Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 207

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 207
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| Corporate governanceExperience on the Board of a major quoted corporation subject to rigorous corporate governance standards                                                                                                                                                  |              1 |                   9 |    10 |
| Global experience, including multinational and geopolitical experienceExperience working in multiple global locations, exposed to a range of cultural, business, regulatory and political environmentsand/or in-depth understanding of public policy and government relations |              1 |                   9 |    10 |
| Relevant country/regional expertiseKnowledge of countries or regions of strategic relevance to the Group                                                                                                                                                                      |              7 |                   1 |     8 |
| Downstream customer marketsUnderstanding of value chain development, including consumers, customers and marketing demand drivers                                                                                                                                              |              5 |                   3 |     8 |
| ESGExperience of issues associated with environmental and social responsibility, including communities and social performance,government relations, workplace health and safety and stakeholder engagement                                                                    |              6 |                   6 |    12 |
| Energy transitionKnowledge and experience of managing climate-related threats and opportunities including climate science, the low-carbontransition and public policy                                                                                                         |              8 |                   1 |     9 |
| Industrial technology and innovationExperience of nurturing and harnessing research, development and innovation, including digital technology and cybersecurity                                                                                                               |              5 |                   2 |     7 |
| Mergers and acquisitions and private equity/investingExperience of mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, private equity and investing                                                                                                                             |              7 |                   1 |     8 |

| Annual Report on Form 20-F 2024 | 113 | riotinto.com |

Directors’ report

Audit & Risk Committee report The Committee supports the Board in discharging its governance responsibilities and oversees the integrity of the Group’s financial reporting and associated narrative statements. The Committee undertakes a regular schedule of work each year. It discusses and oversees the significant issues of judgement relating to the financial statements. We reviewed the new standards and amendments applicable for the year to understand how these would be implemented by the Group. We also undertook a forward-looking analysis of amendments to standards that have been issued, but are not yet effective. The Committee works with management and the external auditors to understand and agree how these will be applied. The Committee considered the Group’s internal controls of financial reporting for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). It also looked at the internal process in place that will allow the Board to meet the requirement of the new UK Corporate