ComfortDelGro

Not verified. Claim this page

Visit Website

ComfortDelGro Sustainability Actions

Hybrid buses cut diesel use

ComfortDelGro Australia says it replaced 50 diesel buses in Victoria with Volvo Euro 6 hybrid vehicles. It reports that these buses use about 30% less fuel and produce fewer emissions than the diesel buses they replaced. The company also says the hybrid fleet saved almost 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from 2019 to 2023. This is a real fleet change, not just a plan, and it shows the company trying to lower emissions from daily bus services.

9 11 13

Electric and hydrogen bus trials

The company says it has started trialling fully electric buses in Melbourne and is also operating two battery electric buses in New South Wales. It also says two hydrogen fuel cell buses are being assembled for trial use. Electric buses run on batteries instead of diesel, so they do not create tailpipe emissions while driving. Hydrogen fuel cell buses make electricity on board from hydrogen, which can also reduce exhaust emissions if the hydrogen is made with low-carbon energy.

7 9 11 13

Solar, LEDs and water savings

ComfortDelGro Australia says it has installed solar power at multiple depots, replaced old incandescent lights with LED lights, and added water tanks at many sites to save water. It also says it has researched ways to extend the useful life of bus-washing water from three months to six months using bromide additives. These steps are aimed at lowering energy use, reducing water demand, and cutting waste in day-to-day operations.

6 7 9 12 13

Board-level sustainability oversight

A press release from SBS Transit says ComfortDelGro Group set up new board-level Sustainability Committees to oversee environmental, social, and governance (ESG, meaning how a company handles environmental, social, and management issues) decisions. The release says sustainability had already become part of the group’s decision-making, and the new committees were meant to give it the same weight as audit and risk matters. It also says the group issued its first standalone sustainability report in 2015 and later created a dedicated sustainability department.

16 17

Community and inclusion work

ComfortDelGro Australia says sustainability is part of its community engagement work. It says it supports sustainability events and revegetation activities, which means planting native plants again in damaged or cleared areas. In a wider group interview, ComfortDelGro also described support for people with disabilities and older people through adapted transport services, driver training, and donations of retired buses to schools and healthcare groups for accessibility demonstrations. These actions link environmental work with social inclusion.

10 11 15

What do our labels mean?

2024 Transformation Award Finalist Logo

2024 Transformation Award Finalist
World Benchmarking Alliance Logo

World Benchmarking Alliance

About ComfortDelGro

  • Status
  • Unverified
  • Employees
  • 500+
  • Industry
  • Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
  • Country
  • Australia
  • Founded
  • 2005