Bettercoal Regular members measure progress

Upon joining Bettercoal, Regular members make specific commitments defined in the Bettercoal Articles of Association. These commitments include, to publicly endorse Bettercoal and to apply the Bettercoal Code and Bettercoal tools in due diligence processes, which includes engaging with coal suppliers. Complying with these commitments requires internal buy-in throughout the organisation. Measures may be required from those involved in responsible sourcing, risk evaluation, commercial, legal and trading teams to name a few. Regular members who own or control coal mines themselves, have additional commitments.

Putting these commitments into action helps Bettercoal achieve its mission to promote responsible coal mining through continuous improved business practices, based on a shared set of standards. To track Regular members’ compliance and to demonstrate Bettercoal’s impact on the coal supply chain, The Member Implementation & Reporting Obligations (MIRO) reporting system was created.

All Regular members are subject to the MIRO. Bettercoal collects data from Members on an annual basis via a Scorecard, where members report on a comply or explain basis. MIRO is phased and progressive and indicators aim to reflect the maturity of Bettercoal and pace of implementation.

In Q1 and Q2 2015 the Bettercoal Secretariat collected and consolidated the information for the first time in the Phase 1 Scorecards. As a result of this process the Members Implementation and Reporting Obligations (MIRO) | Progress and Conformity Review Report was compiled. This report:

• is an anonymized summary^* of MIRO
• shows how members implement the commitments they made when joining Bettercoal
• contains Bettercoal Secretariat’s view on how far members have progressed, presenting a set of findings and recommendations on how to better meet these commitments.
• was shared with the Bettercoal Stakeholder Panels
• will be available to the public on the Bettercoal website.

This report is part of Bettercoal’s commitment to disclosure and transparency.

*Anonymity of results is required as part of anti-trust compliance