (LON: RDSB) and Anadarko (NYSE: APC) were present at the ExpoBarranquilla 2017. They talked about their perspectives and the companies’ plans in the Colombian Coast. Anadarko announced that it had selected the city as its base.
Concerns in the private sector are growing because of recent popular referendums against mining and oil projects in the country. Several municipalities have announced their intention to carry out popular consultations that could affect the development of the mining and oil sector.
Equión and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) announced important achievements in CSR projects in the departments of Casanare, Putumayo and Meta; these will drastically improve the quality of lives of several areas. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
While some in the oil industry –and many ‘hard’ miners for that matter – may be offended by our view that there are commonalities, it is becoming hard to deny that the evolving social and political situation for both has common roots and is creating common legal precedents.
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