Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs
Purpose & Values
The drive for innovation and continuous improvement is at the heart of our purpose
Business Strategy
Climate change is at the heart of our business strategy
We are 150
150 years of finding better ways
We supply the metals and minerals used to help the world grow and decarbonise
Iron Ore
Iron ore is the primary raw material used to make steel
7 things the world will need for a low-carbon future
Wind, sun and water – what else do you need to make renewable energy work?
Sustainability – the expectation, not the exception
Shaping our aluminium product offering to meet demand for greener metals
Bringing to market materials critical to urbanisation and the transition to a low-carbon economy
Look inside a mine of the future
Our most intelligent mine yet is pioneering new mining technologies
Rincon Project
A long-life, low-cost and low-carbon lithium source
Simandou Project
The world’s largest untapped high-grade iron ore deposit
Providing materials the world needs in a responsible way
Sustainability Reporting 2022
We have a responsibility to extract the full value from the minerals and materials we produce in the safest and most sustainable way possible
Climate Change
We’re targeting net zero emissions by 2050
Tailings
We’ve launched a new interactive map of our tailings facilities
We aim to deliver superior returns to our shareholders while safeguarding the environment and meeting our obligations to wider society
Country-by-country report 2022
Our Country-by Country report 2022 complements our Taxes Paid Report, covering financial information on a country-by-country basis for all countries where we had a taxable presence
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New partnership a slapshot for sustainability
Rio Tinto becomes official aluminium partner of the Montreal Canadiens
Fuelling our tanks with renewable diesel
Diesel made from renewable raw materials is helping us reduce emissions
Rio Tinto commits $150 million to Centre for Future Materials led by Imperial College London
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Graduates & Students
If you want to drive real change, we have just the place to do it
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Supporting new parents of any gender with equal access to parental leave
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Rio Tinto is committed to building strong relationships with our supplier partners, including providing you with the best tools and systems to make it easy to do business with us.
We moved to SAP's Ariba Network in 2017 and are establishing Ariba Network as our primary transactional platform for purchase orders, as well as follow-on transactions like confirmation of purchase order receipt and submission of invoices. We want to establish a strong digital connection with all of our suppliers. Exchanging documents electronically saves time and see invoices processed faster.
Email the Rio Tinto Digital Sustainability Team RioTintoeCommerce@riotinto.com for any questions regarding transacting on SAP Ariba Network.
We use two connection types on Ariba Network (previously called Hosted & Light Account). Please contact SAP Ariba for further information on these connection types and to discuss the option best suited to your business and budget.
SAP Ariba has a global footprint of over 2 million suppliers using their eCommerce network. They have supplier support structures in USA, Canada, Australia, India, South Africa and Europe. Ensuring suppliers are supported is important to us. Information and help is provided by:
Go to the Ariba Network Supplier login page and click on the feature “Having Trouble Logging In?” Select the appropriate option based on username or password and continue.
If none of the options are suitable, select “Help Centre” on the page and log your problem for further support.
If the account administrator is still with your company, they can reassign the administrator account to another user or change their user information to a different person.
If the account administrator is no longer with your company, but you have access to the registered email:
If the account administrator is no longer with your company and there is no access to the email address on file, contact SAP Ariba Customer Support via the Support Centre to change the administrator. You will be required to provide the ANID number of the account, the listed administrator name, and email address.
For suppliers that are transacting in the Ariba Network, there are multiple benefits of connecting with Rio Tinto through the functionalities of Ariba Catalogs. Rio Tinto offers two ways of uploading catalogs:
If you are interested in connecting your company via the Ariba Catalog functionality, please have a discussion with your Rio Tinto representative or contact us at RioTintoeCommerce@riotinto.com
Rio Tinto supports the below documents:
Email the Rio Tinto Digital Sustainability Team for any questions regarding transacting on SAP Ariba
E: Rio Tinto eCommerce Enquiries
Ariba is the simple and structured digital platform used by our global Procurement teams to issue sourcing events. Sourcing events, also known as bid events, can be issued in a number of formats, including a Request for Proposal (RFP), a Request for Quote (RFQ), and a Request for Information (RFI).
We send out an email with all the necessary information to access the event to suppliers who are invited to join a sourcing or bid event.
For specific assistance, please contact the bid team member assigned to the sourcing event. Contact information is in the invitation email you have received, and in the Ariba Sourcing Quick Reference Guide.
For SAP product documentation and supplier support, visit the SAP Ariba Help Center.
TRACK is part of our contractor engagement platform for site-based contract labour and allows our contractors to streamline their payment process by submitting timesheets electronically. TRACK is for service order transactions only.
Avetta and Cognibox are invitation-only cloud-based onboarding platforms for our contractors.
SAP Fieldglass is a cloud-based open vendor management system that we use to help us engage and manage our workforce of independent external contractors.
Contractors who work with our Iron Ore business in Western Australia can access CMS, which is a comprehensive library of documents to support and improve communication and ensure a safe working environment with contractors from tender to project completion.
To access, you will need your company-based login including vendor name and number.
We work to maximise the benefits our company and its work delivers to the communities that host us.
By partnering with local suppliers, we can stimulate local economies and help local businesses grow and prosper.
We are committed to maximising opportunities for Australian businesses to be part of our supply chain. We want to make it easier for local suppliers to compete for contracts and, in turn, maximise local economic benefits. This includes helping strengthen the capability of local industry, so businesses can be more competitive in the procurement process.
Rio Tinto Buy Local is designed to help local Australian businesses in the regions where our operations are based to bid for work with us by:
The Rio Tinto Buy Local includes more information and outlines opportunities for local businesses.
In 2018, Rio Tinto introduced Passport as its enterprise-wide legal spend management platform. Passport delivers a range of benefits to Rio Tinto and its law firm providers, who use the platform to electronically submit invoices to Rio Tinto. Once a law firm is on-boarded, all invoices are submitted for payment via the Passport Collaboration Portal.
Rio Tinto’s External Counsel Guidelines have been developed for law firms engaged by the Rio Tinto Group across the globe. The purpose of the Guidelines is to summarise Rio Tinto’s expectations of its law firm providers, create a framework for us to work together effectively and set out the requirements for electronic billing.
Pioneer Portal
We want to partner with start-ups, tech companies, existing businesses and individuals to develop innovative solutions to our current technical challenges. Review our current challenges or register your interest to connect and stay informed about future opportunities. We look forward to working together and driving mutual success.
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With the exception of the use of cookies, Rio Tinto generally does not seek to collect personal data through this website. However if you choose to provide personal data to Rio Tinto through this website (for example, by sending us an email), we will process that personal data to answer your query and if relevant, to manage our business relationship with you or your company. We won't process that personal data for other purposes except where required to meet our legal obligations or otherwise as authorised by law and notified to you.
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As some data privacy laws regulate IP addresses and other information collected through the use of cookies as personal data, Rio Tinto’s processing of such personal data needs to comply with its Data Privacy Standard (see Part 1 of our Privacy Policy), and also applicable data privacy laws.
With the exception of the use of cookies (explained below), Rio Tinto generally does not seek to collect personal data through this website. However if you choose to provide personal data to Rio Tinto through this website (for example, by sending us an email), we will process that personal data to answer your query and if relevant, to manage our business relationship with you or your company. We won't process that personal data for other purposes except where required to meet our legal obligations or otherwise as authorised by law and notified to you.
Part 1 of this Privacy Policy contains the Rio Tinto Data Privacy Standard, which provides an overview of Rio Tinto’s approach to personal data processing. There is additional information in the appendices to the Data Privacy Standard, including information about disclosures, trans-border data transfers, the exercise of data subject rights and how to make complaints or obtain further information relating to Rio Tinto’s processing of your personal data.
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