Environmental strategy
Clean water and sanitation
Affordable and clean energy
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Responsible consumption and production
Climate action
Life on land
The Environmental Strategy through 2030 with an outlook through 2035 approved by Russian Railways’ Management Board seeks to minimise the environmental impact from Russian Railways’ operations, ensure sustainable use of natural resources and enhance environmental safety.
Russian Railways’ Environmental Strategy reflects the Company's commitment to the global UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Out of 17 SDGs, the Company focuses on six linked to the environment.
Russian Railways' approach is aimed at comprehensive mitigation of the adverse environmental impact of its operations and sustainable use of natural resources with gradual implementation of circular economy. The Company believes that the most important aspects are the reduction of water consumption and waste sent to landfills, minimisation of air pollution, including in large cities and metropolitan areas, as well as decrease in water pollution; elimination of accumulated environmental damage; maintaining natural ecosystems and biodiversity across Russian Railways’ footprint, and reducing physical impacts, such as noise and vibration, on the environment and human health.
Russian Railways keeps improving its environmental management framework and updating its environmental and climate policy.
lower GHG emissions and low-carbon development
reducing negative environmental impact
development of the environmental management framework
upgrade and implementation of the best available technologies in environmental protection