Themes and trends
What we found
Rio Tinto does not produce a formally defined sustainability report; instead a section of their corporate website is dedicated to information on Sustainable Development. An interactive HTML GRI Content Index sits within the Performance sub-section of the Sustainable Development content, providing links to the relevant performance and policy information required to satisfy GRI reporting requirements, or otherwise, providing information on why they are unable to report on certain criteria. The browser-based index meant that it was possible to view a source for a GRI indicator, before using the ‘back’ button to return to the index.
A 12-page Sustainability Review is published within their annual reporting, and is available to download as a separate PDF.
Since this research was undertaken, Rio Tinto has published its 2008 Annual Report, which is available online.
Report detail
- Type of GRI reportingG3 with Mining and Metals sector supplement
- GRI application levelA+
- Sustainability report formatsHTML
Other features
- Fully interactive GRI Content Index
- 6 years of previous reports
- 16 additional separate reports from 9 regions were also published in 2007
- Content can be emailed to contacts from the HTML report
- Assurance provided by Ernst & Young