2022
Partnered with Beam – a crowdfunding enterprise that helps homeless people find work. Our UK Trains division placed a number of candidates into successful roles through this partnership.
Highlights
A snapshot of activities from across the Arriva Group to achieve our goal for a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable future
2022
Arriva Netherlands recognised as one of the country’s top-performing companies for its work in helping people to find employment who, for a range of reasons, have found it difficult to enter the job market.
2022
Launched our Zero Emission Institute to support our businesses on their sustainability journey.
2022
Launched Arriva-wide Inclusion strategy with clear goals and targets across all countries of operation.
2022
Launched the ‘I can be me’ campaign to support colleagues who want to share stories on what inclusion means to them, and how Arriva has supported them.
2022
Completed the build of a new low carbon depot in Madrid, Spain, designed to facilitate a transition to zero-emissions bus operations.
2022
Chiltern Railways in the UK introduced first hybrid train into passenger service. Each journey delivers a 25 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions and nitrogen oxide and pollutants are also cut by 70 and 90 per cent respectively.
2022
Arriva Group awarded €5.3 million of funding by European Union for environmental programmes. The three projects are in water saving, air quality, and circularity of materials for infrastructure.
2022
Arriva UK Bus purchased 22 electric double-decker buses in Leicester. The buses will be delivered into our Leicester operation in October 2023 and will be the city’s first ever electric double-decker buses, as well as being Arriva’s first outside of London.
2021
First transport operator in the Netherlands to launch a MaaS (Mobility as a Service) solution to support modal shift away from private car use by making travel by passenger transport easy and convenient.
2021
Arriva Group placed first hydrogen bus order in the Netherlands in 2021 with a fleet of nine buses brought into passenger service in 2023.
2019
Reached the halfway point of zero-emission public transport in Limburg, Netherlands. By 2026, all 200 Arriva buses in Limburg will be fully electric.
2019
Commenced new bike sharing schemes in Slovakia to encourage active travel.
2018
Arriva began powering UK stations, depots and offices with 100% renewable electricity, becoming the first transport operator in the UK to switch to 100% renewable electricity supply.
2017
Together with Stadler, we developed a world-first: a hybrid train that uses diesel engines and recuperation batteries that can be converted to zero-emission and introduced the first train into passenger service in 2020 reducing CO2 emissions by 89%.
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