We generate renewable electricity, but like any large business, we still produce emissions. Some come from how we operate day to day. Most come from what we buy, build and who we work with. So, our focus is straightforward - reduce what we can and take responsibility for what we can't yet avoid.
By 2030, we’re aiming to halve our direct emissions and make meaningful cuts across those less in our control, such as those from farms and our supply chain. Reducing emissions from the things we buy is the toughest. Most of our emissions sit outside our direct control, with suppliers across different countries and industries, all at different stages of their own climate journeys. So, we are spending more time working alongside them - setting clearer expectations and helping lift capability over time.
You can see that in how we’re building new infrastructure. When we develop projects, we work with contractors to reduce emissions from materials, transport and construction methods. These one-off construction emissions used to sit off to the side. Now they’re part of our plan for every project and managed on a daily basis.
Closer to home are some simple but practical changes. We’ve electrified our passenger fleet so that it’s now entirely made up of EVs and hybrids, and we’re carefully planning air travel and only flying when it is really needed. We’re also improving how we run our assets, finding small efficiencies that add up over time.
We know not everything can be eliminated yet. That’s where our Forever Forests programme comes in. Since 2019, we’ve been investing in planting forests that absorb carbon over the long term. It’s not a substitute for reducing emissions, but it helps balance the ones that are hardest to remove today.
Basically, we're doing three things at once. We're cutting emissions from our own business. We're working with others to reduce emissions across our supply chain. And we're taking responsibility for what remains. It’s not simple, but it reflects what we believe - if electricity is going to power a lower-emissions future, it needs to be produced that way too.