"Transforming operations, behaviours and industry to power sustainable change"

We believe that our network will become a key enabler of the energy transition, whilst continuing to provide a vital service to our communities and beyond. We have an ambitious sustainability strategy outlining our plan to accelerate progress towards net zero over the RIIO-ED2 price control up to 2028 and aim to lead by example by reducing our own environmental impact in a transparent, credible way. We will deliver resilient, agile, reliable and decarbonised energy that customers depend on, in a way that is environmentally and economically sustainable and inclusive.

We are committed to propelling our business forward to achieve our sustainability ambitions whilst also supporting our customers and suppliers during the net zero transition.

Discover how we are delivering our sustainability commitments

  • Environmental Action Plan

    We believe that our network will become a key enabler of the energy transition, while continuing to provide a vital service to our communities. Click here to download our action plan.
  • Climate Resilience

    Our strategy outlines how we will adapt to the impacts of climate change, make use of adaptation pathways, and identify the steps we need to take in ED2 to improve our resilience to the effects and risks of climate change.
  • Our Sustainability Strategy

    The next ten years will see a significant change in the UK economy, a decade that has been described as decisive in tackling climate change and in doing so, also presents the opportunity to build back better from the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Our Sustainable Supplier Code

    Our Sustainable Supplier Code is a collection of 11 KPIs created to help reduce our Scope 3 emissions, whilst supporting our supply chain to reduce their Scope 1 & 2 emissions. We aim to have 80% of our supply chain (by spend) signed up by 2028.
  • Underground overhead lines

    We're investing over £15m in a project which will see the undergrounding of 90km of overhead lines in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Parks, and National Scenic Areas in the north of Scotland and central southern England.
  • Reporting

    You can view our document library to access information on our environmental reports and also our climate change adaptation reports.

Archive

Access our archived Sustainability Strategy andnClimate Resilience Strategy Progress Report.

Speak to us

If you have a question and would like to speak with our Sustainability team, please send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

DistributionSustainabilityTeam@sse.com

Interested to know more?

Visit our news and views section to find out what we are doing across our business to support our sustainability and environmental commitments.
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