At the same time as announcing that its net zero target has been validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Whitbread, owners of hotel chain Premier Inn and restaurant brands that include Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, declared that they aim to remove all mains gas connection from their estate by 2040.
Less than two weeks after train operator Chiltern Railways unveiled its ‘Right Route to 2030 vision’, setting out how they intend to deliver greener and better rail services over the next decade, they have become the first passenger operator in the UK to run their trains on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).