Key points: Campaigners are coming together in London echoing community demands that Rio Tinto’s shareholders put pressure on addressing a series of long-standing issues concerning lack of transparency and accountability regarding social and environmental impacts. The...
For too long Rio Tinto has made claims about its social and environmental performance, and published glossy reports that do not reflect the reality for communities living on the ground around their mines. Investors need to “Mind the Gap” between what Rio...
Report on the Rio Tinto plc AGM, London, 4 April 2024 Introduction i) Two issues featured particularly prominently in this year’s Rio Tinto plc AGM: water and listening. ii) The issues raised by friends and allies of London Mining Network all involved water in one way...
Key points: 23 million people globally suffer from the impacts of existing contamination of soil and water as a result of mine tailings and mine wastewater. Campaigners and communities from six countries are coming together in London to pressure Rio Tinto to take...
With some 23 million people already suffering globally from the impacts of existing toxic water contamination as a result of mine tailings and wastewater, and this number likely to increase with the exponential increase of mineral extraction for the energy transition,...
