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Greenhouse gas emissions 2020

Intensity metrics

Significantly reduced load factors through the pandemic has driven the key intensity metric of tCO2e / million passenger km to increase by 25.5% between 2019 and 2020. This can be seen in the 47% reduction in passenger kms travelled vs 2019.

 

Intensity metrics 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 % change YOY (2019-2020)
(tonnes CO2e/£million revenue)  428 430 373 353 321 299 (6.9)%
Group Totals (million pass.km)  37,540 41,107 42,485 44,488 46,258 24,656 (46.7)%
Traction Carbon Emissions (Scope 1 & 2) (tCO2e/mpkm)  14.15 18.70 17.78 17.67 16.69 22.28 33.5%
Total tCO2e per million pass.km (Scope 1, 2 & 3) 22.55 22.01 20.43 19.46 19.06 23.93 25.5%

Absolute Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions by scope

Scope 1 emissions (from combustion of fuels) have reduced by 38% in 2020, driven by the significant reductions in vehicle movements during the pandemic. Scope 2 emissions (from electricity usage) have increased by 36%; this is a result of the expansion in the operations of the German Rail business which mobilised an additional contract in the year. This has more than offset the reduction in scope 2 emissions from buildings. This change will continue to accelerate through the other divisions as investment in plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles accelerates and a challenge for 2021 is to ensure that the full scope of emissions from the use of electricity in traction are recorded and reported in the appropriate way. Scope 3 relates to National Express Coach third party operators – which are outside of National Express Group’s direct operational control for emissions reporting.

 

tCO2e emissions by scope 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 % change YOY (2019-2020)
1 771,922 815,788 801,061 808,650 823,582 514,106 (38)%
2 66,317 95,107 60,682 48,583 49,938 67,879 36%
3 8,257 9,620 6,127 7,627 8,221 8,641 5%
Total 846,496 920,516 867,870 864,859 881,741 590,545 (33)%

 

Absolute Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions by division

Our total Group emissions decreased significantly year-on-year from 881,741 tCO2e in 2019 to 589,976 tCO2e in 2020. As discussed above passenger kilometers fell further than emissions and this resulted in a decrease in carbon efficiency for the business as a whole. The increase in emissions from the German Rail business is driven by the increase of some 8.6million km per annum over 2019 and 2020.

 

Divisional tCO2e 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 % change YOY (2019-2020)
ALSA 311,985 319,397 313,608 317,812 324,007 234,477 (27.63)%
Bahrain 12,862 21,698 20,506 20,433 22,833 20,214 (11.47)%
Germany – 26,395 28,704 25,367 29,269 52,347 78.85%
National Express Limited* 106,203 110,799 105,333 101,566 101,914 63,582 (37.61)%
UK Bus 138,822 138,449 132,586 128,787 125,466 79,187 (36.89)%
UK Trains 43,408 44,341 4,038 – – – –
US and Canada 232,577 258,183 261,913 269,916 276,693 140,168 (49.34)%
Business Travel & Leased Vehicles 641 1,254 1,183 978 1,559 569 (63.48)%
Group Total 846,496 920,516 867,870 864,859 881,741 590,545 (33.03)%

 

Methodology

The method we have used to calculate GHG emissions is the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (revised edition), together with the latest emission factors from recognised public sources including, but not limited to, Defra, the International Energy Agency, the US Energy Information Administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. We have used a materiality threshold of 5% and have accounted for all material sources of GHG emissions and have reported emissions for the period 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020 in line with our financial statement.

We are committed to ensuring that our GHG accounting system, results and accompanying reports remain robust, continue to enhance our Group-level emission performance year on year and are in compliance with the mandatory requirements of the Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 (which Regulations implement the government’s policy on Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR)). During 2020 we reviewed our business model against the GHG Protocol, with particular reference to the control approach taken when reporting our GHG emissions. The outcome of this review is that emissions from part of our UK Coach fleet are now being reported under Scope 3. This is a change to previous emissions reports where the emissions from the full UK Coach fleet were reported under Scope 1.

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National Express Group is a leading public transport operator with bus, coach and rail services in the UK, Continental Europe, North Africa, North America and the Middle East. Passengers made 579 million journeys on our services in 2020.

National Express Group PLC is a company registered in England and Wales, whose registered office is National Express House, Birmingham Coach Station, Mill Lane, Digbeth Birmingham, B5 6DD. Registered No: 2590560.

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