Who gains from saving nature
Ledger 1 : 33 — For each dollar financing nature-based solutions in 2023, about $33 financed activities harmful to nature. (UNEP)
Actors / Company · Australia

Rio Tinto

Appears in 6 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.

CaseRoleCountryPeriodInstrument
Rio Tinto Juukan Gorge destructionMining company that carried out the blastingAustralia2020Mining
Jadar lithium projectProject developerSerbia2022–2025Mining
Rio Tinto's QMM ilmenite mine: net positive impact pledge and biodiversity offset (Madagascar)Mining company; made and then dropped the net positive commitmentMadagascar2004–2017Carbon credits
Simandou iron ore project, GuineaHolder of Simandou blocks 3 and 4; gave up blocks 1 and 2 in 2008Guinea2008–2026Mining
Boké bauxite mining and the CBG expansionShareholder in CBGGuinea1974–2025Mining
Vale and Rio Tinto's Riversdale move households to make way for Tete coal minesOwner of Riversdale from 2011Mozambique2009–2013Mining

Carbon and conservation finance

Carbon credit
A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.