Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 273

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 273
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 which are enshrined in legislation. The geographic and product diversity of our operations reduces the likelihood of any single law or government regulation having a material effect on the Group’s business as a whole. Environmental regulations Rio Tinto is subject to various environmental laws and regulations in the countries where it has operations. We measure our performance against environmental regulation by tracking and rating incidents according to their actual environmental and compliance impacts using 5 severity categories (very low, low, moderate, high or very high). Incidents with a consequence rating of high or very high are of a severity that requires notification to the relevant product group head and the Rio Tinto Chief Executive immediately after the incident occurring. In 2024, there were no environmental incidents at managed operations with a high impact. During 2024, 7 managed operations incurred fines amounting to $604,845 (2023: $986,968). Details of these fines are reported in the Our approach to ESG section on page 39 . Australian corporations that exceed specific greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or energy use thresholds have obligations under the Australian The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER). All Rio Tinto entities covered under this Act have submitted their annual NGER reports by the required 31 October 2024 deadline. Further information on the Group’s environmental performance is included in the Our approach to ESG section on pages 32 - 87 , and at riotinto.com/sustainabilityreportin g. Energy efficiency action Details of the measures taken to increase the company’s energy efficiency are reported on pages 32 - 75 . Energy consumption (equity basis) 1, 2, 3

| Energy consumption in PJ                                                       | 2024 | 20235 |
| From activities including thecombustion of fuel and theoperation of facilities |  372 |   374 |
| From the net purchase ofelectricity, heat, steam or cooling4                   |  118 |   114 |
| Total energy consumed                                                          |  490 |   488 |

1. Rio Tinto does not report on the proportion of energy consumption associated with the UK and offshore area since it has no producing assets in the UK, only offices, and consequently falls below Rio Tinto’s threshold level of reporting. 2. Our approach and methodology used for the determination of measuring energy consumption is available at riotinto.com/sustainabilityreporting. 3. Data reported is equity basis, and includes total energy less export to others. 4.