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Assessment of Rio Tinto (Aluminium) according to the management of its greenhouse gas emissions and of risks and opportunities related to the low-carbon transition.
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Strategic Assessment
Level 0: Unaware of Climate Change as a Business Issue
1. Does the company acknowledge climate change as a significant issue for the business?
Level 1: Acknowledging Climate Change as a Business Issue
2. Does the company recognise climate change as a relevant risk and/or opportunity for the business?
3. Does the company have a policy (or equivalent) commitment to action on climate change?
Level 2: Building Capacity
4. Has the company set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets?
5. Has the company published information on its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions?
Level 3: Integrating into Operational Decision Making
6. Has the company nominated a board member or board committee with explicit responsibility for oversight of the climate change policy?
7. Has the company set quantitative targets for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions?
8. Does the company report on Scope 3 emissions?
9. Has the company had its operational (Scope 1 and/or 2) greenhouse gas emissions data verified?
10. Does the company support domestic and international efforts to mitigate climate change?
11. Does the company have a process to manage climate-related risks?
12. Does the company disclose Scope 3 use of product emissions?
Level 4: Strategic Assessment
13. Does the company disclose its membership and involvement in organisations or coalitions dedicated specifically to climate issues?
14. Has the company set long-term quantitative targets for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions?
15. Does the company's remuneration for senior executives incorporate climate change performance?
16. Does the company incorporate climate change risks and opportunities in their strategy?
17. Does the company undertake climate scenario planning?
18. Does the company disclose an internal price of carbon?
19. Does the company ensure consistency between its climate change policy and the positions taken by trade associations of which it is a member?
Carbon Performance alignment of companies in the Rio Tinto (Aluminium) sector with the Paris agreement benchmarks.
The company has set targets to reduce its absolute emissions. To calculate this company’s targeted emissions intensity, TPI has assumed that: The company’s aluminium production grows according to the global growth rate projected in the IEA’s Energy Technology Perspectives model Reference Technology scenario. The company has also set a company-wide target for 2025 but it could not be included in this assessment as it is unclear how it will affect emissions from the company's aluminium segment specifically. TPI has incorporated the 2030 target making the conservative assumption that the company will first exhaust non-aluminium mitigation options and will mitigate 5.2 Mt from its aluminium smelting activities (2021 Climate Change Report p.18). The 2050 net zero target has been accepted for the company’s assessment. When interpreting TPI Carbon Performance data, it is important to bear in mind that climate science shows temperature change is proportional to cumulative absolute CO2 emissions.
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