Social Value

Scotland’s Railway impacts society as well as the environment, touching almost every community in Scotland. We are committed to delivering for both people and planet.

It is our responsibility to actively manage and promote the many social and economic benefits of rail. Fulfilling this responsibility is imperative whilst our organisation undertakes the necessary changes to implement climate action.

We are committed to creating social value by delivering thousands of colleague volunteer hours, instigating opportunities for community and charitable use of our assets, delivering community safety initiatives and continuing to provide jobs and training opportunities. Social value commitments will also be embedded into new frameworks with our supply chain partners.

To assess social impact, we will extend our use of the Rail Social Value Tool across projects and business as usual activities.

Over the next five years, our objective is to achieve a 25% increase in initiatives assessed with the Rail Social Value Tool, and value creation reported regularly. To achieve this, we are working towards delivering three key outcomes in this space:

1. Our people, supply chain, charity partners and local communities are inspired to deliver positive societal impact
2. The social value potential of Scotland's Railway is being realised and tracked
3. We are procuring sustainably and delivering social value through our supply chain

To find out more about our approach to social value and to see our delivery plan for this priority you can download our Climate Action Plan.