Progress against targets
Targets are an effective means of raising awareness and driving improvement in health, safety
and environment across the Group. For areas like communities,
employment, human rights and sustainable development, rather than
setting targets, we develop programmes to deliver improved results.
View the key for the table (below): Performance against targets.
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| Zero fatalities. |
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Two fatalities in 2005, compared to one in 2004 |
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| A 50% reduction in lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) 2003 and 2008 |
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A 14% improvement in LTIFR compared to 2004 |
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| A 50% reduction in all injury frequency rate (AIFR) between 2003 and 2008 |
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A 11% improvement in AIFR compared to 2004
This is behind the targeted trajectory |
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| Implementation of occupational health standards |
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76% of our employees work at operations that have
implemented our occupational health standards. A
further 22% of employees work at operations which
have implemented those standards that address their
highest risks, and are a significant way along the
path towards full implementation |
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| A 40% reduction in the rate of new cases of occupational illness (per 10,000 employees) between 2003 and 2008 |
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A 49% reduction in the rate of new cases of occupational illness from 20031 |
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Noise exposure2:
A 20% reduction in number of employees (per 10,000 employees) exposed to a noise environment of more than 85 decibels between 2004 and 2008 |
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We are still in the process of establishing the baseline through improved reporting. The reported number of employees exposed to a noise environment greater than 85 decibels increased by 2.7% |
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| No employee exposed to noise at the ear of more than 82 decibels (averaged over eight hours), using hearing protection |
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Less than 0.1 per cent of our employees are exposed to greater than 82 decibels. We will continue to assess new technological solutions |
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| A 10% reduction in freshwater withdrawn per tonne of product between 2003 and 2008. |
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The freshwater withdrawn efficiency has improved by 12.5% since 2003 |
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| A 5% reduction in energy used, per tonne of product, between 2003 and 2008. |
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Energy efficiency has improved by 2.7% since 2003 |
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| A 4% reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions per tonne
of product between 2003 and 2008.
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Greenhouse gas efficiency has improved by 0.9% since 2003. The target trajectory was for a 2% improvement by 2005 |
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| Zero significant spills.
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There were two significant spills in 2005, compared to four spills in 2004 |
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| Implementation of environment standards by end of
June 2005.
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90% of our operating businesses have fully implemented the environment standards |
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meaning |
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Target met or significant progress against target |
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Considerable improvement |
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Target not met or behind Group trajectory |
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Positive trend |
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Result variable over time |
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Baseline not established |
1 Approximately 40 per cent of this reduction is due to the
2004 divestment of Rio Tinto Zimbabwe.
2 Rio Tinto does not want its employees working in an
environment where the noise level is above 85 decibels
(a pneumatic drill creates 100 decibels). In addition,
the Group strives through the use of hearing protection
to limit noise levels at the ear to 82 decibels.
3 Trend since 2003.
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