Community spirit stories

Committed to fighting climate change, Laura Rainey, 31, chose to take an MSc in Carbon Management. Now Senior Project Manager for Electric Vehicles at National Grid, she’s working on ways we can enhance and develop the electric vehicle charging network, to encourage more of us to switch from petrol and diesel vehicles.

With a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering focusing on renewable energy, Alison Fulford was passionate about pursuing a career helping to tackle climate change. Read about how she’s achieving exactly that as Environment Manager: Carbon Specialist for National Grid.

While most of us are opening presents, eating chocolates and spending time with our families, there are people braving the elements to ensure the lights keep twinkling and our homes stay warm and cosy during the holiday season. Here we tell the stories of these holiday heroes.

Providing an inclusive and diverse workplace brings many benefits. Here UK HR Director Sarah Stanton explains what National Grid is doing to help support those with disabilities, to ensure they can achieve their full potential at work. For Sarah this is both a professional goal and a personal passion as she has a disability herself, wearing hearing aids to help combat tinnitus.

In the latest issue of the New Statesman, National Grid CEO, John Pettigrew, outlines the net zero plan that leaves no-one behind and how achieving a cleaner, greener Britain requires a collective effort.   

Caring for the natural environment and the wildlife who make their homes on our land is an important part of what we do. Find out how we’re protecting birds over the winter months at Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve.