Climate Change Data

NACCO Industries, Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Safety
  • People
  • Community
  • Environment

Environmental Achievements

  • Continued contemporaneous reclamation activities at each mine.
  • Named a designated provider of abandoned mine land restoration by the State of Texas.
  • Entered into a power purchase agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority for the energy generated from a proposed 67.5 MW solar farm to be built on reclaimed land at MLMC.

Social Achievements

  • Maintained good relations with employees.
  • Offered a market-based competitive total rewards package that includes a combination of salaries and wages and a benefits package that promotes employee well-being.
  • Consistently below the national average for comparable mines in safety incident rate.

Governance Achievements

  • Majority of directors are independent.
  • Welcomed Valerie Gentile Sachs and Paul McDonald to the board of directors.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Unexpected issues tempered financial results, including early retirement of the power plant served by Sabine Mine, elevated costs at MLMC due to a transition to a new mine area, price concessions at Falkirk Mine, reduced demand at Coteau and Falkirk due to temporary mechanical issues at customers’ plants, and a force majeure notice at Red Hills Power Plant.
  • MLMC experienced temporary operational inefficiencies and adverse mining conditions due to greater than normal rainfall.
  • Force majeure event at Red Hills Power Plant in December 2023 is expected to significantly reduce customer demand in 2024.
  • Reduction in the use of coal for power generation.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Solidified and expanded customer relationships.
  • Maintained a strong balance sheet and financial flexibility.
  • Successfully negotiated and closed on a major acquisition in the Midland section of the Permian Basin.
  • Won a bid for a six-year contract extension with its largest customer and secured a new 15-year contract to mine phosphate.
  • Evaluating carbon capture and storage opportunities at MLMC and supporting customers’ efforts in developing similar capabilities.
  • Focusing on gaining new customers, extending and expanding current contracts, and increasing investment in oil and gas assets.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities