ques tioned the en vir onmental and social perf ormanc e of the c oal mining indus try b y either pr oducing r eports tha t highlight poor en vir onmental out c omes or initia ting c ommunity pr ot es ts tha t highlight dis sa tisf action with the c ommunity de v elopment initia tiv es a t a mine le v el In r esponse t o the abo v e challenges the CLF manda t ed the Miner als C ouncil t o c onsolida t e v arious c oal s tr a t egies and c oal sc enarioplanning r esear ch and r eports pr oduc ed b y v arious or ganisa tions int o a c oher ent sc enario fr ame w ork t o inf orm s tr a t egic decision making T he c onsolida t ed document tha t w as subsequently de v eloped c oncluded tha t the bes t appr oach should be t o R ec ognise multiple c oal sc enarios arising fr om v arious angles as opposed t o a singular vie w on the futur e of c oal C onsider the impact of ne w in v es tments in c oal r esour c es R einf or c e the need f or clean c oal t echnologies as a s tr a t egic driv er Furthermor e f our k e y risks w er e identifed thr ough this pr oc es s namely 1 T ha t the r ela tiv e c os t of r ene w able ener gy c ontinues t o f all c ompar ed t o c oal 2 T ha t Esk om s perf ormanc e inc entivises South A frica t o e xplor e alt erna tiv e po w er options 3 T ha t emis sions c ontr ols c ontinue t o tight en placing additional pr es sur e on c oalusers and a nega tiv e narr a tiv e ar ound c oal emer ges 4 T ha t local and global gr o wth slo w s do wn af ecting o v er all demand f or c oal A ctivities and f ocus In or der t o ofset these risks the CLF appr o v ed the de v elopment of a C oal Inno v a tion and T echnology R oadmap tha t w ould identify r esear ch de v elopment and inno v a tion ar eas in r esponse t o these risks T he C onsolida t ed C oal S tr a t egy also enc ompas sed a number of adv ocac y and lobb y initia tiv es T he Miner als C ouncil hos t ed a C oal Indus try Br eakf as t aimed a t engaging k e y s tak eholders about T he R ele v anc e of the C oal Indus try in the South A frican E c onom y T he e v ent w as w ell support ed with v arious s tak eholders in a tt endanc e including r esear chers funders of c oal mining pr ojects and indus try r ole pla y ers T he Miner als C ouncil is furthermor e a participant in the F os sil Fuel F ounda tion s initia tiv e t o es tablish a South A frican Carbon As socia tion S A CA with S A CA s main objectiv e being adv ocac y f or the c ontinued use of c oal in ener gy gener a tion and other v alue adding activities T he Miner als C ouncil as part of its o v er all s tr a t egy has been engaging s tak eholders go v ernment civil society r esear ch ins titutions et c on v arious polic y and legisla tiv e initia tiv es including those tha t had a ma t erial impact on c oal such as ac c es s t o land w a t er management carbon tax clima t e change bill GHG emis sions social perf ormanc e out c omes et c T he r ele v anc e of the c oal indus try in the South A frican ec onom y Seriti Kriel C olliery P age 4 1 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19