Environment

Our commitment to the environment:
to value our natural resources and make every effort to avoid or reduce the impact of our projects on the environment, as well as give back to nature through using new technologies and operating methods.

Our commitment to the environment

 
At GeoPark we are committed to implementing best environmental practices and protecting nature, to ensure a successful and sustainable future for our neighbors, the territory and the Company.

Our environmental management goes beyond regulatory compliance and constantly seeks to implement the best environmental standards, to ensure our long-term welcome and good neighborliness in the territories we operate in. From when we begin our activities, our environmental management preventively focuses on the protection of the environment and the territory by identifying the impacts associated with the operations and performing the respective monitoring and follow-up processes in order to assure adequate performance.

In the framework of our SPEED Integrated Values System, of our commitment to Nature, People and Neighbors and of our environmental commitment, we work on five material topics for our stakeholders:

  • Due diligence and management of socio-environmental impacts
  • Protection of biodiversity
  • Climate change management
  • Integrated water management
  • Circular economy

Main Results

ZERO
fines or penalties related to environmental non-compliance in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador.
0.05
barrels of crude oil spilled per million barrels produced.
14.35
liters of water withdrawn for each boe produced.
ZERO
direct discharges into surface water sources.
19.6 kg CO2 e/boe
scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity index.
ISO 14001:2015
Environmental Management System certification in force until 2023 in Colombia.
+40,000
trees planted.
US$ 657,760
invested in biodiversity conservation initiatives.
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Climate Change

At GeoPark, we understand and share the global concern on climate change, and we consider it a material topic in the performance of our operations. In 2021 we carried out different activities aimed at climate change mitigation and adaptation. Our efforts mainly focused on defining a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our operations.

Integrated
Water Management

To make sustainable and appropriate use of water resources and contribute to their protection in our operations and the environment is the main focus area of our integrated water management, which is a material topic for our environmental performance. We are committed to innovation and the implementation of practices that contribute to rational and efficient water use, as well as its reuse and the responsible management of discharges.

Biodiversity
Protection

For GeoPark protecting biodiversity is a material topic and it is therefore a priority to preserve and restore ecosystems in the areas of operation. Starting in the planning phase and throughout the performance of our projects, we work to safeguard the natural wealth and ecosystem services offered by our environment.

COMPREHENSIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

At GeoPark, we focus efforts on adequately managing the waste generated in performance of our operations as part of our due diligence and management of environmental impacts. We act under the principles of reduce, reuse, recycle and recover.

2022 Challenges

Climate Change
In 2022, change the energy mix at the Llanos 34 block: Connect the block to the national power supply grid and build and operate a 9.9MWp photovoltaic solar plant, which are the projects with greatest impact in time horizon 1 of the GHG emissions reduction strategy.
Climate Change
Begin to measure non-controlled or fugitive methane emissions to determine the impact of this source of direct emissions at the Company.
Climate Change
Develop the Corporate Integrated Climate Risk Management Plan.
Climate Change
Consolidate our partnership with IDEAM to promote the enhancement of the hydro-meteorological network of the Putumayo River basin, and contribute to the enhancement of climate risk management capabilities in this region.
Integrated Water Management
We have set a target for 2025 to eliminate any water withdrawal from surface sources in all permanent GeoPark operations.
Integrated Water Management
Continue to ensure zero direct discharges into surface bodies of water or sources.
Integrated Water Management
By 2023, develop the water footprint under a recognized standard and move forward in defining a water neutrality strategy for the Company.
Integrated Water Management
Define and implement specific actions for reusing or recycling water in our operations.
Biodiversity
Consolidate GeoPark’s strategy for the protection of biodiversity.
Biodiversity
Promote knowledge on biodiversity in Colombia, in partnership with Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute - SiB Colombia.
Biodiversity
Build wildlife crossing structures in fragmented landscapes on the Vía Central del Casanare highway (Villanueva and Tauramena) 2022-2023.
Waste Management
Develop a corporate circular economy strategy to assess the flows of inputs, natural resources and waste, and implement circularity actions in our current and future projects.
Waste Management
Recycle organic waste at our camps to produce compost at the Llanos 34 block.
Waste Management
Extend the practice of composting modules to recycle organic wastes at schools in our area of influence.
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