...Cerrejón appreciates the opportunity provided by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) to comment on the report As Black as Coal, published by the Forum Syd organization. We appreciate that this organization visited La Guajira, met with members of communities, and experienced firsthand the challenges of operating in this department. We also welcome their interest in approaching Cerrejón officials before publishing the report, but we regret that the ample information provided was not included in this study in a balanced manner. Quite the contrary, the report privileges the opinions and accusations of third parties without any scientific backing as well as decontextualized information and generalizations....