Surveys & awards

Investors are increasingly considering the environmental, social and ethical impacts of their investments. As a result, there is now greater emphasis on companies providing more information on their non financial performance.

Some examples of corporate responsibility indexes that we participate in include:

• The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) track the financial performance of the leading sustainability driven companies. Of the largest 2,500 firms worldwide, only the top 10 per cent, in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria, qualify for the DJSI World Index. The DJSI STOXX Index tracks the performance of the best 20 per cent of the largest 600 companies in the pan-European region. Rio Tinto has been included in the DJSI series since 2002 and is included in the 2009 DJSI World and DJSI STOXX indexes.
• The FTSE4Good Index has been designed to measure the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards, and to facilitate investment in those companies. We have been a constituent member of the FTSE4Good Index since becoming eligible for assessment in 2007.
• The Corporate Responsibility (CR) Index benchmarks the extent to which corporate strategy is integrated into business practice. It looks at community, environment, marketplace and workplace management practices and performance in a range of environmental and social impact areas material to the business. We have been included on the CR Index since its inception in 2001 and currently hold a Platinum rating (>95 per cent) with the UK based not for profit Business in the Community (BitC) and its Australian/New Zealand based partner, the St James Ethics Centre. Download our BitC Feedback report.
• Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent, not for profit organisation which holds the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world. The Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) scores for Global 500, S&P 500 and FTSE 350 companies are used to create a family of high quality equity indices. These help investors gain exposure to companies that actively manage their impact on the environment. Rio Tinto has retained its place on the CDLI for the sixth consecutive year. In 2009, we ranked second highest in the Materials sector with a score of 87 out of 100. View our submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project here.