Who we are
Goals and targets
Rio Tinto |
Results | 2007 performance
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Trend |
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Environment targets |
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A 4% reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions,
per tonne of product, between 2003 and 2008 |
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0.7% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions per tonne
of product compared to 2003 |
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A 5% reduction in energy used, per tonne of product,
between 2003 and 2008 |
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0.7% decrease in energy used per tonne of product
compared to 2003 |
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A 10% reduction in freshwater withdrawn, per tonne
of product, between 2003 and 2008 |
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4.1% decrease in freshwater withdrawn per tonne of
product compared to 2003 |
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Safety targets |
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Zero fatalities |
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Three contractors were fatally injured at Rio Tinto
managed sites. One metal merchant was fatally injured at an Alcan Engineered
Products site in December |
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A 50% reduction in the lost time injury frequency
rate (LTIFR) between 2003 and 2008 |
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43% improvement in LTIFR compared to 2003 |
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A 50% reduction in the all injury frequency rate
(AIFR) between 2003 and 2008 |
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40% improvement in AIFR compared to 2003 |
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Health targets
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A 40% reduction in the rate of new cases of occupational
illness (per 10,000 employees) between 2004 and 2008 |
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81% decrease in new cases of occupational illness
per 10,000 employees compared to 2004 |
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A 20% reduction in number of employees (per 10,000
employees) exposed to a noise environment in the workplace of more
than 85 decibels between 2004 and 2008 |
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5.8% decrease in employees (per
10,000) exposed to more than 85 decibels in the workplace |
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Employment goals |
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Increase the representation of women in senior management
to 20% by 2009 |
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7% of current senior management and 22 per cent of
identified "future leaders" are women |
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Increase the proportion of women in the graduate
intake by 50% from a 2004 baseline |
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50% increase in the proportion of women in the graduate
intake compared to 2004. |
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Community relations
targets |
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Site managed assessments (SMA) completed at all high
risk sites by end of 2008, or within two years of acquisition1 |
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7 of 18 high risk SMAs were commenced or completed
in 2007 |
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Human rights and
political involvement targets |
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No breaches of Rio Tinto's policies for human rights
and political involvement |
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No reported breaches of our policies in 2007 |
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Alcan |
Results | 2007 performance
comment |
Trend |
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Environment targets |
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All new sites (acquired or commissioned) required
to be ISO 14001 certified within two years |
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All sites acquired prior to 2005 are ISO 14001 certified |
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A 10% reduction in on-site greenhouse gas emissions,
per tonne of product, between 2005 and 2010 |
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4% reduction in on-site greenhouse gas emission per
tonne of product compared to 2005 |
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Safety targets |
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All new sites (acquired or commissioned) required
to be OHSAS 18001 certified within two years |
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All sites acquired prior to 2005 are OHSAS 18001
certified |
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Recordable case rate of 1.06 per 200,000 hours worked |
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0.82 recordable case rate, a 29 per cent improvement
from 2006 |
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Lost time injury/illness case rate of 0.26 per 200,000
hours worked |
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0.28 lost time injury/illness rate, a 28 per cent
improvement from 2006 |
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Serious injury case rate of 0.21 per 1,000,000 hours
worked |
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0.23 serious injury case rate, no change from 2006 |
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1 Target changed in 2007 to reflect a risk based approach to SMA scheduling
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Target met or significant progress | |
Positive trend |
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Considerable improvement | |
Results variable over time |
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Target not met or behind Group trajectory | |
Negative trend |