RTE’ 2024: sustainable tendering for rail

February 28, 2024 EcoVadis EN


Travel by train remains overall the most environmentally friendly mode of motorised passenger transport in Europe in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts must still be made to reach the European Union (EU) 2050 sustainability targets, namely net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and climate neutrality in the next 26 years. As stated by CEO and founder of Evias Rail, Dr. Matthias Landgraf, “We must not stop optimising rail. This is especially important when you think about the so-called ‘scope 3’ greenhouse gas emissions,” – those that arise in the value chain but outside a company’s operations.



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