Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto, a UK-headquartered company in the All Other Metal Ore Mining industry, reported its most recent carbon emissions for 2025. Total emissions for 2025 were approximately 607.2 billion kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of 24 billion kg CO2e and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions of 7.5 billion kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for the same year were approximately 575.7 billion kg CO2e, with the largest contributors being processing of sold products at 545.9 billion kg CO2e and purchased goods and services at 12.8 billion kg CO2e.

Looking at previous years, in 2024, Rio Tinto reported Scope 1 emissions of 23 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 (market-based) emissions of 6.9 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of approximately 569.8 billion kg CO2e. In 2023, Scope 1 emissions were 23.3 billion kg CO2e, Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were 9.3 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions were approximately 572.5 billion kg CO2e.

Rio Tinto has several climate commitments and reduction targets. The company aims to reduce its absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2025 and by 50% by 2030, against a 2018 equity baseline. Furthermore, Rio Tinto intends to reach net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2050. While there is no overall Scope 3 emissions target due to the company's limited direct influence over customer decarbonisation, Rio Tinto has an ambition to achieve net-zero emissions from the shipping of its products by 2050 and is committed to partnering with customers and suppliers to support their decarbonisation efforts.