Sustainability at Deutsche Bahn

Climate protection
Erneuerbare Energien aus Wasserkraft
Climate protection

We are going climate neutral

Climate neutral by 2040, that is the ambitious goal of Deutsche Bahn for climate protection. In order to achieve this goal, we have set ourselves demanding intermediate stages.

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Nature conservation
Deutsche Bahn has "hired" water buffalo to transform a former military base into a marsh.
Nature conservation

We protect species

Deutsche Bahn takes responsibility for ensuring that our ecosystem remains healthy. DB's Green Transformation sees us working on solutions that benefit biodiversity.

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Resource protection
Resource protection

We conserve raw materials

We only have one planet, with its unique life-supporting ecosystem. Deutsche Bahn knows this, so the company uses resources as carefully as possible and reuses as much as it can.

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Noise reduction
Noise reduction

We're making railway quieter

Quiet trains make for Strong Rail. This is why Deutsche Bahn is working to minimize railway noise by 2030 for over 50% of people affected and by 2050 for everyone affected.

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Social responsibility
#Einziganders: Ein ICE 3 der Baureihe 403 mit buntem Anstrich bei Emskirchen.
Social responsibility

We live values

The Strong Rail strategy and the Green Transformation demonstrate Deutsche Bahn's commitment to social responsibility, both in Germany and around the world.

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Strategy
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Strategy

The Green Transformation of Deutsche Bahn

With the Green Transformation, we as Deutsche Bahn are living up to our ecological and social responsibility: We are gradually making all of our products, services and the way we work more environmentally friendly.

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Strategie
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Ressourcenschutz bei der DB

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Ein ICE im Thüringer Wald auf der Schnellfahrstrecke zwischen Erfurt und Nürnberg.

With us you protect the environment

More about our green strategy

What we do specifically

DB has created over 150 eco-friendly measures to protect the climate, nature, resources, to reduce noise and to take social responsibility.
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Climate protection
Sylt-Shuttle mit Auto-Anhängern fährt mit Biokraftstoff
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Climate protection

Fossil-free driving with biofuels

There are places where we cannot use electricity to bring goods and people to their destinations. We are therefore developing green solutions that help with aspects such as refueling our diesel fleet on rail and road.
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no.  163  /  164
Resource protection
Climate protection
We put mineral raw materials from our construction sites to the cycle

We put raw materials to good use

Clay, sand, gravel and stone: Each year, we extract tons of material from the ground when building new tunnels or cuttings. The digital marketplace Erdpool allows us to put the excavated minerals into the cycle.
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no.  162  /  164
Nature conservation
Our wild detection dogs help on our construction sites to detect protected species.

Winning by a nose

We are taking a new approach to wildlife conservation. When starting a new construction project, we plan to deploy special sniffer dogs so we can locate protected species at the site.
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Facts & figures

>  65 %
Share of renewable energies in the DB traction current mix
>  96 %
Recycling rate
>  2200 km
Track kilometers noise remediated
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