Rio Tinto ordered the audit in response to a board review of cultural-heritage management that identified a need for change to processes and practices. Overall, every asset was missing at least one component of a cultural-heritage management system key to guiding on-the-ground decisionmaking, it said. Rio Tinto will adopt all of the report's recommendations, said the head of its Australia business, Kellie Parker. Recommendations include Rio Tinto having appropriately qualified and experienced in-house cultural-heritage staff accessible for each operation. Each site should also use a co-design approach for cultural-heritage management by collaborating with communities.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 20, 2023 00:48 UTC