A word from our leaders
The energy industry is changing at an incredible pace.
Climate change, the cost-of-living crisis and geopolitical uncertainties pose significant challenges that our sector must rise to at an unprecedented rate.
Customers and stakeholders have told us they want networks to develop clean and sustainable forms of energy, and to identify a clear pathway towards net zero, whilst actively reducing the environmental impacts of our business operations now and keeping bills down.
Our Environmental Action Plan contains clear commitments that will transform our environmental performance, from reducing our gas leakage, decarbonising our vehicle fleet and producing less waste.
We are working hard with our supply chain to achieve these commitments and we are showing pleasing progress which is delivering environmental improvements for our region, in particular our efforts to reduce gas leakage and improve sustainability in our supply chain.
Meanwhile, our work to develop solutions that support the energy transition to net zero has continued to progress and provide vital answers to how network conversion to 100% hydrogen could happen.
Mark Horsley Chief Executive Officer Northern Gas Networks
During 2022/23 we have continued to deliver on our Environmental Action Plan commitments, with specific focus on tackling our most significant environmental impacts.
We have achieved excellent performance in gas leakage reduction, our biggest single greenhouse gas emission, and supply chain compliance with our new UN Sustainable Development Goals aligned Supplier Code of Conduct. Our Environmental Action Plan was consciously ambitious and achieving our commitments remains challenging, in particular in the face of wider economic and geopolitical uncertainties. We believe they can be achieved through innovation, collaboration and long-term thinking to the benefit our stakeholders and region
Neil Whalley Head of Environment and Sustainability Northern Gas Networks
