Protecting our environment
Reducing our environmental impact
Gas holders (gasometers) used to be a common sight on the skylines of the UK’s cities, towns and villages but are no longer needed for operation of a modern gas network. We have committed to decontaminate and dismantle all of our remaining 23 gas holders by 2026 and are ahead of schedule, having completed 15 by the end of 2022/23.
We also have a programme of cleaning contamination left beneath our land from bygone eras. In 2022/23 we continued two long term projects which together have recovered over 6,500 litres of hazardous coal tar from below ground, and we will deliver another 8 projects by 2026.
Creating ‘Homes for Nature’
In 2018 we launched a commitment to help biodiversity on our landholding by creating 250 ‘homes for nature’ by 2026. We are well on the way with this commitment and have achieved 84 by the end of 2022/23 and established a strategy to achieve our target.
Tree Planting to Tackle Air Pollution
We have also continued our strategic tree planting programme in our region to tackle poor urban air quality, planting 18,500 trees across 30 sites in 2022/23.
