Blasts at Ancient Aboriginal Site Expose Widening ESG Frontline
- Investors query Rio Tinto over 40,000-year-old heritage site
- Focus on social issues gaining more attention, Aberdeen says
Photographer: Jack Atley/Bloomberg
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Explosions that damaged a 40,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site at a Rio Tinto Group iron ore mine in Australia are focusing investor concern on the growing reputational risk companies face from social issues, widening the advocacy battlefront beyond climate change and governance.