Ethem Pekin
ethempekin.com
Ethem Pekin
@ethempekin.com
Bolstering more competitive railways with a focus on sustainability

🇪🇺 #EconomicPolicy #SustainabilityAffairs
📷 #35mm

www.ethempekin.com
One of the key topics I am contributing towards is developing the EU highspeed masterplan. Read more about what EU citizens think 🤔 👇
🔴 EU survey reveals large majority of European citizens would swap planes for high-speed trains to travel in Europe.

See the results below ⬇️

(1/3) #EUTransport
July 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
EEA's European city air quality viewer is out. Walloon cities beat the Flemish in Belgium in terms of better air quality. Here in Brussels looks better than expected but a very average EU capital and room to improve. www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/in...
July 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by Ethem Pekin
🤔 Do you know what 'external costs in transport' refer to?

CER hosted a workshop on this topic, bringing together European #railways & @ec.europa.eu to assess the performance of different transport modes and explore approaches for internalising external costs.

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June 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today - all about corporate sustainability reporting. After having work with finance and sustainability experts for months on sustainability reporting standards, I look forward for the exchange on both regulatory requirements and the practical experience.

www.efrag.org/en/news-and-...
#CSRD #EFRAG
December 10, 2024 at 8:31 AM
It is interesting to review an impact assessment based on impact assessments. TRAN research “Expected impacts of Fit for 55 legislation on connectivity and mobility in Europe” MEPs mainly question costs of transition in road, maritime and aviation.
December 4, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Always quoted first: decarbonisation of transport. Staying the course: driving sustainability forward in a shifting geopolitical context. #FoEDebate
December 3, 2024 at 11:48 AM
GHG emissions from big corporations could be tackled by railways for corporate travel. This is good for economic reasons - due to productivity gains.
Read here a few practices: www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Sustainable-...
#ModalShift #CarbonFootprint #ESG #CSRD
Right on track
Case study: How a first class rail incentive got Parexel’s business travellers off planes and on to trains
www.businesstravelnewseurope.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Add their massive inefficient space use to the list. Incentives through #CountEmissionsEU, road pricing with revenue recycling could tackle such long due market failures.
“Cars are a huge financial burden on society—from road maintenance to pollution, accident costs and subsidies—we could well use that money to invest in public transport”

Public transport must be available, efficient, accessible and affordable

foresightmedia.com/story/sBLL8k...
The true cost of free public transport
Cities worldwide are experimenting with free-to-use public transport as a means to rein in emissions and cut air pollution. Yet, experts suggest that the move may not be as effective as thought, with ...
foresightmedia.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Some short white happiness ⛄️before 39C 🤒 like half of the class. #commute
November 21, 2024 at 5:44 PM
E-Mobility Platform's last get together of the year! Great to represent railways in this unique coalition that brings together every part of the future electromobility ecosystem. Collaboration is the key word and much different than the fossil-fueled mobility system of the past.
November 21, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Hi! I am here to read & learn.

Happy to talk eventually about #Transportation #Railways #EconomicTrends #EUPolicy #Sustainability and why not
#FilmIsNotDead #UnionSaintGilloise #fatherhood
November 20, 2024 at 9:00 AM