As a responsible business, we proactively manage existing and future environmental risks and impacts.

This perspective looks at how we have interacted with the environment during 2008/09:

• 42% reduction in our scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions compared with our 1990 baseline
• Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions were approximately 11.3 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent, compared with 12.1* million tonnes in 2007/08 - a 7% decrease between years. 
• Significant environmental incidents directly associated with our operations fell to 12 compared with 34** in 2006/07 - 4 resulted from contractor-related incidents compared with 25** the previous year
• One contractor-related prosecution resulting from these incidents
• Received 6 environmental citations In the US in 2008/09 compared with 6** in 2007/08 - attracting a total of $86,500 in fines
• 80% of employees at 31 March 2009 working to certified ISO 14001 environmental management systems

* Stated as if KeySpan had been owned for the entire year 
**Significant environmental incident and environmental citation data prior to 2008/09 does not include KeySpan, so is not directly comparable with prior years.