Gb Railfreight

GB Railfreight, a UK-based railway transportation services provider, reported total carbon emissions of approximately 166,879,000 kg CO2e in 2022.

Breaking down these emissions for 2022:

• Scope 1 emissions totalled approximately 164,036,000 kg CO2e, primarily from mobile combustion (162,015,000 kg CO2e) and stationary combustion (17,000 kg CO2e).
• Scope 2 emissions from purchased electricity amounted to approximately 397,000 kg CO2e.
• Scope 3 emissions were approximately 2,446,000 kg CO2e, including business travel (1,074,000 kg CO2e), employee commuting (1,056,000 kg CO2e), waste generated in operations (252,000 kg CO2e), upstream transportation and distribution (60,000 kg CO2e), and downstream transportation and distribution (6,000 kg CO2e). Data for Scope 3 categories such as purchased goods and services, and fuel and energy-related activities were not provided.

GB Railfreight is committed to a 100% reduction in all Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions by 2050, as detailed in their 2025 Carbon Reduction Plan. The company has also committed to net-zero through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), with a net-zero target year of 2050, and was listed as a "BA1.5 member" as of 2022. However, the SBTi status for near-term targets is currently listed as "Commitment removed".