The information on this FAQ page is intended to provide quick access to answers to your questions about corporate responsibility at National Grid.
This page is regularly updated. Please let us know if there are any questions you think should be added.
General
What are National Grid's main areas of business?
What are National Grid's corporate responsibility values?
What is the "Framework for Responsible Business"?
What are National Grid's core values?
What are National Grid's performance highlights?
What are the Company's key non-financial issues?
Has National Grid won any awards for its approach to CR?
Where can I obtain a copy of your CR report?
How do I ask you a question about corporate responsibility?
What is your approach to advocacy?
How will you integrate KeySpan's non-financial performance into your CR report?
Governance
How are non-financial issues managed at National Grid?
What is the Risk & Responsibility Committee?
What is your approach to ethics / Do you have a Code of Business Conduct?
How many employees have been disciplined following a breach of your Standards of Ethical Business Conduct?
Do you have a policy on bribery and corrupt practices?
Do you have a whistleblower protection policy?
Employees
How many people work at National Grid?
How many women / black and minority ethnic employees do you have?
What are you doing about diversity?
What is your policy on occupational health and safety?
How many injuries were there to employees last year?
How would I apply for a job at National Grid?
Environment
Where can I find your environmental policy?
Where can I find data on your environmental performance?
What is your position on climate change?
How many tonnes of greenhouse gases do you emit each year?
How have you set your greenhouse gas emission baseline?
What is your approach to waste management?
How many tonnes of waste do you produce each year?
What is your position on electric and magnetic fields?
How are managing your contaminated land?
How are you encouraging biodiversity?
How much water do you use?
Do you use ISO14001?
Society and Community investment
How much do you give to local communities last year?
Where can I find your human rights policy?
What is the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights?
How promptly do you pay suppliers?
What are you doing about public safety?