Rio Tinto's Indigenous Employment Strategy - Mid West ...

• Rio Tinto is the largest employer of Indigenous Australians outside
the public sector. This has not occurred by chance but through
carefully thought out strategies intent on raising the engagement of
Indigenous Australians in the workforce.
• Despite 40 years of substantial economic development in the
Pilbara region and commitments to education, training and
employment programs, the labour force status of Indigenous people
has barely altered (Taylor & Scambary Report). This led Rio Tinto
to establish a strategy to address this disadvantage.
• At the heart of Rio’s business activities is a commitment to engage
with local traditional owners and the Company has done so by
achieving significant agreements with the majority of local groups.
Among other things one of the key agreement commitments is
delivering education and training programs with employment
outcomes as one of the measures of success.
24 March 2009 Rio Tinto's Indigenous Employment Strategy- Making a
Difference
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