Sustainable Development Report

The report describes Rio Tinto's 2012 sustainable development performance across its mining operations, including 41.0 million tonnes of total GHG emissions, 502 petajoules of energy use and 71,000 average employees. It reports 3 fatalities at managed operations and discusses progress toward zero harm. The report also details materiality assessment, Group-level environmental and social data, and selected sustainable development assurance by PricewaterhouseCoopers.