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
Due to a change in the timing of when gas leakage performance data are reported by the four UK gas distribution network owners through Ofgem, this year’s performance data is not currently ...
Sulphur hexafluoride
We are currently finalising the 2008/09 performance data associated with Sulphur hexafluoride. This will be published in early July 2009.
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) is an extremely effective ...
Transport
We are currently finalising the 2008/09 performance data associated with our used of fuel for transportation. This will be published in early July 2009.
During 2007/08, we used some 35.3 million ...
Energy use
We are currently finalising the 2008/09 performance data associated with our energy use. This will be published in early July 2009.
our non-generation energy use is dominated by our gas-fuelled ...
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