On board with net zero: the transport boss trying to drive down emissions

David Brown of Go-Ahead is promising that his company's bus and train operations will be carbon-free by 2035'Personally, I think that's quite cool!" David Brown, 60, is beaming like a young boy, having just recognised the bus controller at the terminus outside Victoria station as a colleague who joined London Transport at the same time as him, almost 40 years ago. "People stick in transport a long time. That's what I love about it. They're doing a frontline job, I'm just doing mine, there's no difference really."Except Brown is trying to steer not just buses but a multinational transport group as chief executive of Go-Ahead - in particular, to wrestle its emissions down to net zero, as the sector faces up to being the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases. This year he will leave the group - whose operations include Thameslink, Southern and Southeastern trains and buses in London and nationwide - after a decade at the helm. Continue reading...