Real passion shown on climate change challenge

Passenger transport groups are on the front line in the battle against climate change. But what do their CSR reports tell us about their green credentials?

Stagecoach chief executive Brian Souter with a bottle of the recycled cooking oil that powers some of his company’s buses in the west of Scotland

Stagecoach chief executive Brian Souter with a bottle of the recycled cooking oil that powers some of his company’s buses in the west of Scotland

In 2007, climate change finally came to town. On this subject, there is real passion from the chief executives. Virtue or self interest, it doesn’t matter - better the latter, it’ll last longer.

Until recently, sustainability was mainly about recycling and air pollution but now, with the arrival of climate change, the focus changes.

The title of the National Express strategy document, More is Less, presents the context very well. More public transport means fewer UK carbon...