corporate responsibility report - Virgin Trains

targets around carbon reduction and water consumption. We are a major employer in
communities in the UK and North America, sustaining 35,000 direct jobs and also supporting
thousands more through our supply chain. Stagecoach and its employees pay the UK
Government over £300 million a year in payroll and business taxes.
By attracting more people to public transport, we help fund public services. For many years
the Group has invested between 0.5% and 1% of its profits in good causes.
While we are getting a lot right, we also know we have more to learn and further
improvements to make. We are committed to working in partnership with our customers
and other stakeholders on our journey to become a more responsible, sustainable and
successful business.“
How we manage sustainable development
We are working toward gaining BS EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management accreditation,
which means the Environmental Manager working with top management all the way up to the
front line.
A new and improved Green Champion Working Group enables regular communication from
across the business to achieve green targets and get engagement from our passionate
people.
We engage actively with our stakeholders both internally, through initiatives like our Green
Champions Working Group, and externally in the rail sector. We are on RSSB’s Sustainable
Development Steering Group and are active members of the ATOC Sustainability Forum.
BSI ISO 14001
Community
engagement
Top management
engagement
Environmental
Manager
External
stakeholder
engagement
(e.g. Virgin Unite,
RSSB, ATOC)
Front line
engagement
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