Mar 24, 2021
We are inspired by the power of diversity. Our goal is to create an inclusive environment where we can feel that we all belong. We are committed to integrating diversity throughout our organization and its processes. These actions help us to build a better company that, as we say at Ecopetrol, is from everyone, for everyone”
Presidency of Ecopetrol
Organizations need to evolve, grow and be a benchmark in the society we dream of. Ecopetrol Group is committed to giving value to diversity, welcoming differences and promoting the development of increasingly inclusive environments, where all people feel welcome, appreciated, treated with equity and respect, and in which they receive equal opportunities, so everyone can contribute with the best they have to offer.
For this reason, we have created the Diversity and Inclusion Program, recognizing the power of diversity in three key perspectives:
We set an aspiration for DEI in our sustainability strategy:
“Be a more diverse and inclusive Business Group, that foster the potential of our employees, the innovation, and offer equal opportunities for everyone”.
Our objectives are:
As Ecopetrol Group we are committed to promoting diversity and consolidating an inclusive work environment, fostering a collective awareness of the value of differences and the development of equitable working conditions. We recognize the value
Ecopetrol develop a holistic approach to integrated Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) into our sustainability strategy, processes as well as to all of our seven stakeholder groups, especially employees, community and suppliers within our value chain. Our program is comprised of 5 components, which include the following: 1. Gender, 2. Disability, 3. Victims of Internal Conflict, Veterans and Excombatants, 4. Ethnicity and Other Social and Cultural Conditions, 5. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression. All these falls within the Diversity Umbrella, which symbolizes the whole expression of ideas and diversity of thinking. We already have Sponsors of high management levels who support and promote the implementation of affirmative measures related with DEI, along with employees champions who volunteer to work with them on this purpose.
The program has a model developed to promote diversity and inclusion (D&I) with a comprehensive view, and is aimed at all our stakeholders, showing how we can contribute to the development of more empathetic, safer and happier social and emotional environments for all. The model has three components:
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program has been adopted in accordance with the corporate guidelines of Ecopetrol as Headquarters in the Group's subsidiaries.
Since 2018, we have advanced in our purpose of being a more diverse and inclusive Group with energy that drives the greatest potential of talent, innovation and creates opportunities for all.
Diversity and Inclusion is a lever that forms part of the Ecopetrol Group SusTECnibility strategy of its strategic vision to 2040, called "Energy that Transforms", as a differentiating element whose main objective is "To be an increasingly diverse and inclusive group that promotes the greatest potential of talent, innovation and creates opportunities for all, where diversity is valued, differences are welcomed, equal opportunities are received and people feel welcome, valued and treated with fairness and respect. Likewise, contribute to sustainability by generating a positive social impact in the relationship with the environment and the Stakeholders”. The ability to be an increasingly diverse, equitable and inclusive group will allow us to understand and address the perspectives of all our stakeholders from diversity and promote efforts towards greater equity and inclusion.
The program has a model developed to promote diversity and inclusion (D&I) with a comprehensive view, and is aimed at all our stakeholders, showing how we can contribute to the development of more empathetic, safer and happier social and emotional environments for all. The model has three components:
Ecopetrol Group is committed to the promotion of diversity and the consolidation of an inclusive workspace, fostering awareness as to the value of differences and the development of equal working conditions.
We acknowledge value |
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Human talent
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Corporate Responsibility
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Entrepreneurship
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We design a management model |
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Activating the conversation
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Coming together amidst difference
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Coordinated into action:
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Five working dimensions |
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Gender
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Disability
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Victims, ex-combatants and Law Enforcement veterans
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Ethnicity, background and sociocultural conditions
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Sexual Orientation
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Inclusive Culture
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In this document we share our reasons, principles of action, commitments and directives to give value to diversity in Ecopetrol and the Corporate Group, to embrace differences and to promote the development of increasingly inclusive environments, where everyone feels welcome, appreciated, treated with fairness and respect, and in which equal opportunities are given everybody can contribute the best of themselves. |
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Inclusive Language and Communication Guide
We want all people to feel included and treated with fairness and respect. For this reason Ecopetrol Group promotes Diversity and Inclusion as a competitive skill that fosters sustainable development. Transformation, language and communication are enhancers that contribute to changing words, narratives and actions that transform the reality of our environments. |
Podcast: What to do for a more diverse and inclusive Ecopetrol? |
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Podcast: Disability is on the mind | |
Podcast: Conversation on sexual diversity, on occasion of LGTBI Pride Day | |
Podcast: Gender equality is also a men’s issue |
Stories of people like us, with a teaching.
International LGTBIQ Pride Day Guillermo Cabrera tells his story “without fear” |
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International Day of Indigenous Peoples The story of Ruby Jojoa Jamioy, from the Katmensá de Sibundoy reservation |
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International Day of Disability The experience of María B. Bucheli as a caregiver |
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International Immigrant Day An Indian immigrant contributes his knowledge and experience to transform Colombia |