1. Shaun McCarthy OBE
Director
Action Sustainability

2. Sustainable Rail
Myth or reality?
Shaun McCarthy OBE

3. Shaun McCarthy – portfolio sustainability advisor
Director and part owner of a company specialising in sustainable supply chains IN London and Sydney present
Sustainability advisor to Board chaired by the Mayor of London
Chair of the School with 45 industry partners and over 14,000 members, a virtual learning environment for sustainability since 2012 and offsite management in the construction sector since 2015
Chair of the official assurance body for the London 2012 sustainability programme, reporting to the Mayor of London and Olympics Minister
Advisor to executive sustainability panel
Shaun McCarthy OBE

4. Can rail compete with this?
1990 £14,925 (£33k today’s prices), 216g/km, 0-62 = 8.1, 123mph, 940kg
36% less CO2
2015 £18,495, 139g/km, 0-62 = 8.3, 126mph, 990kg
44%
Less cost

5. Is the rail sector threatened by disruptive technology?

6. Can rail keep up with the car industry? Embodied carbon
The big issues?
Energy in use
Can rail keep up with the car industry?
Embodied carbon
Highways or railways?
Standardised tool for rail
But is is up to date?

7. Can we make a difference?
Great Western Project embodied carbon in design.
A steel thickness opportunity was identified and realised (achieving a 462 tCO2e reduction), as well as a foundation depth optimisation (achieving a 2,358 tCO2e reduction). Moreover the baseline exercise allowed quantifying the carbon reduction achieved by the move from concrete foundation to CHS with significant cost savings.

8. Example from the water sector
Anglian Water
1,000+ carbon models
32% embodied carbon reduction
Significant cost savings
25% faster projects

9. Significant health impacts Overwhelming medical evidence
The big issues?
Significant health impacts
Overwhelming medical evidence
Cities need a strategic approach to alternative fuels
But do they have them?
The future’s electric (or hydrogen, or something else)

10. The bigger issue?????

11. Social value through projects
Award winning Thameslink programme
159 job opportunities
83 new apprenticeships
56 previously unemployed local people in jobs
Big social return on investment

12. Can stations become community hubs?
Can rail franchises engage more with communities?
Stations as community hubs?
Land use?
Community engagement?

13. Can procurement help?
“One of the most effective ways we found to deliver a sustainable Games is to embed sustainability upfront in the procurement process. Our Sustainable Sourcing Code is inspiring change amongst our suppliers, sponsors and licensees, who see the business advantages of sourcing sustainably”
Paul Deighton – CEO London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games – April 2011

14. The industry delivers through its supply chain
65% world population
ISO 20400
Coming mid 2017
85% world GDP
73% world CO2 emissions

15. We need to collaborate to develop our supply chains

16. And finally........ Sustainable rail has evolved over 20 years...
We don’t have another 20 years to make it business as usual...

17. Thanks for listening Keep in touch shaun@actionsustainability.com
Shaun McCarthy OBE
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