Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
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Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 165
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 project, donating 60 trees and protective planters crafted by local people using repurposed pallet wood from the project’s waste – supporting employability through training 67 individuals for operator and laboratory positions. These programs help ensure we are contributing to a sustainable and long-term positive impact for the region. China partnerships We extended our partnership with the China Development Research Foundation for the next 3 years, supporting rural revitalisation in Bijie, Guizhou Province, through early childhood development, renewable energy utilisation and cultural heritage preservation. We continued supporting Daying Qijiang Foreign Language School in Sichuan Province, a partnership since 2008, and strengthened our partnerships with a number of leading Chinese universities to explore innovative solutions to climate change and environmental challenges. Update on our CSP commitments We continue to find better ways to improve our cultural competency, processes and engagement after the tragic destruction of the rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in May 2020. This includes reviewing our mine plans, improving agreements, strengthening our social performance governance, capacity, and capability, and building strong relationships with Indigenous Peoples and communities. In this section, we provide an update on our progress on some of the commitments we made as part of the Rio Tinto Board Review in 2020 on cultural heritage management. This progress is summarised under 3 areas: relationships, governance and process, and leadership and inclusion.

| For more informationsee our2021and2022 Communities and Social PerformanceCommitments Disclosuresat riotinto.com/cspreport |

Relationships We have been changing the way we work and engage with communities and Indigenous Peoples in every part of our business. Our approach aims to enhance our understanding and appreciation of Indigenous cultural heritage and ensure that Indigenous voices inform our planning and decision making. While we have made progress, some relationships with Indigenous communities remain challenged. We are committed to working together to achieve positive, long-term outcomes for the communities where we operate. Protecting and preserving Yinhawangka culture, Pilbara, Australia We have partnered with the Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation to design a program aimed at protecting and preserving Yinhawangka culture. The “Living Cultures Program” will deliver projects to record, preserve and transfer cultural knowledge. This includes language, living history and heritage, women’s business, arts and culture, songlines and traditional stories. The partnership also aims to increase local economic development opportunities, improve social and emotional wellbeing for community, enhance cultural land management by Yinhawangka and develop and deliver cultural awareness training.

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