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Sustainability Sustainability is a growing need around the world.
This is particularly true in the business environment,
where consumers increasingly buy from businesses
who share their personal values. We share that value.

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

Playing our part

In 2015, we exceeded our eight-year target to reduce our internal carbon emissions by 27% overall by taking measures such as solar, biomass, combined heat and power, demand response, electric vehicles and digital technology. This has earned us external recognition, including maintaining our A- rating in the latest CDP climate ranking in 2018. We have now set a target for a further 20% reduction by 2025.

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I’m proud of our long-term commitment to cutting carbon emissions across our business. The innovative products and services we use are the same products and services that can empower our customers to take control over and optimize their energy.”
Jim Rushen Head of Environment, Centrica

Centrica Innovations

In 2017, we established Centrica Innovations, with an initial $140m investment to identify, incubate and accelerate new technologies and innovations. We are committed to delivering new products and services for our customers, and ensuring we stay at the forefront of technology advances which will power the energy transition.

Transforming the grid

We are focused on transforming the wider electricity system or ‘grid’ through smaller scale distributed generation managed closer to the point of demand, and by providing flexibility in the grid to support intermittent renewables.

Leader in battery

We are a leader in the development of large scale centralized battery storage projects such as our 49MW Roosecote battery store in Cumbria. We’ve initiated the Cornwall Local Energy Market Trial to test the use of flexible demand, generation and storage, and reward local people and businesses for being more flexible with their energy. We also maintain interests in gas-fired and low-carbon nuclear plants.

We are helping to make homes and businesses more efficient and providing customers with the tools and technology needed to better control and reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Tons of C02 since 2008

In total, we calculate that we have helped our customers save over 31 million cubic tons of C02 since 2008, equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of around nine million homes.