http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsoppnow.htmNational Grid has been highlighted as a corporate Champion by a leading inclusion and diversity organisation. Opportunity Now, a UK based membership organisation for employers who are committed to ...15 September 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsec.htmEthical Corporation, a leading international corporate responsibility publication, has identified National Grid as one of ten &#8220;unsung heroes of corporate responsibility&#8221;. The ten ...12 September 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsskills.htm&#8226; Research shows engineering is not on the radar of young people - parents and teachers have negative perceptions of engineering &#8226; Future skills shortage will have a damaging impact on ...07 September 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsblihr4.htmThe Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR) has published its final report setting out the learning gained from the work of the member companies over the six years of the ...19 June 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/news08_09+update.htmWe have today updated our Operating Responsibly internet site to reflect our coporate responsibility issues, activities and performance for the 2008/09 financial year. Certain of our environmental ...16 June 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/bitc2008cr.htmNational Grid today welcomed the announcement that it has been awarded Platinum Plus status - a new award given to those who have surpassed the benchmarking criteria - by Business in the Community ...10 June 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/29.05.09.htm• National Grid sponsors 25th anniversary national Volunteers’ Week• Company highlights community, personal and business benefits of employee volunteering• Pledges to double number of employees ...29 May 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsepa.htmFor the 10th consecutive year, National Grid has received national recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for leadership in mitigating ...09 April 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/2009www2wk.htmNational Grid has been recognised in Stonewall's Top 100 Employers list. The Top 100 employers were ranked according to criteria ranging from implementation of effective equality policies to ...05 February 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsbiogas.htm The report looks at how all the biodegradable waste streams such as sewage, food and wood could be turned into biogas and injected into the gas distribution system. Biogas is produced by two main ...02 February 2009http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/cr08.htmWe have published a paper-based corporate responsibility summary report to complement our more comprehensive 'Operating Responsibly' internet site. The summary report, also available in pdf format , ...29 December 2008http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsshw.htmNational Grid in the UK is running 'Safer Homes' Week after a safety survey revealed that less than one per cent of people know who to call if there is a gas leak in their home. Safer Homes Week, ...18 November 2008http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newstalent.htmNational Grid in the <?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> has kicked off a recruitment campaign to ...18 November 2008http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsHRCF09.htmNational Grid US has scored 100% in the seventh annual Human Rights Campaign Foundation&#8217;s Corporate Equality Index. The index provides an in-depth analysis and rating of large U.S. employers ...16 October 2008http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newswwwtw.htmNational Grid has become the only UK utility to be named for three years in a row in a prestigious list of companies where women want to work . National Grid beat off competition from some of the ...08 October 2008http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/newsoxfam.htmNational Grid has been named one of three UK climate change champion companies by anti-poverty charity, Oxfam. Its &#8216;Forecast for Tomorrow&#8217; report published today says the UK has some of ...06 October 2008http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/gonegreen2020.htmNational Grid has published an authoritative scenario for achieving the UK’s target to meet 15 per cent of energy demand by renewable sources by 2020. It was published in response to the UK ...04 July 2008http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/Our+Responsibility/News/bigtick08.htmNational Grid and npower have been awarded a prestigious ‘Big Tick’ for our commitment to corporate responsibility. The Power in Partnership award was presented at the annual Business in the ...20 June 2008