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Our Contribution Overview
National Grid
Operational Departments
Gas Transmission
Gas Distribution
Network Operators
Capital Delivery
Safety, Sustainability and Resilience
Electricity
Transmission
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Shared Services
SSR – What we do
Safety &
Wellbeing
Sustainability
& Climate
Change
Process Safety
Safety,
Sustainability &
Resilience (SSR)
Performance &
Reporting
Incident
Control &
Response
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Sustainability summit engaging our stakeholders
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Our Vision
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Our Strategy
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Our Contribution
A sustainability strategy for National Grid
Our Contribution
Delivering net
Positive value
Outcomes
Climate Positive
Positive about
resources
Enhancing
Ecosystems
The environment to innovate
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Climate positive
 Celebrating the huge
contribution we make to
facilitating the transition to a
low carbon energy future
 Committed to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions by
45% by 2020 and 80% by
2050, for Scope 1 and 2
emissions
 Extending the commitments
and actions we take to reduce
our own impacts on the
climate, particularly around
embedded carbon
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Climate Positive in action
Reservoir Woods Eco Building
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Grain Heat Pipe
Positive about resources
 Maintaining the material
value which is
embedded in our assets
 Focus on our resource
use and reuse
 Embed the circular
economy and drive a
step change in how we
manage the impacts
associated with waste,
water and energy
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Positive about resources in action
Metering Assessment and Recycling Centre (MARC)
London Power Tunnels
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Enhancing ecosystems
Working with other
organisations to
establish the “Natural
Grid”, a programme to
develop better, bigger
and more connected
spaces for nature,
biodiversity and
communities
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Enhancing Ecosystems
Using our networks and working with
communities to build quality habitats that
enable biodiversity to thrive.
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Enhancing Ecosystems
 Environmental Education Centres and
associated partners: site biodiversity /
habitat plans
 Pilot projects with Wildlife Trusts:
Habitat enhancement at Coventry and
Feckenham substations.
Driving new value from commercial
property portfolio – new spaces for
nature and communities
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Partnerships
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Any questions?
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