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Post-retirement benefits - Summary of total amount recognised in other comprehensive income before tax (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
Disclosure of net defined benefit liability (asset) [Abstract] |  |  |
Actuarial gains/(losses) | $ 201 | $ (407) | $ 3,410
Impact of buy-in | 0 | (216) | 0
Return on assets, net of interest on assets | (130) | 222 | (2,831)
Gains/(losses) on application of asset ceiling | 12 | (60) | (1)
Remeasurement gains/(loss) on pension and post-retirement healthcare plans | $ 83 | $ (461) | $ 578

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- Definition The decrease (increase) in a net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from actuarial gains (losses) arising from changes in financial assumptions that result in remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability (asset). Financial assumptions deal with items such as: (a) the discount rate; (b) benefit levels, excluding any cost of the benefits to be met by employees, and future salary; (c) in the case of medical benefits, future medical costs, including claim handling costs (ie the costs that will be incurred in processing and resolving claims, including legal and adjuster's fees); and (d) taxes payable by the plan on contributions relating to service before the reporting date or on benefits resulting from that service. [Refer: Net defined benefit liability (asset)] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 141 -Subparagraph c -Clause iii -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_141_c_iii&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The decrease (increase) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from the gain (loss) on changes in the effect of limiting a net defined benefit asset to the asset ceiling, excluding amounts included in interest income or expense. [Refer: Interest income (expense); Net defined benefit liability (asset); Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from interest expense (income)] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 141 -Subparagraph c -Clause iv -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_141_c_iv&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of other comprehensive income, before tax, related to gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans, which comprise actuarial gains and losses; the return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset); and any change in the effect of the asset ceiling, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset). [Refer: Other comprehensive income; Defined benefit plans [domain]; Plan assets [member]; Net defined benefit liability (asset)] [Contrast: Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from gain (loss) on remeasurement in other comprehensive income] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 91 -Subparagraph b -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_91_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 7 -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_7&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 135 -Subparagraph b -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_135_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The decrease (increase) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from the return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in interest income or expense. The return on plan assets is interest, dividends and other revenue derived from the plan assets, together with realised and unrealised gains or losses on the plan assets, less any costs of managing plan assets and less any tax payable by the plan itself, other than tax included in the actuarial assumptions used to measure the present value of the defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Plan assets [member]; Net defined benefit liability (asset); Actuarial assumptions [domain]; Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from interest expense (income)] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 141 -Subparagraph c -Clause i -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_141_c_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition Decrease (Increase) In Net Defined Benefit Liability (Asset) Resulting From Impact Of Buy-In + References No definition available. + Details
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