Dialog on sustainability
We engage with our stakeholders No. 113 on sustainability issues relating to DB Group both bilaterally and as part of networks and dialog formats. We organize our own multi-stakeholder formats, such as the Sustainability Forum. We also carry out structured environmental monitoring and analysis. We use these to systematically record relevant topics and examine their significance for sustainability management of DB Group. We also answer questions from stakeholders on sustainability issues.
Summit meeting with environmental associations
To intensify the dialog with environmental associations, the summit is held twice a year since 2024. On 16 April and 14 November 2024, the Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG), Dr. Richard Lutz met with, among others, the Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland; BUND), the German Nature Conservation Association (Deutscher Naturschutzring; DNR), Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe; DUH), Greenpeace, the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (Naturschutzbund Deutschland; NABU), the German Transport and Environmental Association (Verkehrsclub Deutschland; VCD) and the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). Current topics of DB Group, the common good-oriented infrastructure company, climate resilience, energy and other sustainability issues were discussed.
Exchange on biodiversity
On May 7 and November 21, 2024, “Biodiversity Exchanges” were held with the environmental associations BUND, DNR, Greenpeace, NABU, VCD and WWF in Berlin. The associations’ proposals and expectations for a biodiversity strategy for DB Group were presented here.
Advisory Board for a Quieter Middle Rhine Valley
Another meeting of the Advisory Board for a Quieter Middle Rhine Valley was held on October 31, 2024. In addition to the report on the status of the implementation of the noise remediation measures from the feasibility studies in the Middle Rhine Valley, DB Group reported on future noise remediation measures north of Koblenz. Other current topics included the number of trains running on the right-hand Rhine route on the Troisdorf — Wiesbaden-Biebrich corridor and an exchange on other issues raised by the citizens’ action groups involved. The Quieter Middle Rhine Valley Advisory Board is made up of citizens’ action groups, members of parliament from the region and representatives of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, of the Federal Railway Authority, of the responsible state ministries from Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate and DB Group. It meets annually at various locations in the Middle Rhine Valley.