Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
- 01Criterion
Include facilities that wash, crush, screen, dry, blend, or otherwise prepare coal for commercial sale; record thermal, metallurgical, or mixed coal type where available.
- 02Criterion
Include companies whose principal or documented commercial activity is buying and selling coal, with the traded coal type recorded where available.
- 03Criterion
Include companies that commercially import or export coal as principal, title holder, marketer, or documented trader.
- 04Criterion
Include owners or operators of dedicated coal terminals, storage facilities, and trans-shipment infrastructure.
- 05Criterion
Include rail, barge, port, or other logistics providers only where the service is dedicated or specialized for coal and the entity’s direct role is documented.
- 06Criterion
Include companies providing coal blending, scheduling, marketing, or integrated supply-chain management where they take a substantive commercial role in the coal transaction.
- 07Criterion
Include integrated coal marketing businesses that do not own mines but directly trade, process, terminal-handle, or manage dedicated coal logistics.
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
- 01Criterion
Exclude mine ownership or extraction from this screen when no separately evidenced processing, trading, terminal, or dedicated-logistics role exists.
- 02Criterion
Coal-Fired Power Generation Companies
Defined as: Utilities or power producers using coal as fuel without engaging in coal trading or processing services for third parties.
- 03Criterion
Mining Equipment Manufacturers or Engineering Contractors
Defined as: Firms supplying equipment, infrastructure, or technical services to coal operations without handling coal commercially.
- 04Criterion
Exclude general freight, ports, rail, shipping, warehousing, and logistics companies without a dedicated or documented coal activity.
- 05Criterion
Exclude industrial companies that purchase or consume coal solely for their own operations and do not market, process, or transport it for third parties.
- 06Criterion
Companies With Historical but No Current Coal Trading or Processing Activities
Defined as: Entities that have formally exited coal handling, processing, or trading operations.
Evidence and evaluation methodology
How sources, entity pathways, decisions, qualifiers, and review history are handled.
Map screens to a client policy
How to choose provider screens, document coverage, and decide what happens after an outcome.