The reality of climate change means reducing both our energy use and our reliance on non-renewable materials is imperative: effective action now will help reduce future impacts.
At Transurban we’re redesigning the energy, materials and methods we use with the goal of transforming our environmental impacts and bringing them ever-closer to net zero.
This reimagining of our operations is extending to the protections we give to local flora and fauna, and to how we manage noise and air pollution impacts for communities living near our roads.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Our business is roads and, for most of us, driving on any road burns up petroleum-based fuels such as gasoline or diesel. Most of the world's transportation energy comes from non-renewable petroleum-based fuels.
To reduce emissions now, we are:
- improving road efficiencies
- shifting our own dependence on fossil fuels to more sustainable energy sources
- working to reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions 50% by 2030, and reducing the emissions intensity of our supply chain
- committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, encompassing Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
Note achieving our 2050 target is dependent on innovation, government policy and GHG reduction across hard-to-abate sectors in our value chain (such as cement, steel, and asphalt). While we are committed to working with value chain partners and governments on new and emerging technologies to reduce GHG emissions, our ability to meet our targets will be limited to what is possible in the Australian and North American context, such as compliance with engineering regulations and standards.
Our latest progress can be find in our Corporate Report.
About our targets
Our 2050 net-zero target (scope 1, 2 and 3) is aligned with SBTi methodology. Detailed information about our targets, scope boundaries and approach can be found in our Transurban GHG Basis of Preparation.
