Transport
WHAT WE ALREADY DO
Recognise that travel to work and to attend events is the biggest carbon generator for the business. We have been calculating employee, participant, contractor and volunteer travel mileage and inputting this data into our annual carbon audit since 2020.
Provide coach transport to return participants to their vehicles at the end of the Dragon’s Back Race® and Cape Wrath Ultra®, and to remote race starts at Skyline Scotland®.
Provide shower facilities at the office which ensures employees who cycle or run into work can be comfortable and clean when arriving at the office.
Bundle together our site meetings with venues and landowners whilst combining course planning and production visits into one trip so that we minimise work related travel.
Our entry management system (SiEntries) has a carbon calculator which allows our participants to calculate and off-set their travel to their event. The donations are sent to onboard.earth who work with environmental restoration projects across the globe and UK.
Actively promote and incentivise lift sharing, use of public transport and greener modes of transport to all participants attending our events.
Clearly describe how participants can use public transport to attend our events.
Offer sustainable travel and transport to participants at various events. For example, park & ride for the Traverse events.
Frequently review event packing lists ensuring vehicle hire is streamlined to reduce event travel emissions as much as possible
WHAT WE ARE PLEDGING TO DO
Offer and promote sustainable travel and transport to participants at various events. For example, shuttle buses from town and campsite at Skyline Scotland®, and public transport details for new events like SheRACES Trail Series and Tea & Trails Ultra.
Review event team travel expenses policy to further incentise more sustainable forms of transport.
Engage with an electric vehicle specialist to understand the landscape an future of electric vehicles and how this could help our travel planning
Review data collection methods for measuring our participant travel to ensure the data is as accurate as possible
Above: The event convoy at the 2019 Dragon's Back Race® - reducing the carbon footprint of the transport associated with our events is going to be our biggest challenge ©No Limits Photography
If you want to take part in an event, some travel is inevitable. We know from our annual carbon accounts that travel, and transport contribute the highest impact to our emissions year on year.
We have systems in place to measure the travel footprint of our participants, contractors and event team to our events. This includes our employees' daily commute to work. In 2022 we built a carbon calculator (with SiEntries) into our entry management system. Our participants are now given the opportunity to offset their travel to their event. These funds are donated to environmental restoration projects via onboard.earth. The calculator also provides us with the data to measure our participant mileage and the different modes of transport.
Reducing the carbon footprint of the transport associated with our events is our biggest challenge. Not least because of the remote nature of our events, highly dispersed customers, and poor public transport infrastructure.
To make a significant dent we are committed to actively promoting and incentivising lift sharing, the use of public transport and greener modes of transport to all participants attending our events. At the same time, minimising vehicle use associated with the production and delivery of each event. We know that transport is our greatest challenge!
Did you know?
This area of focus is part of our progression towards goal 3 of the Outdoor Friendly Pledge