RSSB Podcast: Sustainability

With us in this episode is Stacey Head, our Sustainability Manager. She’ll be speaking with us about some of the initiatives the Sustainable Rail Blueprint has prompted in its first year, how RSSB supports members to embed the Blueprint, and what the future holds for it.

This month we’re joined by Thom Rawson, RSSB’s Sustainable Rail Principal, to talk through the impact the Sustainable Rail Blueprint has had so far. He also covers how we’re helping rail organisations embed it, how we’re facilitating industry collaboration on sustainability, and what’s next.

Learn about what rail needs to do to reach the net zero target, and the range of different actions that need to be taken.

Finding the right people to fill vacant roles can be difficult. Steve Womack of Amey Infrastructure Wales talks about how he has found workers with transferable skills. He's also contributing social value to his local area by employing ex-offenders.

Achieving net zero carbon will need more electrification. This episode looks at new and updated standards that make the requirements easier to understand, and have the potential to deliver over £27m in cost savings. If you design OLE, or build or maintain AC-powered trains, you’ll want to listen to this.

In this episode I talk with RSSB's recently appointed Director for Sustainable Development, George Davies, about his vision for a new Rail Sustainability Strategy. He also talks about his plans for how to collaborate with industry colleagues to agree, implement, and communicate the strategy and the progress it achieves.