New Chair for the Bettercoal Board

Bettercoal announced today that Marga Edens, Vice President Corporate Responsibility, at the German utility RWE has been appointed Chair of the Bettercoal Board.

"We now need to press ahead with the assessment program of coal mines so that Bettercoal Members can integrate the ethical, social and environmental performance data into their individual coal purchasing decisions.”

Marga Edens

The appointment follows the resignation from the Board of Mr Joachim Löchte, who will is leaving RWE to pursue a role outside the RWE Group. According to the Bettercoal Articles of Association, Directors of the Bettercoal Board must be representatives of a Member company.

Commenting on her new role, Marga Edens said: “Bettercoal has reached an exciting point on its journey. We have made great progress assembling the Bettercoal Code and Assessment Toolkit. We now need to press ahead with the assessment program of coal mines so that Bettercoal Members can integrate the ethical, social and environmental performance data into their individual coal purchasing decisions.”

Martin Christie, Executive Director of Bettercoal welcomed Marga’s appointment, “I look forward to working with Marga and further developing the initiative. Not only are we entering new territory for Bettercoal but this also presents new challenges for the Members themselves who are fully committed to what we are seeking to achieve. We need to unlock the value of Bettercoal to bring ethical, social and environmental improvements in the coal supply chain.”