Awards shortlist for Manchester!

Posted 15 February 2012 by Stagecoach Green Team

Our bus operations in Manchester have been named as a finalist in the ‘Large Business’ category at the inaugural Greater Manchester Green Business Awards.

The company has been shortlisted ...

We've won another green award!

Posted 16 November 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

We are celebrating further green success after being named Low Carbon Vehicle Operator of the Year.

After investing heavily in state-of-the-art hybrid electric buses and launching innovati...

We've won a top green award!

Posted 31 October 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

We are celebrating a recent success at the 2011 Route One Operator Excellence Awards after winning a top green honour.

Along with Scottish vehicle manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL...

We're testing a gas bus!

Posted 03 October 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

At Stagecoach we have recently launched a six-week trial in Liverpool of a new hi-tech bus powered by compressed natural gas (CNG).

CNG-powered buses are used extensively in continental Eur...

We're shortlisted for a top green award!

Posted 19 September 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

We are in the running for a top environmental honour after being shortlisted as a finalist at the 2011 Scottish Green Awards.

Stagecoach has been named as one of four finalists in the Best ...

We've been highly commended!

Posted 29 July 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Our commitment to sustainability was recognised at the inaugural 2011 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards when we were highly commended in the main Company of the Year category at the awards ceremony held...

A year's free travel for Robyn!

Posted 23 June 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Child care student Robyn Durnell has won free bus travel for a year on Stagecoach South services after entering our Green Week online competition.

Robynl, 17, who commutes daily by bus fro...

We're blending our own biofuel!

Posted 20 June 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach has become the first UK bus company to mix our own biofuel on site using a new bio-blender installed at our Kilmarnock depot.

This means that around 100 buses in the west of Scot...

Introducing our biomethane buses!

Posted 31 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach has launched a fleet of greener buses powered by household rubbish and animal waste.

The innovative project has been launched on some of our buses in Lincoln, in partnership with...

Green Week ends... but our work continues

Posted 27 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

It’s the final day of our 2011 Stagecoach Green Week and, although our activities for this week are nearly over, our hard work to become a greener business will continue.

During the...

Roadshows on the go!

Posted 27 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

During this year’s Green Week, roadshows and events have been held at a number of our bus companies across the UK.

In Ayr, passers-by were intrigued by the goodies on offer at the ...

What a giveaway!

Posted 26 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach Merseyside staff played their part in Green Week by handing our green travel kits to passengers in Liverpool.

The team – dressed in their special Green Week t’shirts – to...

Cleaning up the beach!

Posted 25 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Members of Stagecoach East Scotland's Green Team and staff volunteers took part in a litter pick on Leven Beach and Promenade yesterday as part of Green Week 2011.

Despite the blustery cond...

Jodine's our green champion!

Posted 25 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Each year, we launch a search for our Green Champion – an employee who has done most to champion greener working practices and sustainability.

We’re delighted to announce that the ...

We're fitting greener bus engines!

Posted 24 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Today Stagecoach announced that we are fitting new, greener engines in some of our mid-life buses to reduce emissions and lower our carbon footprint.

We plan to spend around £500,000 over t...

Grab a green giveaway!

Posted 24 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

As part of Green Week, we are handing out green travel kits to customers at bus stations and travel centres across the UK.

Our green kit contains a bookmark made from recycled tyre...

Welcome to Stagecoach Green Week 2011!

Posted 23 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Today marks the first day of Stagecoach Green Week 2011 – a week-long programme of events designed to show customers and staff the measures we are taking to reduce our carbon footprint as well as o...

Stagecoach Green Week is fast approaching!

Posted 18 May 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

It’s that time of year again….Stagecoach Green Week begins on Monday (23 May) and we have plenty of green awareness activities going on for staff and customers across the UK.

During...

We're leading the way on hybrid buses

Posted 22 April 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Government figures have shown that Stagecoach is leading the way on investing in new greener buses using state-of-the-art hybrid electric technology.

Transport Minister Norman Baker re...

In line for top awards!

Posted 19 April 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach Group is in the running for two honours at the 2011 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards.

We have been named as a finalist in the Company of the Year category, while our Group Chief Exe...

New eco-driving technology!

Posted 17 March 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach is investing millions of pounds in a hi-tech eco-driving system for our bus operations in Scotland, England and Wales.

Around 13,800 Stagecoach drivers will soon start using...

New bus orders!

Posted 12 January 2011 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach has announced multi-million-pound plans to buy and lease a total of more than 520 new buses and coaches for its operations across the UK in 2011-12.

Celebrating green success!

Posted 18 November 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach recently won a top honour at the 2010 Green Business Awards for its innovative Bio-bus project in Kilmarnock.

The company scooped the Travel and Transport Award at a ceremony hel...

Going green in Manchester!

Posted 13 October 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach Manchester has become the second Stagecoach bus company to launch electric hybrid buses.

Following the introduction of 26 of the cleaner, greener vehicles in Oxfordshire, Manches...

Greener clothing for Stagecoach bus drivers!

Posted 29 September 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team

In its latest environmental initiative, Stagecoach is issuing its bus drivers across the UK with new greener clothing made from recycled plastic bottles.

Incorporatewear, which designs and ...

We're shortlisted for the Scottish Green Awards!

Posted 15 September 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach Group is in the running for a top honour at the 2010 Scottish Green Awards.

The transport group has been ...

Steve's our Green Champion!

Posted 02 September 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach Manchester Depot Cleaner Steve Dawson was delighted to be named the 2010 Stagecoach Green Champion. Steve, who works at Princess Road Depot, is part of the “Green Team” at the Princess R...

Hybrid buses go into service

Posted 01 September 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach has launched Britain's biggest single investment in green hybrid bus technology. The first of a £16m investment in 56 state-of-the-art buses for the UK, ...

New biobuses arrive in Cambridgeshire!

Posted 16 June 2010 by Stagecoach Green Team

Stagecoach in Cambridgeshire has taken delivery of three brand new buses which run on 100% recycled biofuel. The newest vehicles mean Cambridgeshire now has 23 biobuses in total for local passenger...