Climate Change
We have continued with our climate change initiative and increased our energy efficiency programmes, focusing on initiatives that are cost effective and regulated. We see our 80% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target as being industry leading within the UK and US. We have now set an intermediate objective of a 45% reduction in our emissions by 2020.
These targets remain at the centre of our efforts to identify and implement measures to meet our commitment to safeguard our global environment for future generations. In 2009/10, we will be evaluating the inclusion of Scope 3 emissions into these targets.
Our key performance indicator to monitor our performance in this area is the percentage reduction in our greenhouse gas emissions against our baseline. We also measure absolute emissions.
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01 April 2009
Environment
19 April 2008
Climate change policy brief
Key points
Action by National Grid to tackle climate change needs to occur on three levels:
Embedding a target of 80 per cent greenhouse gas reduction across its businesses by at least 2050. ...
Related Case Studies
16 June 2009
Our responsibility to take action
It is estimated that there are some five million homes in the UK affected by fuel poverty; we intend to invest around £10 million ($14.4 million) in new gas connections to some 5,000 homes. With ...
16 June 2009
Going with the Floe
As part of our new brand strategy, an interactive website has been created using a virtual polar bear named Floe designed to inspire people to make a difference in the way they ...
16 June 2009
Energy efficiency
We remain committed to being an innovative leader in energy management. Doing this allows us to save energy, protect the environment and help our customers save money.
Warm Wales was set up by ...
Related Metrics
Climate change
As reported in 2008, we have adopted a long-term target of reducing our Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 80% against our baseline by 2050 as part of our climate change strategy. We have now ...
Sulphur hexafluoride
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) is an extremely effective electrical insulant and has very significant advantages over alternative materials. It is non-flammable, a critical requirement in the high-voltage ...
Transport
During 2008/09, we used some 52 million litres of fuel for our commercial fleet, company cars, private cars used for business travel and our own aircraft.
This equates to some 3,339 litres per £ ...
Energy use
Our non-generation energy use is dominated by our gas-fuelled compressors on our UK gas transmission network. Other major users of gas and electricity are our LNG sites and the Isle of Grain LNG ...
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