Thirty-five Aboriginal and human rights organisations have signed a letter calling for Rio Tinto to be removed from a list of global companies that respect human rights.
Aboriginal and human rights organisations are calling for mining giant Rio Tinto to be removed from a global index promoting its human rights record, following the destruction of culturally significant sites.
Thirty-five organisations have signed a letter calling for Rio Tinto to be removed from the list, after the company used explosives to destroy Aboriginal sacred sites in Western Australia in May. Rio Tinto to review 'heritage management processes' after blowing up ancient Indigenous caves in WA “There is no consistency with how the companies behave. We need to maintain a level of standards that ensures companies listen to what Aboriginal people are saying”.
The CHRB suspended Brazilian mining company Vale in 2019, after the dam collapse at the company’s Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Brazil. Reconciliation Australia revoked its endorsement of Rio Tinto as a partner organisation and suspended the company from the Reconciliation Action Plan program in June. The letter to World Benchmarking Alliance Executive Director Gerbrand Haverkamp states that in recent years, Rio Tinto has been the subject of serious human rights and environmental complaints in Bougainville, West Papua, Mongolia, Guinea, Namibia and Madagascar, as well as Australia.
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