BP responded positively, providing the CEP [Corporate Engagement Project] team with an extensive briefing in Bogotá and hosting the team on its two-day visit to the BP base in Yopal...BP is involved in a variety of interesting initiatives that include contributions to the founding of Yopal’s first university...Being seen as part of the community is fundamental to operating successfully in a context of conflict...The company should apply its political and economic leverage to go beyond mitigating negative impacts...Sustainable living conditions after the company’s exit are most likely if creating such conditions is an early focus of operations.