Slide 1: Health, Safety, Environment and Communities
4 July 2014 Health Safety Environment Health, Safety, Environment and Communities Joanne Farrell
Slide 2: Lassing – July 17th, 1998
2 Lassing – July 17th, 1998 ©2013, Rio Tinto, All Rights Reserved
Slide 3: A significant reduction in injuries but we have not achieved zero fatalities
3 A significant reduction in injuries but we have not achieved zero fatalities ….. Rio Tinto Group Fatalities and Reportable Injury Rate (AIFR) at Managed Operations All injury frequency rate per 200,000 hours worked 7 6 6 6 1 2 3 4 18 4 3 6 2 3 Fatalities All Injury Frequency Rate ©2013, Rio Tinto,
Slide 4: Getting the balance right…
4 Getting the balance right… Injury reduction Integral Model Leadership Behaviour Organisation Systems culture Fatality Catastrophic mination event preventi ©2013, Rio Tinto, All Rights Reserved
Slide 5: Underground safety
5 Underground safety Underground operation ©2013, Rio Tinto, All Rights Reserved
Slide 6: Process safety
6 Process safety Boron , California ©2013, Rio Tinto, All Rights Reserved
Slide 7: Illness rates have decreased significantly over the last few years
7 Illness rates have decreased significantly over the last few years Rio Tinto Group illnesses at managed operations (new cases per 10,000 employees) 60 50 48 Traditional occupational health diseases (noise, musculoskeletal lung) 39 40 30 20 20 Traditional 16 Infectious 15 occupational + Wellbeing +
Slide 8: Climate change
8 Climate change “We believe that global energy and climate challenges are best met by companies, governments and societies working together” • We manage risks and opportunities to business value around: − Our portfolio − Energy and climate policy and regulation − GHG emissions intensity at our site
Slide 9: Managing natural resources – water, air, land
9 Managing natural resources – water, air, land “Competition for resources will grow as the global population grows” • Access to water is critical for mining and processing operations • Water risks are location-specific. We operate in: − Water constrained settings − Water surplus settings − Sensitiv
Slide 10: Waste management
10 Waste management “Characterising, planning and managing waste effectively reduces costs and risks” • Mining generates both mineral and non-mineral waste • Programmes that improve our waste management and the environmental impact benefit the long term Insert picture here management of water qualit
Slide 11: A distinctive communities approach drives a sustainable business advantage
11 A distinctive communities approach drives a sustainable business advantage • Rio Tinto approaches Communities and Social Performance (CSP) as a discipline • The approach is values-based whilst decisively linked to business imperatives • The focus is on social performance as opposed to narrowly de
Slide 12: Site CSP targets – locally appropriate measures, auditable performance
12 Site CSP targets – locally appropriate measures, auditable performance “All operations have locally appropriate, publicly reported social performance indicators that demonstrate a positive contribution to the economic development of the communities and regions where we work, consistent with the M
Slide 13: Human Rights and Transparency
4 July 2014 Safety Environment Communities Human Rights and Transparency Vanessa Zimmerman
Slide 14: Rio Tinto’s human rights approach
Rio Tinto’s human rights approach • Foundations: The way we work; Human Rights Policy. • Baseline: we support and respect human rights consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. • Voluntary commitments: include OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; Voluntary Principles on Se
Slide 15: Human Rights Due Diligence at Rio Tinto
Human Rights Due Diligence at Rio Tinto Human Rights Rio Tinto implementation Due Diligence Identification and • Integrating human rights impact assessment into existing processes including: assessment o Social risk analyses and environmental and social impact assessments; o Security and human right
Slide 16: Human Rights Reporting
Human Rights Reporting Standard Life: Business and Human Shift: Evidence of Corporate Rights Report, December 2011 Disclosure relevant to the UN Guiding • Assessed 16 extractive companies’ (including Rio Principles on Business and Human Tinto) alignment with standards set out in the Rights, May 2014
Slide 17: Awareness-raising – Simandou, Guinea
Awareness-raising – Simandou, Guinea • Targeted human rights training. • Tools for in-person, site specific human rights training developed. • Tailored human rights awareness programme delivered to Simandou employees in Paris and Conakry in 2013 for around 100 people. • Preliminary risk analysis ide
Slide 18: Stakeholder engagement - Rio Tinto Mozambique
Stakeholder engagement - Rio Tinto Mozambique • Human Rights Watch published a report in 2013 identifying issues related to water supply, livelihood and compensation during the resettlement process. • Engaged with Human Rights Watch regarding drafting and launch of its report. • Relationship buildin
Slide 19: A leader in transparency
A leader in transparency Reporting Payments to Governments • Fourth consecutive Taxes Paid report - March 2014. • Lists all payments ≥ $1 million paid to Governments (federal, state, regional) • $7.5 billion of taxes paid in 2013; 47% of underlying profit before taxes • Awarded 'Building Public Trus
Slide 20: Tracking and influencing policy development
Tracking and influencing policy development UK • Prepared for UK implementation of EU Accounting Directive (reporting for financial years from Jan 2015). • Active in consultation/working groups on UK implementation. Submission to recent BIS consultation. Other countries • Prepared for Dodd-Frank 150
Slide 21: Guinea - Capacity building
Guinea - Capacity building Opportunity: Guinea can emerge as a beacon of democracy and capitalism in a region plagued by instability and violence Challenge: Guinea needs robust systems including a fiscal regime to support investment and encourage transparency • Guinea has adopted EITI commitments an