Hitachi Rail Europe

Hitachi Rail Europe, headquartered in IT and operating in railway transportation services, reported approximately 7.45 billion kg CO2e in total greenhouse gas emissions for 2024. This includes about 25.3 million kg CO2e from Scope 1, 9.7 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 (market-based), and approximately 7.41 billion kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions. Key contributors to Scope 3 emissions in 2024 were use of sold products (around 6.41 billion kg CO2e) and purchased goods and services (approximately 864.4 million kg CO2e).

In 2023, the company's Scope 1 emissions were approximately 17.3 million kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were about 14.5 million kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for 2023 were approximately 3.35 billion kg CO2e. For 2022, Scope 1 emissions were around 18.6 million kg CO2e, and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions were about 18.9 million kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for 2022 were approximately 3.89 million kg CO2e.

Hitachi Rail Europe has established climate commitments, cascaded from its parent company, Hitachi Rail Limited, which are further derived from the ultimate parent, Hitachi, Ltd. These commitments include achieving Carbon Neutrality in its main sites by 2030 and Net-Zero emissions by 2050. Furthermore, a commitment from Hitachi Corporate aims to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 100% by 2030, using 2010 as a baseline.