The Living Coast
Southern is proud to support The Living Coast as a member of the Brighton & Lewes Downs Biosphere Partnership. The Living Coast is recognised by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Region based on its mission to pioneer a positive future by connecting people and nature in this world-class environment of Downs, Towns and Coast. Everyone is encouraged to play a part to ‘Follow Your Better Nature’.
Our commitment to a sustainable future
As a company, we are committed to taking environment and energy concerns into account in all our decisions. As we work towards minimising the environmental impact of our business, we’re guided by our Environment & Energy Policy
Our commitment hasn’t gone unnoticed – our efforts continue to earn us recognition for the improvements we are making.
- Continued recommendation for Certification to ISO14001, the international standard for environmental management
- Continued recommendation for Certification to ISO 50001, the international standard for energy management
If you have any suggestions for how we can further reduce our environmental impacts, email the Environment Team.
Please see the latest Environmental KPIs for the whole GTR network.
Sustainability
When your journey emits up to 5x less CO2 than going by car, you can be more eco-friendly when you go by train*.
Go the greener way for business
Taking the train on your next business trip is up to 12 times better for the environment than driving.
Working with the Rail Delivery Group, we have calculated that journeys between London and 10 stations across the network -easily accessible via Gatwick Express, Southern, and Thameslink- offer significant carbon savings compared to driving.
Carbon Emission Savings (GTR train to London v Car)*:
- Bedford - up to 4.4 times fewer emissions
- Brighton - up to 7.4 times fewer emissions
- East Croydon - up to 7.5 times fewer emissions
- Gatwick Airport - up to 9.4 times fewer emissions
- Hove - up to 12 times fewer emissions
- Huntingdon - up to 4.2 times fewer emissions
- Peterborough - up to 3.5 times fewer emissions
- South Croydon - up to 5 times fewer emissions
- St Albans - up to 5.4 times fewer emissions
- Stevenage - up to 8.7 times fewer emissions
* This is the number of times difference between average rail and petrol/diesel car emissions, expressed in kgCO2e per person travelling
Connect with customers across the South East
From Gatwick Airport we operate three services that can connect you to hundreds of locations across the South East and your next business trip you could be going the greener way.
Not only will this help support your businesses sustainability goals, taking the train will allow you time to work with free Wi-Fi, catch up with colleagues and get you there more relaxed.
We operate three services from Gatwick Airport, that can link you to direct to your customers:
- Gatwick Express – fast, non-stop direct services between Gatwick Airport and London Victoria
- Southern – services between London and the Sussex coast (Brighton, Worthing, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Hastings) and parts of Surrey, Kent and Hampshire (Ashford International, Southampton, Portsmouth)
- Thameslink – cross-London services between Bedford/Peterborough/Cambridge and Brighton/Horsham/East Grinstead, and between Luton/St Albans and Sutton/Wimbledon/Rainham; plus services between London and Sevenoaks
This data has been developed by Rail Delivery Group – in partnership with Thrust Carbon, 3Squared, Black Box Partnerships and the wider rail industry – as part of the rail industry’s Green Travel Pledge – a commitment to provide businesses with detailed, accurate and reliable data on the carbon emissions of rail journeys across Britain to help highlight rail’s environmental benefits.
You can find out more at www.raildeliverygroup.com/gtp.
How we calculate rail vs. car emissions
The Green Travel Pledge data accounts for key weekday rail travel variables, including:
⦁ Engine type and fuel type (Note: all trains on these routes are electric)
⦁ Journey distance, number of carriages, travel class, and occupancy
⦁ Official timetable schedules
Car comparison methodology: Based on the UK Government’s Greenhouse Gas Conversion Factors for a single-occupancy business travel car.
Please see the Rail Delivery Group’s website and FAQs for more information.