EMSOL joins RSSB – Rail Safety and Standards Board

Mar 4, 2020 | News

EMSOL has successfully been accepted as a member of the RSSB (Rail Safety and Standards Board). The RSSB plays a key role in driving forward standards and continuous improvements in health and safety for the British railway.

The RSSB remarked, “We are delighted to welcome EMSOL into the membership. Their system empowers organisations to take control over their environmental impact, to make compliance easier, and improve the quality of the local environment.”.

Freddie Talberg, co-founder and CEO of EMSOL said “For us, membership of the RSSB is an important step for continuing our engagement with the rail industry. Health and safety, a key objective for the board, is something that is vital to EMSOL’s work. We have already been working with Network Rail and East West Rail Alliance to drive continuous improvements in air and noise quality, benefiting the health of workers and passengers who used the railways”.

EMSOL have deployed at Network Rail owned Birmingham New Street and Bletchley Station, in partnership with East West Rail Alliance. The collaboration sees Network Rail and East West Rail Alliance take an innovative step to managing the safety concerns from air quality in their stations.

About EMSOL – We believe every community has the right to a clean, safe and healthy local environment where air quality is high and noise pollution is minimal. We started EMSOL in 2017 to help our customers take steps every day to make a lasting difference in reducing transport pollution. Our customers across construction, waste, and rail use the EMSOL system every day to inform specific actions for improving the quality of the local environment. This is through targeted air and noise pollution identification which benefits the communities our customers operate in.

The EMSOL team is comprised of business leaders, world-class technology developers and transport experts across fleet, construction, and rail.

For further information, please contact:
Ben Fielden – ben.fielden@emsol.io
Tel: 020 3982 9440
www.emsol.io

 

 

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