Canyon Coal begins Bettercoal journey
Canyon Coal has joined the Bettercoal Assessment Process and started its journey towards becoming a Bettercoal Producer by signing a ‘Letter of Commitment’. As a result, the company has committed to the Bettercoal Code and its mines will undergo an independent assessment in 2023.
Bettercoal is the internationally recognised standard for the global responsible coal supply chain. Bettercoal assess coal producers across the three pillars of ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) and develops plans for each company that it assesses to ensure it improves their performance to meet the expectations of the Bettercoal Code. It was established by a group of major coal buyers over 10 years ago in order to promote continuous improvement in the sustainability performance of coal mining.
According to the Bettercoal Assurance System, Canyon Coal will become a ‘Bettercoal Producer’ once the site assessment has been completed and the Continuous Improvement Plan has been agreed. According to the Bettercoal Assurance System, Canyon Coal will become a ‘Bettercoal Producer’ once the site assessment has been completed and the Continuous Improvement Plan has been agreed.
Assurance System
To ensure the performance data that is built around Bettercoal Producers is as robust and accurate as possible, the organisation has developed a rigorous assurance system. The backbone of the assurance system are the Lead Assessors , who are independent specialists trained in the Bettercoal Standard. They assess coal producers against the 144 provisions of our Standard and build the tailored Continual Improvement Plans (CIP) that each of the producers work through.
Throughout the four-year CIP cycle, assessors review performance evidence submitted by producers and report on the progress, verifying whether specific goals of the CIP have been met in order to do this, on-site verification is sometime required.
After four years, the process beings again: producers are re-assessed, a new tailored CIP is put in place and regular evidence submissions and reviews start again.
