Group Goals and Progress
| Goals set for
2007 |
Progress during
2007 |
Goals set for
2008 |
- Launch “Carbon Club” which will be a loyalty scheme
to encourage people to use public transport
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- Carbon Club was launched at NXEC
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- Develop a leadership role in Climate Change by working in
partnership with government, NGOs and other
businesses
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- Promote the new environmental benefits of public transport with
new and existing customers
|
- We have promoted the environmental benefits of services through
the development of carbon calculators at our coach operation and
NXEC and environmental promotions at TWM and c2c
- Founder member of ‘Together’ campaign
- Developed a coach promotion for people travelling to Live Earth
concert at Wembley
- Working with e.on on carbon footyneutral
campaign
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- Continue to promote benefits of public transport with policy
makers and participate in the WWF’s “One Planet
Business” personal mobility project.
|
- Worked with WWF on One Planet Business personal mobility
project
|
Coach Goals and Progress
| Goals set for
2007 |
Progress during
2007 |
Goals set for
2008 |
- Maintain current baseline fuel efficiency
|
- Performance on a gCO2 per passenger kilometre has increased
slightly – in 2006 it was 29 and in 2007 it was
30
|
- Introduce recycling schemes at all operational
sites
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- Incorporate environment into Digbeth Coach Station
design
|
- Environmental design has been incorporated into the design of
Digbeth Coach Station and we hope to achieve
‘excellent’ rating under the BREEAM
scheme
|
- Achieve excellent rating in BREEAM assessment at Digbeth Coach
Station
- Work with our supply chain to reduce the weight of our coaches
by 1 tonne
|
Bus Goals and Progress
| Goals set for
2007 |
Progress during
2007 |
Goals set for
2008 |
- Maintain current baseline fuel
efficiency
|
- There has been a slight worsening of baseline fuel efficiency
for reasons explained
|
- Reduce site electricity use by 5% and maintain gas consumption
at current level
|
- Undertake diesel-hybrid trial
|
- Travel London is working with TfL on a trial of 5 diesel-hybrid
vehicles
|
- Increase recycling of non-hazardous waste to
20%
|
|
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- We pulled out of a proposed trial of 30% biodiesel due to
concerns about the environmental and broader sustainability
benefits
|
- Decrease water consumption by 10%
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- Seek further reductions in site energy usage
|
- TWM reduced site energy use at garages by
28.5%
|
Train Goals and Progress
| Goals set for
2007 |
Progress during
2007 |
Goals set for
2008 |
- Improve fuel efficiency by 5%
|
- We achieved this: NXEA reduced total fleet energy use by 6% and
c2c improved efficiency by nearly 20%.
|
- Improve train fuel efficiency by 5% over the next 2
years
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- Improve energy use at stations
|
- There was a small reduction in site energy use of
3%
|
- Develop plans for onsite renewable energy generation at 4
‘green stations’
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- Roll-out MML waste recycling initiative
|
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- Promote environmental benefits in marketing
campaigns
|
North America Goals and
Progress
| Goals set for
2007 |
Progress during
2007 |
- To look at initiatives to reduce exhaust emissions of the fleet
across all operations
|
- Reviewed options for retrofitting pollutant abatement
technology to school buses
|
ALSA Goals and Progress
| Goals set for
2007 |
Progress during
2007 |
- Development and implementation of a unified Environmental
Management System for ALSA
|
- ALSA have developed a company wide environmental management
system
|
- Achieve certification to ISO 1400 at Irun-Tuy franchise and for
bus transport services in Leon
|
- Certification was achieved
|
- Partnership with different universities and institutions to
carry out research projects in environmental issues relating to the
transport industry
|
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- Internal communication campaigns targeted at promoting energy
saving and environmental awareness
|
- Developed an internal communications programme on
environment
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- Analysis across all ALSA depots targeted at minimizing
potential environmental risks
|
- Reviewed environmental risks at
garages
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