National Grid today published our first U.S. corporate social responsibility report, based on the three themes of climate change, safety and reliability. The report also lays out our commitment to the communities we serve and our investment in a skilled workforce for the future.

The report summarises our  U.S. operations' sustainable activities in 2007, and highlights how National Grid has managed our environmental, economic and social impacts, as well as our strategy moving forward.

Highlights of the report include:

• A goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2050, as part of our  global climate change initiative
• Moving to 100 percent renewable energy for internal use by 2010
• Ten percent increase in the number of certain field workers in upstate New York
• The 20-year anniversary of National Grid’s energy efficiency programmes, saving more than $2.5 billion and 26 billion kilowatt hours
• Safety continuing to be a main priority with 40,000 safety observation tours undertaken and a 50% increase in reporting ‘near miss’ incidents in 2007
• Improving levels of system reliability by investing over $3 billion in New England  and New York electricity networks over the next 5 years
• Employees and retirees raising over a million dollars for the United Way, resulting in a donation of $2.1 million after company matched giving.

This is the first time we have produced such a report aimed specifically at our American stakeholders and markets.

A copy of the report can be down loaded from the ' Publications' section of this site.