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Social setting and physical security critical events
May 9, 2023
Ecopetrol conducts its activities in territories with complex social and public order conditions, among which are a culture of illegality, migration, homicide, kidnapping, extortion, and the presence of illegal armed groups; this represents a risk to people, the security of the infrastructure as a strategic asset of the Nation, and the continuity of the operation. The company conducts systematic monitoring and analysis of the social setting through the identification, assessment, and monitoring of social setting events so as to take measures to anticipate and prevent potential risks identified as an element that contributes to strategic decision making. These events are analyzed based on their cause, interactions, situations and dynamics existing in the territory.
Comparison of alarms and incidents
In 2022, there was a 12% increase in the number of events reported as compared to the previous year; 3,023 social setting and security events were registered, 1,047 of which corresponded to alarms (7% increase), and 1,976 to incidents (15% increase).
Comparative number of alarms and incidents related to social setting and security 2019 - 2022
Source: Vice-presidency of Sustainable Development
Main incident issues
With respect to social setting issues, it was evidenced that in 2022 the issue related to hiring labor remains the main source of confrontation in the territories, which represents 14.4% of all incidents.
Second, labor union issues, which represent 12.9% of all incidents. This increase was marked by the beginning of collective bargaining and the labor union's support for workers and their disagreements with contractor companies. This dynamic resulted in a 55.8% increase in incidents as compared to 2021, especially represented in riots and of activity cease.
Third, the goods and services issue, which represents 7% of all incidents. There was a 10.3% increase, which highlights the increase in community expectations for the hiring of local companies within the framework of economic reactivation.
It is also worth to highlight the increase in incidents derived from the theme of alleged damage to third parties generated by Ecopetrol or contractors, as there was an increase of 88.7% compared to the previous year. This is mostly associated with alleged damage to roads and works of art (gutters, drains, sumps).
Comparative number of incidents by theme 2021 vs 2022
Source: Vice-presidency of Sustainable Development
With respect to security issues, 43.2% of all incidents are associated with this theme materializing in thefts, sabotage, damage, attacks, and illegal valves.
Number of security incidents in 2022
Source: Vice-presidency of Sustainable Development
Regarding security related events, which also translate into deferred production, the Company activates plans in coordination with Government entities for timely attention of materialized events, to thus minimize impacts.
It is worth noting that in 2022 the production deferred by these events was below the projections made in accordance with the problems in the territory.
Production deferred for security reasons 2020 - 2022
Source: Vice-presidency of Sustainable Development
Attacks on infrastructure
The 4 terrorist attacks against Ecopetrol's infrastructure in 2022 occurred in the municipality of Barrancabermeja, Department of Santander. These events occurred in the first quarter of 2022, as a result of illegal conduct. It is also noted that there were affectations from terrorist attacks on the infrastructure of Ecopetrol's subsidiaries and contractors.
To minimize environmental and operational impacts, Ecopetrol coordinated actions with the civil authorities and the Public Forces to achieve prompt attention of the events, timely repair, and assurance of the pertinent judiciary investigation.
