Rio Tinto pledges $1.5 billion to be 'carbon neutral' by 2050

Mining giant Rio Tinto says it will invest $1.5 billion over five years in initiatives to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its global operations and become carbon-neutral by 2050.

Rio Tinto, Australia's second-largest miner, has
unveiled a $1.5 billion push to reduce emissions.

Matching recent pledges by federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese and national carrier Qantas, the Anglo-Australian miner on Wednesday night became the latest global company to set an ambition for "net zero" emissions by 2050, and unveiled the industry's largest carbon-reduction investment to date.

Read the story from The Age by Nick Toscano  - “Rio Tinto pledges $1.5 billion to be 'carbon neutral' by 2050.”