Protecting the environment - Northern Gas Networks

A green, sustainable business

Keeping 2.7 million homes and businesses cooking on gas is a resource-intensive business. It’s our responsibility to reduce our day-to-day carbon footprint, while helping green, alternative fuels flourish.

We have a roadmap for continual improvement which contains five commitments, each underpinned by action plans. We use your money to invest in delivering these plans including using new technology to reduce leakage, and improve your air quality. We believe the future is brighter when the gas is greener.

The NGN People and Planet strategy outlines our long-term sustainability agenda for ourselves and our supply chain. We currently distribute a mixture of natural gas and biomethane, but we’ve got big plans to deliver greener, low carbon gas in the future and for generations to come. Read more about our People and Planet Strategy here.

Reducing our impact

We’re hot on making sure we’re keeping our environment free from harm. So last year we focused heavily on reducing our carbon footprint. 100% of all electricity used at offices was zero carbon and we achieved a 2.3% reduction in carbon emissions from our operational vehicle fleet.

We also planted 7,500 trees across 18 community sites in Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield, and heated 670 homes near Gateshead with a blend of 20% hydrogen.

Green energy for a clean future

With the UK tasked with reaching a net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050, there’s an urgent need to develop affordable, low carbon energy solutions for customers.

From exploring alternative forms of gas such as hydrogen, to breaking down barriers between different energy systems, we’re working with a wide range of partners to help deliver a sustainable energy future. Take a look to see what we’re getting up to in Redcar here.

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If you have any questions please email stakeholder@northerngas.co.uk.

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Customers in Vulnerable Situations Workshop – Behind Closed Doors – Making Every Contact Count

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Tell us what you think.

We’re always looking for feedback to help improve our service. As a valued stakeholder it’s essential that we understand your priorities and hear what you think of our current performance and services, as well as our future plans. If you have feedback on our plans for 2021 – 2026 that you would like to share, good or bad, we’d love to hear from you.

What we've learned so far

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Should we promote low carbon alternatives to a gas connection (like heat pumps) when talking to customers experiencing fuel poverty?

50% Yes

50% No

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In addition to Carbon Monoxide awareness, which of the below would be most beneficial for our teams to provide advice or referrals on?

50% Energy efficiency

50% Safeguarding

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During a major loss of supply or gas emergency, should NGN provide its incidents support package, including heaters, hot food, showering facilities and alternative accommodation to all NGN customers or just those customers registered on the Priority Services Register (PSR)?

57% All customers

43% Customers on the PSR

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Does our target of getting to 97% of gas escapes (where the supply can’t be turned off at the meter) within 1 hour meet your expectations?

73% Yes

20% No, I expect it to be higher

7% No, I expect it to be lower

people

attended our Environment workshop in February, where we heard from industry and local authority voices. Stakeholders told us they would like to see us set more stretching targets, with greater ambition on improving air quality and decarbonisation of our vehicle fleet.

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attended our Low Carbon Energy Future workshop in March. Stakeholders told us they want to see us proactively building an evidence base now for the role of gas as part of a low carbon future, and influencing policy.

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Our Environment Strategy

Read about our five environmental commitments and our roadmap for improvement.

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A green, sustainable business

Reducing our impact

Green energy for a clean future

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