It’s estimated that there are 40.3 million people living in modern slavery worldwide – 136,000 of these in the UK. At Network Rail we’re committed to doing business in a sustainable and responsible way. This includes a commitment to do all that we reasonably can to prevent all forms of modern slavery in our supply […]
Creating a railway that is safe and more resilient to the effects of weather, now and in the future. Appropriately designing, selecting and prioritising weather resilience and climate change adaptation solutions is fundamental to enabling the delivery of a railway that is safe and more resilient to the effects of weather now and in the […]
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In 2015 an inter-continental industry subgroup on safety culture was offered the opportunity by the European Commission to develop and deliver a twinning programme across Europe to support learning and sharing across European Union/ European Free Trade Association (EU/EFTA) Member State rail infrastructure manager or an association of EU/EFTA rail infrastructure managers with a focus on […]
Failures or non use of Safety Critical Communications is known to be major or contributing factors when accidents, incidents, near misses and closes calls are investigated. Frontline Safety Critical Communications is vital for the rail industry to continuously improve and learn from lessons to create a safer working environment. Getting safety communications accurate, brief, clear and […]
To enable a sustainable approach to the management of the long term health and wellbeing of our employees, Network Rail has published a standard; ‘Health surveillance for silica and asbestos and the management of diagnosed occupational respiratory conditions’ (NR/L2/OHS/157), to support the proactive management of employees’ respiratory health. The purpose of this standard is to […]
What is the WRCCA Strategy? The Weather Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation (WRCCA) Strategy is designed to help Network Rail achieve its vision of ‘Putting passengers first’. The Strategy will achieve this by ensuring that we have ‘A railway that is safe and more resilient to the effects of weather, now and in the future’. […]
Background These asbestos guidance notes have been created to assist anyone who may disturb asbestos containing materials (ACMs) when working on our infrastructure. It will also assist responsible managers and those who control site safety and access, by showing where ACMs are likely to be. The guides follow the below naming convention: AGN (asset guidance […]
What is sustainable procurement? Sustainable procurement is a process that leverages the supply chain to assist in delivering sustainability goals. Supply chains are a natural extension of an organisation’s workforce and the the way in which they undertake their work is critical to delivering sustainability. Sustainable procurement considers both environmental and social factors relating all […]
Long-term effective management of the impacts of weather and climate change is essential to the reliable and safe running of the railway. Key to achieving this is analysing and understanding the impacts of current weather on the performance and safety of our assets and operations. As part of this work National weather impact reports have […]
