Operating our business can affect the environment and its biodiversity. As a land holder, we have the opportunity to enhance, where we can, the biodiversity on our sites. Managing our impacts on biodiversity is therefore a key part of our policy to integrate environmental considerations into our activities and make sure we operate our business in a responsible and sustainable way.

Operating safe and reliable electricity and gas networks requires maintenance of our overhead lines, cables and pipelines. Our networks pass through a variety of landscapes and habitats, including areas designated for their conservation value.

In planning our works, we seek the advice of relevant experts to minimise as far as practicable any impacts our activities could have on species and habitats through careful planning and mitigation measures.