Environmental Strategy

GRI 2–23

Russian Railways’ Environmental Strategy through 2030 with an outlook through 2035 is a key document for strategic planning of the entire Group’s environmental safety. The document was approved by resolution of Russian Railways’ Board of Directors. During 2024, it was fine‑tuned and harmonised with the national development goals through 2030 with an outlook through 2036, and with Russia’s strategic planning documents and federal regulatory frameworks. The strategy takes into account the recommendations of the Russian Government and the Board of Directors’ Strategic Planning Committee.

Environmental Strategy

Lower GHG emissions and low‑carbon development.
Reducing negative environmental impact, by, inter alia:
  • minimising air pollution;
  • ensuring sustainable use and lower pollution of water;
  • improving the production and consumption waste management system, and maximising waste recycling and reusing;
  • minimising adverse physical factors that affect the environment and community (noise, vibration);
  • eliminating pollution and accumulated environmental damage, and restoring disturbed local ecosystems;
  • conserving natural ecosystems and biodiversity across the Company’s footprint.
Development of the environmental management framework.
Upgrade and implementation of the best available technologies in environmental protection.
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Environmental Strategy targetsThe 2024 indicators differ from those specified in Russian Railways’ Environmental Strategy to reflect the actual values achieved in 2024.

GRI 2–23

The Environmental Strategy updated in 2024 includes 8 targets aimed at reducing the negative environmental footprint of Russian Railways’ operations, decreasing carbon intensity, sustainable use of natural resources, enhancement of environmental safety and talent pool as regards managers and professionals engaged in environmental protection matters.

For this purpose, the Strategy envisages two environmental scenarios – a conservative and an innovative one. Both scenarios cover the periods until 2030 and further until 2035 and are aimed at gradual improvement of the Company’s environmental footprint.

Target GHG emissions per unit of transportationTarget values depend on the forecast consumption of fuel and energy resources and can be revised in accordance with Russian Railways’ Energy Strategy through 2030 with an outlook through 2035., kg of CO2 equivalent / 10,000 gross virtual tkm
Target air pollutant emissions from stationary sourcesEmissions from stationary sources do not include emissions from shunting and mainline locomotives, special self-propelled rolling stock and other mobile equipment, including idling operation. These emissions are treated as coming from mobile sources. Targets may be revised in case of changes in the procedure for assessing air pollutant emissions., kt
Target per unit air pollutant emissions from mobile sources, mg/tkm
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Target water useTargets may change reflecting updates to the 2030 Development Plan for the Heat and Water Supply and Wastewater Discharge System., mcm
Target wastewater discharge on land and into surface water bodiesGiven the same financing conditions., mcm
Target share of production and consumption waste sent to be buriedGiven the same financing conditions., %
Remediated sites with accumulated environmental damage (on an accrual basis)
Share of managers and office workers who have not completed mandatory training on environmental protection programmes on time, %
Targets for the Environmental Strategy’s innovative scenario by 2035:
156
accumulated environmental damage sites remediated
51.4 mcm
of water consumed

Key environmental protection measures

01

Russian Railways’ Environmental Strategy through 2030 with an outlook through 2035 was updated and approved.

02

A report on GHG emissions across the Company and for the Sakhalin Region on a standalone basis was filed, as part of the experiment to limit GHG emissions.

03

Electrification of new and existing railway tracks with a total length of 667.8 km was completed.

04

Eight sites with accumulated environmental damage were fully remediated.

05

The hybrid shunter EMKA2 featuring domestic lithium‑ion batteries and an asynchronous traction drive was certified and put into operation.

06

Construction and reconstruction of four wastewater treatment units at infrastructure facilities were completed.

07

A network of reverse vending machines (376 machines at 284 passenger infrastructure facilities) is being developed; about 5.9 million containers, or 190.9 t of recyclable materials, were handed over for recycling.

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