Bettercoal

bettercoal is a global, not for profit initiative that has been established by a group of major european utilities to promote the continuous improvement of corporate responsibility in the coal supply chain, with a specific focus on the mines themselves. our activities: + we set standards for ethical, social and environmental performance in the coal supply chain. in july 2013, the bettercoal members have adopted the bettercoal code, which sets out the ethical, social, and environmental principles and provisions that bettercoal expects companies in the coal supply chain to align with. + we assess performance of coal mines through the coal supplier assessment program. the bettercoal assessment program includes the following key components: self-assessment, third-party site assessments and continuous improvement, and re-assessments. bettercoal members take into account the results of the self-assessment and site-assessments in purchasing decisions and due diligence processes. + we support