Seizing opportunities
At Centrica Business Solutions, we’ll continue to listen to the science and do what we can to decarbonise power, heat and transport. That’s why our strategy and purpose are now rooted in providing a one-stop-shop for energy services that’ll help our customers decarbonise, create value, and improve their energy resilience.
Getting to net zero is complex, and like everyone else, we don’t have all the answers yet. However, just as we’ve done for the last 200 years, we’ll continue to evolve and seize the opportunities the energy transition offers to ensure a fair transition for everyone.
With the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) event getting underway in Glasgow, we want to outline the steps we’re taking to achieve net zero targets and become a more sustainable business. By demonstrating our commitment to tackling climate change, we hope to inspire action from other companies and individuals, because we’re all in this together.
Our People & Planet Plan
Mitigating climate change requires a fundamental shift in the energy system. To accelerate our own progress towards becoming a net zero business by 2045, we launched our People & Planet Plan 2021.
We’ve given ourselves an interim target of reducing our total carbon emissions by 40% by 2034. In 2020, we made good strides towards this goal by cutting our total carbon emissions by 18%. Whilst much of this reduction was a result of reduced activity during lockdown, we were still able to progress carbon saving initiatives, such as placing the UK’s largest order of electric vans.