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Report

24 Jan 2012

Author:
SOMO

Lack of transparency on origins of coal leaves Dutch in the dark

Despite earlier promises, electricity companies continue to withhold important information about the origin of the coal they use. As a result, it is likely that coal imported into the Netherlands comes from mines where abuses of human rights and the environment are taking place...None of the energy companies analysed in the report – E.ON, Vattenfall/Nuon, GDF Suez/Electrabel, RWE/Essent, DONG Energy and EPZ (DELTA) – are transparent about the specific mines where their coal comes from. [full report incorporates feedback from the companies. Additional statements by DONG Energy and RWE/Essent below]

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