Everyone's behaviour contributes to an injury free workplace; full and consistent implementation of and accountability for Rio Tinto's comprehensive standards, guidelines, systems and procedures is required across the world.

Alongside this, we are building a supportive safety culture that requires visible leadership, ongoing education and training and a high level of participation by everyone in the workplace.

We place an uncompromising emphasis on hazard identification, risk assessment and risk management. We measure assurance through operational, corporate and external auditing and reporting processes.

Rio Tinto's goal is zero injuries. We know that we have some way to go to achieve this. Group targets towards that goal.

To achieve our safety goal, our focus is on leadership, individual accountability, setting appropriate targets, interaction in the workplace, implementing minimum safety standards, and auditing performance against those standards.

Examples of safety programmes that contribute to better safety management and facilitate the transfer of best practice across the Group include:

• Workshops on underground safety, change management, incident investigation and contractor management;
• Setting safety standards for contractors; and
• Chief executive's safety award