Environment

Pacific National is committed to conducting business activities in a way that minimises adverse environmental impacts and delivers continual improvement in environmental performance. Rail freight is safer, greener, more cost effective and can reduce passenger congestion compared to other modes of transport.

Rail freight transport has significant inherent benefits for the economy and community relative to the road and imposes far fewer costs to the community in terms of accidents, congestion and emissions.

At a time when government policies are increasingly focused on rolling-out heavier and longer trucks, it is worth reflecting – Australians want safer roads, less traffic congestion and lower carbon emissions.

Our business is rail freight and we are committed to conducting business activities in a way that minimises adverse environmental impacts and delivers continual improvement in environmental performance. We welcome feedback, please use this form to get in touch.

Energy and GHG emissions

Pacific National has a strong focus on improving the way we do business, that includes maximising the efficiency of our locomotives.

Our fleet strategy is an enterprise plan that will renew aging fleets with state-of-the-art locomotives to deliver lower emissions and operating costs, improved productivity, reliability and availability.

We are also working on a wide range of transformation projects to deliver operational, commercial and environmental improvement.

Pacific National recognises the requirement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and reducing fuel use and associated emissions is a high priority.

Improving Industry Emissions

Pacific National has worked with other rail industry operators through the Freight on Rail Environmental Policy Group (FOREPG), a sub group of the Freight on Rail Group (FORG) to develop and implement a rail industry locomotive diesel exhaust emissions Code of Practice.

Pacific National are members of FORG of Australia – a rail freight industry advocacy group established in 2015 to engage with government and key stakeholders on major public policy issues.

Additionally, the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) Code of Practice – Management of Locomotive Exhaust Emissions was published in December 2018, with all rail operators now committed to meeting the Code and reporting against the Code annually.

Pacific National are members of FORG of Australia – a rail freight industry advocacy group established in 2015 to engage with government and key stakeholders on major public policy issues.

Recycling Initiatives

Pacific National is committed to reducing the amount of waste generated through our daily operations. Several waste reduction and recycling initiatives are in place across the business including a partnership with OneSteel Recycling to collect and recycle the metal backing plates off used brake blocks at our Port Kembla, Port Waratah and Greta facilities.

Environmental Compliance Reporting

Pacific National is required to provide Environmental Compliance Reporting due to the nature of our business, for the assets we operate and for some of the locations we perform business from.

Our reports provide transparency to the broader community about our compliance activities and demonstrate our care for the communities and environments in which we operate.