We work in an industry where our actions and decisions touch the lives of everybody, so being a responsible company cuts through everything we do
It's one of the foundation stones we’ve built our business around and our aim is always to treat everyone fairly, honestly and responsibly – our customers, our stakeholders, our people, the communities in which we operate.
We have some huge challenges ahead, as we’ve outlined and we can only meet those challenges if people recognise they can trust us and are prepared to engage with us and join us on the journey to change energy and move to a low carbon future.
Plugin2engineering programme
We’re always open and honest about our strategy and our aims and we actively engage with all stakeholders – even those who do not share our views.
We take our responsibilities very seriously and they will continue to drive our agenda now and in the future.
Some of our stakehoder engagement and communitites initatives
In 2009, we invested more than £11.5 million in community projects
18% of our colleagues currently take part in employee involvement activities
Teams of our people spent over 8,000 hours volunteering in the community, supporting the work of 41 different organisations in sustainability projects.
We celebrated the tenth anniversary of our partnership with Age Concern Enterprises in September and now 225,234 people are currently signed up to our Age Concern product for older customers.
We support educational programmes to introduce youngsters to energy and help them understand the challenges we face in creating a sustainable energy future.
Around 50 of our volunteers delivered 157 Energy Experience lessons to 3,671 children in 22 schools
Our power discovery zone trucks delivered vital safety messages to over 14,000 pupils through interactive displays and learning opportunities.
