Human Rights (the UNGPs). This Policy focuses on the areas that have been
identified as priorities for our industry.
The Policy is derived from:
• The United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the
two International Covenants making up the International Bill of Human
Rights; and
• The United Nations Global Compact. Together, for the purposes of this
Policy, the above documents are called the ‘International Human Rights
Declarations.”101
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Statements on Climate Change
“Global climate change initiatives and public perceptions have resulted, and are
expected to continue to result, in decreased coal-fired power plant capacity and
utilization, phasing out and closing many existing coal-fired power plants, reducing
or eliminating construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States and
certain other countries, increased costs to mine coal and decreased demand and
prices for thermal coal.
There are three important sources of GHGs associated with the coal industry: first,
the end use of our coal by our customers in electricity generation, coke plants, and
steelmaking is a source of GHGs; second, combustion of fuel for mining equipment
used in coal production; and third, coal mining can release methane, a GHG, directly
into the atmosphere. GHG emissions from coal consumption and production are
subject to pending and proposed regulation as part of initiatives to address global
climate change.”102
“Combustion of fossil fuels like coal results in the creation of carbon dioxide, which
is emitted into the atmosphere by coal end users such as coal-fired electric power
generators, coke plants and steelmaking plants, and, to a lesser extent, by the
combustion of fossil fuels by the mining equipment we use. In addition, coal mining
can release methane from the mine, directly into the atmosphere.”103
Statements on Human Rights
As of 13 April 2019, it does not appear that Contura Energy, Inc. has published
statements referring to human rights in its website or the annual report quoted above.
CONSOL Energy Inc. (2019), Human Rights Policy, p. 1, available at
http://www.consolenergy.com/consolcoal/media/CNXCML/governance/Consol-Human-Rights_Policy.pdf?ext=.pdf
(last accessed on 12 September 2019).
102 Contura Energy Inc. (2018), Annual Report, p. 18, available at http://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK0001704715/d88d0fe1-d265-485d-8e59-0bd6d08ee4ca.pdf (last accessed on 12 September 2019).
103 Id., p. 32.
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