Biodiversity

Biodiversity refers to the variety of all living things including all species and habitats. It is not concerned solely with rare or threatened species but encompasses the whole of the natural world from the commonplace to the critically endangered.

We recognise that operating our business can impact the environment and its biodiversity. As a land holder, we also have the opportunity to enhance, where we can,  biodiversity on our sites. Managing our impacts on biodiversity is therefore a key part of our policy to integrate environmental considerations into all of our activities and ensure that we operate our business in a responsible manner.

Operating safe and reliable transmission and distribution networks requires ongoing maintenance of our existing network of overhead lines, cables and pipelines. Our networks pass through a variety of landscapes and habitats, including areas designated for their conservation value. In planning our works, we seek the advice of relevant experts to minimise as far as practicable any impacts our activities could have on species and habitats through careful planning and mitigation measures.

We continue to contribute to our ongoing objective of improving, where we can, the environmental status of the land on which we operate, through the use of sympathetic land management practices on our landholdings.