A promise is a promise: Lessons from a legacy partnership in the Congo [Video]

KEY POINTS:

• ConocoPhillips values the connection it had with Dr. Jane Goodall, the world-renowned ethologist, anthropologist and conservation activist in the early 1990s when Conoco, the Jane Goodall Institute and the Government of the Congo worked together to improve the living conditions of captive orphan chimpanzees. 

• Since then, the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center has been a haven for hundreds of chimpanzees and continues to save injured and orphaned chimps.

• Despite exiting the country, the company honored its commitment to build the chimpanzee sanctuary. 

• Today, ConocoPhillips continues supporting proactive conservation through numerous legacy and ongoing relationships.

BY RAY SCIPPA

Dr. Jane Goodall’s 90^th birthday on April 3, 2024, provides an opportunity to consider the lessons of the past and how they apply to the energy industry today.

“The Congo situation was unusual, because we knew before we built the sanctuary that we would be exiting the country,” said ConocoPhillips Community Programs Manager Andrew Roberts. “It was an …