Our ambitions include reducing carbon emissions, waste, water usage, and pollution while increasing the biodiversity at many of our sites.
As part of our ambition to be the most environmentally and socially responsible Distribution Network Operator (DNO) and in response to feedback from our stakeholders, We have taken a lead in carbon reduction within our industry.
We are the first UK DNO to have its carbon reduction plan and targets externally verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In line with the Paris Agreement we have set targets to reduce our emissions to limit the global temperature increase to well-below 2 degrees Celsius and have included our scope 3 supply chain emission in this target.
We have also set tougher reduction targets on our own directly controllable emissions by establishing our pathway to achieving Net Zero by 2028.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and our actions are crucial to make progress in addressing this challenge. Our Environmental Action Plan has been developed to provide us with a roadmap for achieving net zero and ensuring our own business is sustainable.
We have defined four strategic goals in collaboration with our customers and stakeholders. Under these four pillars we have formed specific, measurable commitments to our customers.
In creating our strategy to deliver an environmentally sustainable network we have developed four pillars:
