Sustainability and social responsibility
The social mission of the Vy Group is to ensure efficient, safe, accessible and sustainable transport for people and goods.
A recap of 2025
Did you know...?
- The railway accounts for 0.4 per cent of Swedens’s total annual CO₂ emissions, while road traffic accounts for 94 per cent. Source: NaturvårdsverketExternal link
- 49 per cent of Vy’s buses run on non-fossil fuels.
- On average, a full train replaces 600 cars during peak hours.
Annual and sustainability reports
Would you like to learn more about our sustainability efforts? You will find a complete overview of our goals and actions in the annual and sustainability report.
Read more and download reports at vy.noWhy are public transport and rail freight more sustainable than electric passenger cars and lorries?
Saves space
Public transport reduces the need for parking spaces along streets and in large car parks. It provides us with more space for welcoming city centres with more pedestrian streets, green spaces and homes.
Reduces noise
Although electric vehicles do not use a combustion engine, there is a lot of tyre noise from roads. Public transport leads to fewer cars on the roads, which in turn reduces noise.
Saves resources
Fewer resources are used when everyone shares a vehicle instead of everyone having their own. One analysis estimates that privately owned vehicles in Norway are parked for an average of 96.8 per cent of the time.
Reduces queuing
On average, a full train replaces 600 full cars during peak hours. It is not physically possible for large volumes of people to drive individual cars to and from cities during peak hours. Public transport will be crucial to how cities and urban areas operate and look in future.
Reduces the number of accidents
A heavy goods vehicle is involved in every third traffic fatality in Norway, which is twice as high as the European average. Vy’s freight activities save the roads from around 1250 articulated lorries every day. Freight traffic switching from road to rail therefore improves road safety.
Reduces microplastics and particulate matter
In Norway, car tyres are the largest source of microplastics emissions and local air pollution. Travelling by train and bus rather than passenger car means fewer rubber tyres on the roads, thereby reducing the amount of microplastics in the environment.
