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We aim to achieve responsible operations for our employees, the environment, and our communities, and therefore seek opportunities to collaborate with different entities to promote the recognition of good practices in the private sector, especially the mining sector.

2024 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: A BOOST TO SUSTAINABILITY

At Cerrejón, we are proud of our culture of transparency and responsibility, which drives us to share our good practices and actively participate in awards and rankings that validate our performance and allow us to measure our progress and challenges against other companies. These recognitions are essential to evaluate our progress and continue with our commitment to continuous improvement.

During 2024, we obtained multiple awards and recognitions, highlighting our work in various key areas:

Reputation:

  • Brújula Minera: For the tenth consecutive year, we have positioned ourselves as the mining company with the best reputation in Colombia, according to this ranking that analyzes the mining sector in Colombia and several Latin American countries.
  • Merco ESG Responsibility: Cerrejón was recognized as the first mining company and one of the 100 Colombian companies with the greatest responsibility in the environmental, social and governance areas, according to the Corporate Reputation Business Monitor (Merco).
  • Merco Talent: We continue to be the mining company with the best capacity to attract, develop and retain talent, reflecting our commitment to the quality of life and well-being of our more than 13,700 direct and indirect employees.
  • Merco Companies: For 17 consecutive years, we remained the mining company with the best reputation in Colombia, and one of the 100 best companies in the country.
  • Alliance for Integrity, UNODC and Global Compact Colombia Network: Our corruption risk management system highlighted us as one of the top three companies in Colombia with the best practices in anti-corruption risk assessment and management.

Leadership:

  • Merco Leaders: Claudia Bejarano, president of Cerrejón, was selected as one of the 100 leaders with the best corporate reputation in Colombia.
  • Forbes Colombia Magazine: Claudia was also recognized as one of the 100 most powerful women in Colombia for the third consecutive year.
  • 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIM100): Bejarano was also included in this prestigious list of leading women who have transformed the mining industry worldwide, awarded by Women in Mining UK.

Environment

  • Top 10 in Biodiversity: Cerrejón was recognized by the National Center for Water and Biodiversity of ANDI and the Biodiversity Information System of Colombia (SIB) as one of the companies with the greatest impact in the use and publication of data on biodiversity in three categories: greatest impact in the use of data, greatest data coverage and greatest data publisher.
  • BIBO El Espectador Award 2024: The project "The Guardians of the Mangroves in La Guajira", carried out in collaboration with the community, won third place in the "Women for Biodiversity" category.
  • Caracol Television Award for Environmental Protection: Cerrejón is a finalist in the tenth edition of this award, which recognizes organizations that contribute to environmental protection, for our Endangered Species Conservation program.

Social Management:

  • Private Social Investment Index in Colombia: according to the ranking that evaluates more than 170 companies from all sectors of the country, we are ranked 20th out of the 30 companies recognized for contributing to improving the living conditions of the communities and territories where they operate.
  • Portafolio Awards 2024: We were selected as finalists in the "Contribution to the Community" category for our project "Dialogues that transform: more health and nature for Provincial".

Economic Performance

  • Forbes Colombia Magazine: Cerrejón is among the 30 largest companies in Colombia, according to Forbes.
  • Rankings of the 100 largest companies in the country: According to Semana magazine and La República newspaper, we stand out among the top 100 companies in the country for our sales volume and profits during 2023, according to data from SuperSociedades.

2023 RECOGNITIONS

  • Consejo Colombiano de Seguridad – Honoris Award in Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Protection (SSTA), in the Innovation category.
  • Responsibility Framework ESG Colombia 2022 - Mining company with best corporate responsibility and corporate governance in the country.
  • LinkedIn Top Companies 2023: - 25 companies in the country that that promote professional growth, development and progress of their employees, according to information generated by this social network.
  • Forbes Magazine - Recognizes Claudia Bejarano as one of the most powerful women in Colombia, for the second consecutive year.
  • Talent Framework – First place in the ranking of the mining sector and we continue to be in the top 100 companies.
  • Private Social Investment Index – One of the 30 companies with the largest private social investment in Colombia.
  • El Women Economic Forum Colombia (WEF) - Recognizes Claudia Bejarano as one of the five “Women of the Decade".
  • Compass Mining Ranking - Mining company with the best reputation for the ninth consecutive year
  • Universidad del Norte - Claudia Bejarano received the Medal of Honor for Entrepreneurial Merit.
  • Colombian Mining Association: - Claudia Bejarano, president of Cerrejón, and Marilsa Ortiz, company's truck operator, received the HuEllas 2023 award.
  • Company and Leaders Framework - One of the companies with the best reputation in Colombia and the first company in the mining sector for the sixteenth year in a row, and our President one of the 100 leaders with the best corporate reputation in the country.
  • Best Practices in a Company 2023 by the Ministry of Labor - Recognition for being the first and only mining company in Colombia to start up its own Vocational Unit of Learning (UVAE).
  • Women Economic Forum 2023 - Awarded the Young Innovator for a Better World to Ailin Acosta Pushaina, coordinator of the community nursery, a program led by Cerrejón.