Rio Tinto becomes first major mining company to publish site-by-site water usage data
March 21 2023 - 8:42PM
Business Wire
Rio Tinto is marking World Water Day 2023 by making public
detailed information about annual surface water usage across its
global network of managed sites in 35 countries, through an
interactive map on its website riotinto.com/water.
For each managed site included, the database details permitted
surface water allocation volumes, the site’s annual allocation
usage and the associated catchment runoff from average annual
rainfall estimate. The database includes five-year historic
comparative data and will be updated annually.
In 2019 Rio Tinto made a commitment to drive good water
stewardship and improve disclosure to stakeholders, by publishing
site-by-site surface water usage data for all managed sites by the
end of 2023.
This commitment is in line with the water reporting guidelines
of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) Water
Stewardship Position Statement, which sets out ICMM members’
approach to water stewardship. It includes commitments requiring
members to apply strong and transparent water governance, manage
water at operations effectively, and collaborate to achieve
responsible and sustainable water use.
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said “Water is an
essential resource, critical to sustaining biodiversity, people,
and economic prosperity. It is also a resource we share with the
communities and nature surrounding our operations, so it is
essential that we carefully manage our use and hold ourselves
accountable to our stakeholders.
“This interactive database brings a new level of transparency
and will enable us to engage more deeply with our stakeholders,
seek their feedback on our disclosure and continue to focus our
efforts on becoming better water stewards for today and future
generations.”
Sharing water with communities and nature surrounding operations
means balancing operational needs with those of the local
communities and ecosystems. Rio Tinto aims to avoid permanent
impacts on water resources by carefully managing the quality and
quantity of the water used and returned to the environment.
We will look to incorporate future water and broader
environmental disclosures within this platform.
The interactive platform and full details of Rio Tinto’s
approach to water are available at riotinto.com/water. The latest
Rio Tinto sustainability disclosures are available in the 2022
Sustainability Fact Book at
riotinto.com/sustainabilityreporting.
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