| 2007 Target |
Achieved |
| Health & safety |
|
| LTIFR 0.42/ AIFR 0.93 |
No |
| Coal & Allied LTIFR 0.20/ AIFR 0.64 |
No |
| RTCA Queensland LTIFR 0.68/ AIFR 1.29 |
Yes |
| Training material will be developed to support a programme to further strengthen safety leadership |
Yes |
| Draft a wellness/ health lifestyle strategy, for roll out in 2008 |
Yes |
| Further embed Rio Tinto health standards |
Yes |
| Human resources |
|
| Deliver leadership programmes at all sites |
Yes |
| Deliver site specific human resources plans |
Yes |
| Increase diversity of our workforce by targeting people from non traditional mining roles |
Yes |
| Deliver a common RTCA training system to improve employee skills development |
No |
| Continue implementation of the RTCA Indigenous employment strategy |
Yes |
| Integrate Indigenous employment into the RTCA contract management system |
Yes |
| Initiate RTCA Cultural awareness training inductions |
Yes |
| Community relations |
|
| Successful operation of the Coal & Allied Community Trust, Queensland Community Development Funds and Aboriginal development funds to achieve closer alignment with the business |
Yes |
| Seek to increase the value of sponsorships and partnerships to the business and stakeholders |
Yes |
| Plan in place at each operation to fill any gaps identified against the Rio Tinto Communities Standard |
Yes |
| Audit against the Rio Tinto Communities Standard carried out at each operation before the end of 2009 |
In progress |
| Socio economic base line developed for the Hunter Valley, with particular focus on better understanding Coal & Allied's contribution to the region |
Yes |
| Finalise land access agreements with the Wangan jagalingou people for Clermont and Blair Athol Mines, with Kangoulu people for Kestrel Mine and the Wiri people for Hail Creek Mine |
Partial |
| Rio Tinto Cultural Heritage Management System fully operational at all sites |
Yes |
| Implementation at all sites of a strategy to manage and protect scar trees including an agreed process for verification, removal and temporary storage of scar trees |
Yes |
| Promote sustainability and innovation in Aboriginal business enterprise by sharing information across relevant Aboriginal communities in New South Wales and Queensland |
Yes |
| Environment |
|
| RTCA Queensland freshwater use 170 litres per tonne of product coal |
No |
| Coal & Allied freshwater use 58 litres per tonne of product coal |
No |
| Coal & Allied land rehabilitation 249 hectares |
No |
| Coal & Allied land disturbance 233 hecatres |
Yes |
| RTCA Queensland land rehabilitation 366 hectares |
No |
| RTCA Queensland land disturbance 399 hectares |
No |
| Achieve zero category III and IV environmental incidents at Coal & Allied and RTCA Queensland operations |
Yes |
| Update Blair Athol Mine's mine life plan |
Yes |
| Complete Kestrel Mine, Bengalla, Mount Pleasant and Mount Thorley Warkworth mine life plans |
Yes |
| Commence Tarong Mine and Hail Creek mine life plans |
Partial - RTCA sold Tarong Mine which meant the requirement to commence plan no longer applied |
| Coal & Allied total energy use 0.179 GJ per tonne of product |
No |
| RTCA Queensland total energy use 0.109 GJ per tonne of product |
No |
| Coal & Allied greenhouse gas emissions 86.42kg C02 -equivalent per tonne of product |
No |
| RTCA greenhouse gas emissions 25.2kg CO2 -equivalent per tonne of product |
No |
