Facilitating cross industry discussions

Governance Structure

The Sustainable Rail Programme is led by the Sustainable Development Steering Group (SDSG), comprising cross-industry and Government executives, and is supported by the Rail Sustainable Development Group (RSDG). The RSDG is formed by senior management from technical, engineering, environmental and sustainability disciplines. The members of the SDSG and RSDG are:

Sustainable Development Steering Group (SDSG)	Rail Sustainable Development Group (RSDG)
Iain Coucher Deputy Chief Executive, Network Rail	Len Porter Chief Executive, RSSB
Len Porter Chief Executive, RSSB	Ian Papworth Engineering Director, ATOC
Paul Plummer Director, Corporate Planning & Regulatory Affairs, Network Rail	Mark Gaynor Environmental Policy Advisor, Rail Strategy, DfT
Malcolm Reed Chief Executive, Transport Scotland	Tim Kendall Technical Manager, (Infrastructure and Rail Systems) DfT
Jeremy Candfield Director General RIA	Iain Gardiner Quality and Environment Liaison Manager, EWS
Peter Field Director London Rail Development, TFL	Nick Coad Head of Environmental Strategy, National Express
Bill Emery Chief Executive, ORR	Tim Gilbert Engineering Director, Porterbrook
Keith Heller, Chief Executive, EWS	Mark James Policy & Research Officer, The Railway Forum
David Franks Managing Director, National Express Trains Division	Richard Gostling Technical Director, RIA
Clive Burrows Engineering Director, First Group	Francis How Technical Director, RIA
Bob Linnard Director, DfT	Andrew Newby Rail Manager, Network Rail
Tim Gilbert Engineering Director, Porterbrook	Alastair Young Rail Standards and Safety Manager, Transport Scotland
Paul Martin Director General, The Railway Forum	Geoff Hobbs Head of Policy and Strategy TfL
Dominic Booth Managing Director, Ned Railways	Colin Greenslade Head of Network Code Policy, ORR
Alec McTavish Director, Policy & Regulation, ATOC	John Hawkins Group Rail Technical Director, First Group
Tony Collins Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Trains	James Wright Organisational Development & Intranet Manager, Virgin Trains
	Tom Worsley Deputy Director, Network Analysis and Modelling, DfT
	Karen Booth Environmental Manager, Northern Rail

The need for cooperation

The industry recognises that developing sustainably requires that all parties work together and in partnership with the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) and the DfT.
The inter-dependent nature of the industry creates the need for cooperation to deliver sustainability improvements as capital investment in one part of the industry often delivers benefits in a different part of the industry or to society. While the rail industry has undeniably good sustainability credentials, cooperation will ensure its sustainability performance is optimised.
The SRP has developed the following three category classification system for understanding sustainable development issues facing the rail industry. This classification system readily identifies where collaboration is required across the industry or with Government to address issues or take initiatives forward.

Category 1
Initiatives that can be undertaken by one business on a business case basis (i.e. where investment yields a commercial return)

Category 2
Initiatives that can be undertaken on a business case basis but where the business case requires coordination between different parts of the industry as investment in one area essentially yields benefits to another part of the industry.

Category 3
Initiatives that are either bought at high cost but with no direct benefit to the rail industry and/or require significant capital funding that may at the earliest stages be beyond the industry’s capacity, but meet wider policy objectives.

The founding research for the SRP, T438: The Rail Industry – A way forward on sustainable development, includes current and potential initiatives by sustainability issue and classified into categories 1, 2 and 3.