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Fairer Opportunities

We believe that for us to thrive, everyone needs to thrive.

Being a responsible business with ethical practices is paramount to our ethos, and ultimately our success. We are at heart a local business, rooted in communities, people, and their skills. To help create fairer opportunities in our regions, we hold ourselves, and the organisations we work closely with, up to the highest possible standards in how we recruit, support, and reward our employees.

This helps to ensure that we are fair and honourable employers, paying the real living wage; with equality, diversity and inclusion thoroughly embedded into our organisations. We are committed to making opportunities fairer for people who are disadvantaged by their location, background, economic situation, current skill set or employment history, to create a more diverse workforce that represents the communities we serve. The transition to a greener economy will require new skills across a wide range of disciplines and it’s a real chance for people of all ages to have fulfilling, well-paid careers. We aim to make these job opportunities visible, accessible, inspiring, and achievable to the broadest range of people. This includes working with the most disadvantaged and socially immobile communities in our networks, to proactively help them gain meaningful employment in the energy sector.

Our Fairer Opportunities goals

By 2030, we will inspire 250,000 people from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups to gain access to career opportunities in the energy sector.

Additional commitments

By 2031, over 25% of our training will be delivered through social learning and digital solution, helping to support a wider range of learning styles and needs
Ensure that every depot and network partners with at least one local school, colleague, or community group to deliver career inspiration and skills access by 2030 and/or works with the Centres for Warmth in their area
By 2030, 40% of our leadership team will be female
By 2030, 15-18% of our workforce will be ethnic minorities.

Sustainable Development Goals

We support the UN Sustainable Development Goals by integrating environmental, social, and economic principles into our strategy. Our work contributes most directly to the following SDGs.