GTR recycles uniforms saving up to thousands of kilograms of greenhouse gases entering atmosphere
Uniforms worn by staff at the country’s largest train company have helped save energy and prevent emissions
Categories: environment
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Railway waste warriors thrash the trash on Brighton Beach
Thameslink and Southern railway staff swapped rolling stock for rubbish bags when they cleaned a section of Brighton beach as part of The Great British Beach Clean
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Great Northern and Bee Friendly Trust join forces to give Nature a helping hand at stations
Great Northern’s parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and the Bee Friendly Trust have just finished creating more than 20 ‘homes for nature’ at six stations: Bayford, Cuffley, Grange Park, Hadley Wood, New Barnet and New Southgate
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Community-owned solar scheme wins GTR and Energy Garden top award in railway ‘Oscars’
Govia Thameslink Railway and London-based Community Benefit Society Energy Garden have won this year’s Environmental Excellence Award at the National Rail Awards – the railway’s answer to the Oscars – for a pioneering community-owned solar scheme that is set to transform energy generation on the UK’s railways
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GTR sets science-based targets to combat climate crisis
Govia Thameslink Railway has joined a group of companies worldwide who have set science-based greenhouse gas reduction targets to keep global warming below catastrophic levels
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UK’s largest train operator sets out roadmap to eradicate carbon footprint
Environment experts at the UK’s largest train operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), have launched a roadmap of how they're doubling down on emissions to become carbon ‘net zero’ for all its energy needs by 2050
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Rail staff join Marine Conservation Society to clean and catalogue rubbish on Brighton & Hove Beach
Railway staff from Southern and Thameslink joined forces with the Marine Conservation Society, Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club and Brighton & Hove Buses at low tide on Monday to blitz a section of Brighton & Hove Beach as part of The Great British Beach Clean
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GTR partners with Speakers for Schools for Green Skills Week
During this year’s Green Skills Week (5th– 9th April), the UK’s largest rail operator is taking the opportunity to inspire the next generation about a sustainable future. In partnership with UK charity, Speakers for Schools, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will discuss how its dedicated environment team are working hard to reduce the company’s carbon footprint.
The virtual event, which takes pla
