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Sustainability Powering sustainability in your business and ours

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At Centrica Business Solutions, we aim to shape a low carbon future by enabling our customers and our business to use energy more sustainably. Across Centrica plc, we have reduced our carbon footprint and set Responsible Business Ambitions to achieve by 2030, which support the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The biggest single lever that the world has to lower carbon is to use less energy.”
Iain Conn, Group Chief Executive, Centrica plc

Driving emissions out of our own fleet

As part of the introduction of Centrica Group’s Responsible Business Ambitions earlier this year, it has committed to reduce the company’s internal carbon footprint by 35% by 2025.
With a fleet of over 12,000 vehicles globally and British Gas having the third largest commercial fleet in the UK, these efforts will make a material difference in decarbonizing emissions from travel.

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Innovating to stay ahead

Centrica Innovations

Through Centrica Innovations, we invest in technology and ideas that will transform the way we live, work and move. We collaborate with change-makers and search for new innovations – including sustainable technologies.

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Flexible Grid

Today’s more renewables-focused grid creates opportunities for both large energy consumers and utilities. Combined with renewable technologies, Demand Response can be part of your journey to becoming a sustainable business.

Find out more about our Demand Response solution
EV Enablement

Electric Vehicles

Business and public sector organizations are increasingly focused on the benefits of electric vehicles (EVs). Our integrated package of charging infrastructure, on-site energy and software solutions can help you become more sustainable.

Find out more about our EV Enablement solution

What does it take to become a more sustainable, future-focused organization? Read our Distributed Energy Future Trends report.

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Tackling climate change

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing society. By 2030, we aim to:

  • Help our customers reduce emissions by 25% through direct (3%) and indirect action (baseline: 2015)
  • Deliver 7GW of flexible, distributed and low carbon technologies, in addition to system access and optimization services
  • Demonstrate we are on track with Paris Agreement goals and develop a path to net zero by 2050
80%
less carbon produced than we did a decade ago
26%
reduction in internal carbon footprint since 2015
35m
tCO2e saved from products and services installed since 2008
A
leadership score for climate action by CDP, an international NGO

How we reduced our carbon footprint

Across Centrica, we have reduced our internal carbon footprint by 26% since 2015.

Our climate ambitions

At Centrica, our overarching goal is “helping you run your world in ever more sustainable ways”. Through our Responsible Business Ambitions, we have set out 15 Ambitions that give meaning to this, supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Learn more about our ambitions

Benefiting communities

Energy is moving from a centrally organized model to a local one. This has the potential to benefit communities – enabling them to take control of their energy, reduce environmental impact and unlock financial savings. By 2030, we want to:

  • Deliver £5 billion of value for communities through new and distributed energy technologies
  • Deliver £300 million in energy efficiency savings to public and essential services

If just 50% of the UK’s Industry, Healthcare and Hospitality & Leisure sectors took up distributed energy technologies, they could save:

£980m
annual energy bill savings
£18.5b
boost in economic growth
260k
job support
11%
potential annual carbon footprint saving
Case studies and proven success
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