Helen Woolston Sustainability Coordinator Transport for London Sustainability

Helen Woolston Sustainability Coordinator Transport for London

Sustainability Basics Are we getting these right? Helen Woolston

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Introduction HELLO Helen Woolston I work on environmental and sustainability systems and process improvement for Transport for London. We focus on design of new and upgraded buildings and infrastructure. We introduced a requirement for CEEQUAL and BREEAM in new stations and tunnels. We provide environmental improvements in procurement of services and contractors. We run staff environmental engagement programmes. I am a Full Membership Assessor for the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment. I have lived at the Bedzed Sustainable housing development for 14 years.

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Three Pillars of Sustainability Social Education, community, standard of living, equal opportunity Environment Resource use, pollution prevention, environmental management Economic Skills, regeneration, profit

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Sustainability – Can mean many things… Dictionary = To perpetuate. To flourish! Brundtland = Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising how future generations meet their own needs. Triple bottom line, One Planet Living Five capitals, One Planet Living Low carbon? Efficient design? Life cycle thinking Sustainable operations? Market protection and opportunity, corporate social responsibility? Do we even need to call it sustainability or have a definition? ‘Frame the change you want in the language your audience understands’ (Corporate Culture) Opportunity Risk Money Competition

Rail Sustainability Summit Tf. L Project Sustainability Assessment Multi disciplinary team self assessment before concept design Based on Mayor’s Transport Strategy outcomes Develops sustainable design principles Provides basis of EIA Sustainability Statement, evidence of sustainability to funders Name of Speaker

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker From definitions to the basics of delivery Sustainability is a process and depends on both local and global contexts. “Sustainability is an emergent property of a conversation about the world we want to live in - that’s informed by some understanding of ecological, social, and economic consequences of our actions” Economic sustainability – by ensuring producers can cover average costs of sustainable production, including fair wages for all employees. Social sustainability – by ensuring that in addition to fair wages for labour, employees are free from discrimination, free to develop associations, and free to engage in collective bargaining. Occupational health and safety are also safeguarded. Environmental sustainability – by ensuring action is taken by producers to protect the environment in which they work and live. = specifying Fairtrade

Rail Sustainability Summit Delivering rail in a sustainable way Name of Speaker

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Influencing the change We already are sustainable! Our role in mode shift and sustainable transport means we are doing everything we can 1 I’ve got other priorities! Capacity, journey time, cost, customers 2 Sustainability action Just tell me what to do I want clear, deliverable chunks, not a nebulous theory 3 But how do we drive change when people only have so much head space? I can promote the priorities and what we need to do

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Materiality and Vision - Setting Direction, Priorities and Targets RSSB Sustainable Rail Principles Revised this year, covers whole rail sector

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Measuring and Telling how we are doing: RSSB Report Against the Sustainable Rail Principles — Rail can sit at the centre of a sustainable transport system for Great Britain, to do so, sustainability has to sit at the centre of the GB rail system. — Rail prides itself on being a low-carbon transport solution, but advances being made by the car industry are eroding rail’s advantage. — The industry needs to maintain a focus on energy efficiency and carbon reduction to be sustainable. Rail is, by its nature, only one part of any door-todoor journey, and like any industry, it needs to meet the needs and desires of its customers. — A continued focus on providing accessibility and a convenient, competitive and reliable end to end journey are key elements in encouraging modal shift

Rail Sustainability Summit Telling and showing how we are doing Name of Speaker

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Transparency - We can’t avoid the spotlight… End disgusting train toilet sewage Incompetent greedy rail firms face renationalisation BBC The Independent Train chaos: major London station shut tomorrow Sky News Revealed: how Network Rail wastes £ 1. 5 bn The Observer Which Tf. L idiot moved the High Holborn bus stop? London Banter Southern Rail are Ruining Christmas Daily Mail

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker We do some really good things… Sign up, save lives: a new Tf. L initiative is encouraging Londoners to join the organ donor register If you are registered as blind or partially sighted, you can get up to 50 percent off train travel. Barnardo’s, the children’s charity, has been chosen by Network Rail’s employees as their ‘charity of choice’ RNIB John and Roan won the award for their publication ‘Leading Health and Safety on Britain’s Railways’ together’. By 2015 -16, 573 apprentices had been recruited, surpassing the original target of 400 Crossrail TEAM customer Northern Rail was named the winner of the Sustainability Award

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Sustainable Franchises Df. T Lead With RSSB support, setting client requirements. Sharing good practice Brings in good practice eg from abroad, spreads it through the supply chain Full sustainability Specifications cover all the key areas of sustainability Bidder good practice Winning bids through demonstrating previous experience and innovative approach

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Crossrail 2 Sustainability Policy Tf. L and Network Rail are committed to developing Crossrail 2 as a sustainable railway that puts the needs of customers at the heart of our decisions, maintains or improves the quality of life and the environment in London and the South East, and supports the UK’s climate change objectives. Together, we want Crossrail 2 to demonstrate excellence in sustainability and be judged among the best examples worldwide of sustainable transport infrastructure. This means avoiding, limiting and mitigating negative impacts on and realising enhancements for local communities and the natural and built environment where possible, whilst balancing and maximising the wider economic, social and environmental benefits Crossrail 2 can offer. Seven priorities: Support growth, skills and employment. Provide a carbon smart and climate resilient railway Support a safe, secure and healthy city Build and operate a resource management railway Put customers at the heart of our railway Support sustainable communities Enhance the natural and built environment

Rail Sustainability Summit Name of Speaker Are we getting the basics right? Identifying important material issues Providing rail as part of integrated transport Investing in whole life cost benefits Attracting customers Managing our natural assets Growing future skills Regenerating communities Removing the need to travel?

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