Sustainable Rail Blueprint Working Group
01/06/2022
The aim of the Sustainable Rail Blueprint Working Group (SRBWG) is to facilitate collaboration and align the industry’s aims and objectives to establish an affordable and coherent sustainability strategy. The group will also provide the sustainability expertise required for the Long-Term Strategy for Rail (LTSfR).
"Through the Sustainable Rail Blueprint Working Group, we are driving the co-creation of a Sustainable Rail Blueprint. This will be the first industry-wide sustainability blueprint for rail, providing a whole-industry view out to 2050. It will align existing rail organisation strategies and highlight varying commitments where they exist, providing a common set of industry sustainability goals and establish rail as the backbone of a cleaner future transport system."
Scope
The SRBWG seeks to:
- Promote sustainability through driving the development of, and then working to embed the Sustainable Rail Blueprint (SRB) in industry policy, strategy, operations, and investments.
- Advocate, communicate and influence for and on behalf of the SRB, and review and update the SRB periodically.
- Provide feedback and guidance to rail organisations encouraging them to align their sustainability plans and embed the SRB.
- Be outward looking and take non-rail perspectives to consider the big picture and build knowledge and competence.
- Provide a holistic view of sustainability to complement and address overlaps and interdependencies between issues being discussed by topic-specific technical working groups, such as the Air Quality, DECARB and Social Sustainability Working Groups.
- Determine the correct approach to handling sensitive or contentious sustainability issues affecting rail.
- The Sustainable Rail Blueprint Working Group will not:
- Re-visit or re-do work that others have already addressed.
- Replicate what is being done well elsewhere.
- Be a 'gatekeeper' for work to start or continue.
Membership
The SRBWG has members representing these industry stakeholders:
- Passenger railway undertakings
- Freight railway undertakings
- Rolling stock owners
- Suppliers
- Manufacturers of rolling stock
- Infrastructure managers (including Network Rail regional representative)
- Government (Department for Transport, Transport Scotland, Transport for Wales)
- Regulator (Office of Rail and Road)
- Charitable Organisations (Community Rail Network)
Chair of the Committee: Thom Rawson
RSSB Representative: Samuel Jones
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Committee members
Name Company Representing Status Adrian Humphreys Office of Rail and Road Regulator Member Alex Hanson Department For Transport Government Member Andy Barron Office of Rail and Road Regulator Member Ben Shaw Office of Rail and Road Regulator Member Bruno Cozzo Go Ahead Group Passenger Train Operators Member Bruno Muller Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited Rolling Stock Owners Member Clive Burrows First Group Passenger Train Operators Member Clive Peddar Trenitalia C2C Limited Passenger Train Operators Member David Clarke Railway Industry Association Railway Industry Association (RIA) Member Elena Metcalf Great British Railways Infrastructure Managers Advisory Emma Alexander First Rail Holdings Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Gareth Williams Tru West Tru West Member George Davies RSSB RSSB Member Graham Mollison SE Trains Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Heidi Hutchings East West Railway Passenger Train Operators Member Helen Lobb RSSB Industry Group Manager IGM Member Jason Brooker Govia Thameslink Railway Passenger Train Operators Member Jools Townsend Community Rail Industry Association Member Karen Straw East West Railway Passenger Train Operators Member Laura Harding High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Leah Bargota East West Rail Passenger Train Operators Member Mark Gaynor Railpartners Railpartners Member Melanie Hockenhull First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd Passenger Train Operators Member Mike Jones HS2 Infrastructure Managers Member Milda Manomaityte Railway Industry Association Railway Industry Association (RIA) Member Nicola Martin First TransPennine Express Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Nir Barak Abellio East Anglia Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Olivia Naylor Eurostar Passenger Train Operators Member Rebecca Harris Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Sam Sage HS1 Infrastructure Managers Member Thom Rawson RSSB RSSB Chair Tom Gunton Abellio East Midlands Limited Passenger Train Operators Member
