Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 196

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 196
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 our assets’ safety maturity and aim to create a physically and psychologically safe workplace. – The Board considers our workforce when making decisions on new ventures, projects and other growth opportunities, and aims to support job opportunities and fair work.

Communities The strength of our relationships with host communities, and broader society, is fundamental to our business. Without their support we cannot operate successfully. How our Board engages – We continue to strengthen our social performance capacity and capability to be better operators and partners. We have increased engagement between Indigenous Peoples and our senior operational leaders and teams. – In December 2024, Ben Wyatt and Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz met with several Indigenous Leaders in Montreal as part of our Stakeholder Sessions. The roundtable provided insights to the Board on the evolving dynamics of Indigenous partnerships, particularly in the context of the potential shift in government policies on Indigenous rights and land use. – In 2024, together with Voconiq, a third-party engagement science research company, we launched a global Community Perception Monitoring program, Local Voices. The program will help us to more effectively engage and better understand communities’ perceptions, leading to improved data-driven social performance. Progress and insights of the program are overseen by the Sustainability Committee. What was important in 2024 – Job creation and procurement opportunities – Land access – Socioeconomic development projects – Environmental management, tailings storage facilities, operational impacts and potential site closures – Security How the Board has taken account of these interests – T he Board oversees and receives regular updates on many projects and the impact they have, or will have, on communities. Supporting economic opportunities for host communities and regions is a key priority for us and, in addition to our social investment programs, we strive to employ local people and engage local services. – We have undertaken independent cultural management audits to help us improve our cultural heritage management and performance, and our engagement with Indigenous communities. – The Australian Advisory Group guides us on current and emerging issues, which helps us better manage policies and positions important to Australian communities and our broader business.

| For more informationabout our work with communities,see pages81-84. |

| Annual Report on Form 20-F 2024 | 107 | riotinto.com |

Directors’ report | Our stakeholders

Civil society organisations Civil society organisations (CSOs) play an important role in society. They hold us to account and help us understand societal expectations across environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and identify risks and opportunities to collaborate. How our Board engages – We engage regularly with a