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GRI Checklist

Social indicators

GRI Indicator Description of indicator Links to information Level of reporting
LA1 Breakdown of workforce, where possible, by region/country, status (employee/non-employee), employment type (full time/part time), and by employment contract (indefinite or permanent/fixed term or temporary). Also identify workforce retained in conjunction with other employers (temporary agency workers or workers in co-employment relationships), segmented by region/country.
  • Annual report (page 56, employment; page 140, Average number of employees)
 Fully reported
LA2 Net employment creation and average turnover segmented by region/country.
  • Statistics on employment creation and turnover have not been collected on a Group basis although many individual business units do collect this information. A system to collect these statistics on a Rio Tinto Group basis will be implemented in 2006 for reporting in 2007.
 Not reported
LA3 Percentage of employees represented by independent trade union organisations or other bona fide employee representatives broken down geographically OR percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements broken down by region/country.
  • The Rio Tinto Human Rights guidance covers freedom of association in relation to union membership. However in many jurisdictions in which we operate it is not legal to ask about an employee's membership of union or other representative organisations. Therefore it is not intended to collect this information for reporting purposes.
 Not reported
LA4 Policy and procedures involving information, consultation, and negotiation with employees over changes in the reporting organisation's operations (eg, restructuring). Fully reported
LA5 Practices on recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, and how they relate to the ILO Code of Practice on Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases. Fully reported
LA6 Description of formal joint health and safety committees comprising management and worker representatives and proportion of workforce covered by any such committees.
  • Rio Tinto's safety and occupational health standards require that operations have the following for occupational health and safety: a committee to support line management in implementing improvement plans, divisional and/or departmental committees and a system to promote awareness and communication.
 Fully reported
LA7 Standard injury, lost day, and absentee rates and number of work-related fatalities (including subcontracted workers).
  • Safety results
  • Data for absenteeism is not available due to different Human Resources systems across the group. Rio Tinto is currently aligning their business systems and are in the process of implementing SAP globally across all businesses. Implementation will span over 5 years.
 Fully reported
LA8 Description of policies or programmes (for the workplace and beyond) on HIV/AIDS.
  • HIV/AIDS strategy
    Rio Tinto developed a global HIV/AIDS strategy in 2003 in response to the social and economic issues raised by this epidemic. The strategy has initially been implemented in the southern African business units.
    Rio Tinto's southern African operations completed implementation of the group HIV/AIDS strategy in 2005, which provides access to antiretroviral therapy which is affordable for employees and a nominated partner (2005 SD Review, Occupational Health, page 17) .
 Fully reported
LA9 Average hours of training per year per employee by category of employee.
  • Statistics on training hours and expenditure have not been collected on a Group basis although many individual business units do collect this information. A system to collect these statistics on a Rio Tinto Group basis will be implemented in 2006 for reporting in 2007.
  • Rio Tinto does however collect data pertaining to HSE training. All but one of Rio Tinto’s operations have HSE in their induction programmes and most have HSE content in their refresher training programmes.
 Partially reported
LA10 Description of equal opportunity policies or programmes, as well as monitoring systems to ensure compliance and results of monitoring. Fully reported
LA11 Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including the board of directors), including female/male ratio and other indicators of diversity as culturally appropriate. Partially reported

Mining and Minerals Sector Supplement

GRI Indicator Description of indicator Links to information Level of reporting
MM12 Describe approach to identifying, preparing for, and responding to emergency situations affecting employees, communities, or the environment. Include description of the nature of skills, teams, training, drills, review processes and community involvement.
  • Approach
    Rio Tinto’s response and preparedness to an incident is a one approach and one company strategy. The level of impact of any incident determines the levels of response involved by Rio Tinto. This response comprises of three levels, all working on a specific target of minimising the threat on people (either employees or community) and reputation. Rio Tinto's preparedness comprises of an Emergency response (ER) plan and teams at each of our locations, a Disaster Management and Recovery (DMR) plan and teams at all sites, project locations and offices, and a central Corporate Crisis response Committee (CCC).
  • ISO 14001
    Disaster Management and Recovery plans are integrated with the environmental management systems, which are largely ISO14001 certified. At the end of 2005, 90% of the Groups operations had a certified ISO 14001 EMS (2005 SD review, page 25).
  • Training
    Teams from all levels of the response carry out exercises regularly, often involving local community and external emergency services organisations. Our emergency response teams, in particular, receive specialised training in dealing with local risks and events.
  • Review
    Plans at all levels are regularly reviewed and audited, both internally and externally, to ensure any emerging threats to a location are taking into consideration
 Fully reported
MM13 Number of new cases of occupational disease by type. Describe programs to prevent occupational disease.
  • Occupational Health Programs
    We are committed to preventing new cases of occupational disease and have developed a programme with a number of linked elements to achieve this. These elements are:
    • A set of minimum occupational health standards that apply across the Group. We have implemented these standards in conjunction with education, training, and the incorporation of systems and procedures. To date 76% of our employees work at sites that have fully implemented the occupational health standards. Full implementation should be completed in 2006.
    • An assurance process entailing regular audits, reviews and reports that measures compliance with our occupational health policy and standards.
    • A set of targets covering improvements in workplace conditions and a very challenging target to reduce our number of new cases of occupational illness by 40 per cent within five years.
  • Cases of Occupational Disease
    In 2005 there were 54 new cases of occupational illness per 10,000 employees, a 26 per cent improvement compared with 73 in 2004. This improvement can be partly attributed to the implementation of the new occupational health standards across most businesses and raising the health profile through initiatives such as occupational health targets.
Fully reported

Fully reportedFully reported

Partially reportedPartially reported (Only part of the indicator may be relevant or working towards fully reporting in the future)

Not reportedNot reported (Not relevant, commercially confidential or committed to future reporting)

GRI Indicator Description of indicator Links to information Level of reporting
HR1 Description of policies, guidelines, corporate structure, and procedures to deal with all aspects of human rights relevant to operations, including monitoring mechanisms and results. State how policies relate to existing international standards such as the Universal Declaration and the Fundamental Human Rights Conventions of the ILO. Fully reported
HR2 Evidence of consideration of human rights impacts as part of investment and procurement decisions, including selection of suppliers/contractors. Fully reported
HR3 Description of policies and procedures to evaluate and address human rights performance within the supply chain and contractors, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. "Human rights results" refers to the aspects of human rights identified as reporting aspects in the GRI performance indicators. Partially reported
HR4 Description of global policy and procedures/programmes preventing all forms of discrimination in operations, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. Partially reported
HR5 Description of freedom of association policy and extent to which this policy is universally applied independent of local laws, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue. Fully reported
HR6 Description of policy excluding child labour as defined by the ILO Convention 138 and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. Partially reported
HR7 Description of policy to prevent forced and compulsory labour and extent of which this policy is visibly stated and applied as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. See ILO Convention No. 29, Article 2. Partially reported
MM11 Describe process for identifying local communities' land and customary rights, including those of indigenous peoples, and grievance mechanisms used to resolve any disputes. (Note, any significant incidents involving land rights should be reported under MM7.) Fully reported
SO1 Description of policies to manage impacts on communities in areas affected by activities, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. Include explanation of procedures for identifying and engaging in dialogue with community stakeholders. Fully reported
SO2 Description of the policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for organisation and employees addressing bribery and corruption. Include a description of how the organisation meets the requirements of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery. Fully reported
SO3 Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for managing political lobbying and contributions. Fully reported
MM7 Description of any significant incidents affecting communities during the reporting period and grievance mechanisms used to resolve the incidents and their outcomes. Fully reported
MM8 Describe programmes in which the reporting organisation has been involved that addressed artisinal and small-scale mining (ASM) within company areas of operation.
  • There were no programmes in 2005.
 Fully reported
MM9 Describe resettlement policies and activities. Identify sites where resettlements took place and the number of households resettled in each. Include practices regarding resettlement and compensation and degree of alignment with World Bank Operational Directive on Involuntary Resettlement.
  • Rio Tinto's overall approach is clearly stated in the Communities Standard (1.6): "Resettlement should only be undertaken using the World Bank's Safeguard Policy on Involuntary Resettlement as a minimum". Where resettlement is unavoidable, Rio Tinto’s land access policy requires "Where property is affected, its value is assessed and appropriate compensation mutually agreed".
  • There was no resettlement in 2005.
  • In those instances where resettlement has been required, we consult with communities in developing project-specific guidelines that follow these principles, working within a sustainable development framework. All policies are in alignment and follow World Bank guidelines for consultation and compensation.
 Fully reported
MM10 Number or % of operations with closure plans, covering social - including labour transition, environmental and economic aspects. Describe company policy, stakeholder engagement processes, frequency of plan review, and disclose amount and type of financial provisions for closure.
  • Mine Closure
    All Rio Tinto operations have closure management plans. In 2005 Rio Tinto commenced reviewing closure management plans against the closure standard, completing 13 reviews in 2005 (2005 SD review, environment, page 25).
  • Engagement
  • Land Access Policy
 Fully reported
PR1 Description of policy for preserving customer health and safety during use of products and services, and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. Explain rationale for any use of multiple standards in marketing and sales of products. Fully reported
PR2 Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms related to product information and labelling. Partially reported
PR3 Description of policy, procedures/management systems and compliance mechanisms for consumer privacy. Identify geographic areas covered by policy.
  • Rio Tinto has a Group Data Protection Policy which covers all personal data relating to individuals, including our employees and customers.
Partially reported

Fully reportedFully reported

Partially reportedPartially reported (Only part of the indicator may be relevant or working towards fully reporting in the future)

Not reportedNot reported (Not relevant, commercially confidential or committed to future reporting)

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