Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 68

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 68
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 operating sites, as well as our overall Group impacts. To do this, we have developed a water risk framework that considers 4 risk categories: – water resource – water quality and quantity – dewatering – long-term obligations. We use this framework to identify, assess and manage water risks. This comprehensive approach extends beyond our mandatory reporting obligations and allows us to have relevant conversations about water risks internally and with stakeholders in the communities where we operate. In 2024, we continued to embed the Group water control library, a suite of critical controls and associated performance requirements, to manage our water risks. Our Group water risk profile shows the level of exposure against each of the 4 risk categories. Most of our water risks sit in the low to moderate range. There are some in very high and high categories for each. Regardless of the level of risk, we apply rigorous standards and processes to manage them. Above, we give examples of how the risk framework has been applied across some of our assets.

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Strategic report | Our approach to ESG | Environment

2024 progress Our water balance Our Group water balance outlines where water was withdrawn from, discharged to, recycled or reused and consumed at our operations. The reported categories correlate with the requirements of ICMM and the GRI. We also report on our aggregated water balance for sites in water-stressed areas. We assess water stress using the WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas mapping tool.

| For more informationsee our2024 Sustainability Fact Bookatriotinto.com/sustainabilityreporting |

Our water numbers Our total operational withdrawals for 2024 were 1,230 gigalitres (GL) (2023: 1,169GL). Freshwater, or category 1 quality, withdrawals accounted for 412GL or 33% of this total (2023: 424GL). Freshwater is generally suitable for consumption with minimal treatment required. Where possible, we aim to minimise our extractions from water sources of this quality. Total discharges for 2024 were 668GL (2023: 692GL). Total water recycled or reused for 2024 was 300GL (2023: 303GL). Our activity In 2024, we completed our 2019-2023 water targets program by incorporating 2023 water usage data into our Surface Water Allocation Disclosure dashboard. We will continue adding new data to this dashboard to maintain a rolling 5-year history