Rio Tinto | Sustainability Performance
A global mining group producing metals and minerals for industrial use.
1873
United Kingdom
10,001+ employees
Mining & Metals
$10B+ in revenue
$1B - 10B in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#13393
Overallⓘ#1477
in United Kingdomⓘ#445
in Mining & MetalsⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversityClimate riskSocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalitiesGovernance
TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and ExclusionsFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Laggard
Aligned
Critical
Aligned
Leading
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)
Industry Benchmark
563.9
B/M 390.9
2.5K
B/M 665.1
11.6K
B/M 3.0K
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Controversy level
- Rio Tinto plc faced the May 24, 2020 destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters in Western Australia's Pilbara (PKKP People sacred sites) for the Brockman 4 iron ore mine expansion — triggering CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques' resignation September 2020, an Australian Senate inquiry, and the 2021 Communities and Social Performance organizational reset affecting UK/Australian institutional ESG investor concerns.
Sustainability employees
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11+
ⓘThis value represents the estimated number of employees in a company with sustainability-related roles or job titles, as determined by Illuminem using publicly available data.