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.