摘要:The paper presents the results of a study of the practice of regulating the environmental aspects of the activities of coal mining companies in the world and in Russia, as well as in the largest coal region - the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass. The documents of coal mining enterprises were studied, the main key requirements of the local community for mining companies were formulated, a comparison was made of the leading foreign and Russian coal companies in the field of interaction with the local community.