Sustainable development

Rio Tinto is the mining sector leader on initiatives aiming to improve conservation and biodiversity and mitigate climate change, water and energy use. Our Environment and Community teams partner with experts from external organisations - at local, national and international levels. It's our corporate policy that our businesses, projects, operations and products contribute constructively to the global transition to sustainable development.

View our numerous sustainable development partners

Read our policies in The way we work, Rio Tinto's statement of business practice.

Key Documents

Simandou Project Public Consultation and Disclosure Strategy

Stakeholder Identification and Consultation Mechanisms; Public Consultation and Disclosure Programme (Jun-07)

Project Simandou Plan de création de liens avec le développement régional

Maximiser les impactes positifs sur le développement régional (Juillet 2007)

Social and Environmental Impact Assessment Strategy-Summary Document

Biophysical consideration, socio-eco considerations in impact assessments (2007)

Simandou Project Sustainable Development Policy Statement

developing long term sustainable value creation as a consequence of the mining of the Simandou resource (v2007)

In-Migration Plan Simandou Project

Lessons learned from other projects, review of the situation, strategy for absorption, intervention area identification (Apr-08)

Programmes de renforcement des capacités villageoise de Nionsomordiou et de Traorela

Zonage Nionsimordiou, Zonage Traorela, proposition d'urbanisation dans la région du Simandou pour anticiper la migration (2008)

Regional Development Linkages Plan-Summary

Ensuring regional economic benefits of development (2007)