Cerrejón, in the spirit of contributing to the protection and care of the environment and strengthening the recovery of strategic ecosystems, such as tropical dry forest, has joined the partnership for Caribbean Biodiversity and Development, which brings together public and private Colombian organizations, by donating more than 25,000 hectares that will be used to form a biological corridor in the Colombian Caribbean.

Cerrejón and the Provincial Indigenous Reservation have reached an initial agreement that will establish mechanisms to comply further with ruling T-614 of the Constitutional Court and promote the development of this community in the coming years.

Cerrejón wishes to thank the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) for the opportunity to respond to the comments made by the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (Cajar) and some leaders and traditional authorities of the Provincial Indigenous Reservation regarding compliance with Constitutional Court ruling T-614 of 2019 on the engagement Cerrejón has done with this community and the response given recently by the company to the United Nations group of Rapporteurs

Cerrejón has noted with concern the statements made by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteurs calling for the suspension of Cerrejón’s operations in the area of the Provincial community. The company also received a letter from the Special Rapporteurs on September 9 and has every intention of responding within the 7 November deadline set by them for Cerrejón to provide additional facts for consideration.