Community Involvement

National Grid’s role as a good corporate citizen supports our strategic ambitions and is delivered through a sustained and consistent approach. In all our community investment, we aim to develop our business, support our employees, support communities and enhance our reputation.

We have set targets to improve our community profile around our key themes of education and skills, energy and environment, and community investment. Our key aims are to improve employee engagement in Company community activities; to maintain and improve our supply of talent by promoting science, technology, engineering, and maths subject take up and achievement in schools;to use volunteering to develop employee skills; and to strengthen our corporate reputation.

Related Policies

03 February 2006
Community Investment
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Related Case Studies

16 June 2009
Responsibility to the community
We recognise that investing in the communities we serve is equally as important as the services we provide. A major part of this is the established culture of volunteering among our employees. In the ...
16 June 2009
Safety and reliability in adversity: New England December ice storm
The communities we serve depend on us for a constant supply of gas and electricity. This is especially true in adverse conditions, such as the severe ice storm that affected our service territory in ...

Related Metrics

Local communities
During 2008/09, approximately £10 million (2007/08: £9 million) was invested in support of community initiatives and relationships. Direct donations to charitable organisations amounted to ...

See also

Business in the Community (BITC)
NatureGrid UK
US educational resources
Special Olympics Great Britain
London Benchmarking Group
 

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