Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 15

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 15
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, our Employee Resource Groups, to amplify diverse voices throughout Rio Tinto. Our people survey is one of the tools that helps us understand how our employees experience working for us. In our most recent survey conducted in Q4 2024, our employee satisfaction rating (eSAT) was 74 points (Q4 2023: 74). For more information see page 78 . Communities 27.7% Increase in spend with Indigenous businesses in Australia (2024: A$926m, up from A$725m in 2023) Communities are the places and the people who make up where we live, work and call home. We work in partnership with communities to understand how our activities impact their lives, culture, land and environment, and how we can help create better social outcomes such as more jobs and local procurement. Over the past few years, we have focused on our own standards of open and transparent engagement. We are finding better ways TM to work with communities and Indigenous Peoples, promoting greater recognition and inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in our decision making. We are targeting for all sites to co-manage cultural heritage with communities and knowledge holders by 2027. And for all our people to complete annual human rights awareness training as part of our Code of Conduct learning. Civil society organisations 20+ CSOs took part in our 2024 roundtables in Melbourne, London and Montreal, in person One way we can help address the world’s many complex environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges, such as climate change, human rights violations, bribery and corruption, is through collaboration with civil society organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders. Our senior leaders regularly engage with CSOs, and although our opinions may differ from time to time, we respect different views, and are open to constructive, fact-based feedback and challenge from civil society on our operations and performance across our business. Our yearly roundtable discussions with CSOs in Australia, Europe and North America are one of the ways we make sure we are listening to civil society perspectives. Governments $77bn Paid in taxes and royalties globally over the past 10 years (2023: $76bn) Governments – national, state and provincial, and local – are important stakeholders for our business. They regulate our operations, are among our commercial partners, and receive revenue from our taxes and royalties. Our economic contribution can be significant for national budgets and local development priorities, such as job creation and skills training. We engage with officials on issues such as how we explore, mine and process