Operating Responsibly
As one of the world's largest network utilities, what we do is essential to the economies of the countries and regions in which we operate and the comfort and well-being of the millions of citizens who depend on our services. These are long-term responsibilities that must be fulfilled in conjunction with our duty to create value for our shareholders. Delivering sustainable value depends on the trust and confidence of all of our stakeholders, and this can only be earned by conducting our business in a responsible manner.
The 'Responsibility' section of our corporate website provides a Company-wide perspective on our governance, policies, performance and achievements over a wide range of economic, environmental, employee and social issues.
It sets out how we are doing and where we think we can do better.
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Latest News
- National Grid to adopt carbon budgets and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80%
18 April 2008
Emissions reduction target raised to 80% by 2050
Ground-breaking initiative linking carbon budgets with performance
Carbon reductions at the core of operational decision-making to encourage ‘bottom-up’ employee involvement
National Grid today announced it is to increase its target of reducing company-wide greenhouse gas emissions from 60 per cent to 80 per cent by 2050.
It also unveiled its intention to adopt new carbon budgets across its UK and US electricity and gas ...
- National Grid wins energy efficiency award in US
25 February 2008
National Grid has won the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) ‘Outstanding Achievement in Program Implementation Award’ for its energy efficiency programs, which have been available to National Grid’s US customers for more than 20 years.
National Grid won the award for providing a comprehensive portfolio of energy efficiency programmes that target all customer groups in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire continuously for more than two decades. The company’s ...
- National Grid joins Global Compact
17 January 2008
National Grid has become a member of the United Nation's Global Compact Initiative.
The Global Compact is a framework for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.
By joining the Global Compact, National Grid makes a voluntary commitment to ensure the ten principles become part of our management, strategy, culture, and day-to-day operations; ...
- National Grid becomes founding reporter of the US Climate Registry
15 January 2008
National Grid has become a Founding Reporter of The Climate Registry by being among the first to join.
The Climate Registry is a non-profit organisation established to measure and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions in a common, accurate and transparent manner consistent across US industry sectors and borders.
By joining the climate registry, National Grid voluntarily commits to measure, independently verify, and publicly report its US greenhouse gas emissions on an annual basis ...
- First US corporate responsibility report published.
17 December 2007
National Grid today published our first U.S. corporate social responsibility report, based on the three themes of climate change, safety and reliability. The report also lays out our commitment to the communities we serve and our investment in a skilled workforce for the future.
The report summarises our U.S. operations' sustainable activities in 2007, and highlights how National Grid has managed our environmental, economic and social impacts, as well as our strategy moving forward. ...