Brief Description of Rio Tinto:
Rio Tinto is a leading international mining and exploration group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. In 2006, Rio Tinto employed an average of 35,000 people in 40 countries.
Rio Tinto’s business is finding, mining and processing the earth’s mineral resources – metals and minerals essential for making thousands of everyday products that meet society’s needs and contribute to improved living standards. Major products include aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Rio Tinto’s mining activities span the globe but are most strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses also in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.
For more information about Rio Tinto, visit the company Web site at www.riotinto.com [1].
Rio Tinto's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets:
Reduced on-site GHG emissions per unit of production by 4.8 percent
from 1990 levels by 2001.
- Reduce on-site GHG emissions per unit of production by 4 percent from 2003 levels by 2008.
- Group-wide energy efficiency target that seeks to reduce energy use per ton of product by 5 percent by 2008 from a 2003 base.
See all BELC Company Targets. [2]
CEO: Tom Albanese
CEO biography at: http://www.riotinto.com/whoweare/chief_executive.asp [3]
What Rio Tinto Has to Say About Climate Change:
“Climate change is a critical issue for our business. Not only do we produce energy resources, such as coal, but our mining and mineral processing operations use large quantities of energy. Combating climate change means finding new and better ways of producing energy and Rio Tinto is committed to continuously improving our processes as well as partnering in projects that reduce greenhouse gases.” Tom Albanese, CEO
Rio Tinto’s Current Initiatives – Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
Rio Tinto’s Climate Change Position [4]
How Rio Tinto Manages Greenhouse Gas Emissions [5]
Climate Change and Energy – How Rio Tinto Mitigates Effects [6]
Global Initiatives to Meet Long-Term Challenges of Climate Change [7]
Rio Tinto’s Efforts to Address Cleaner Energy Production and Use [8]
Combating Climate Change with Hydrogen Energy – New Venture with BP’s Alternative Energy Division [9]
Rio Tinto Joins US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) [10]
Rio Tinto Named Sector Leader for Metals, Mining and Steel in Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2006 Climate Leadership Index [11]
Rio Tinto is a member of the Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), the largest U.S.-based association of companies dedicated to business and policy solutions to climate change. Rio Tinto is a leading international mining and exploration group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. In 2006, Rio Tinto employed an average of 35,000 people in 40 countries.