Overview
With the majority of our carbon emissions coming from customer activities, the biggest difference we can make to climate change is to help customers transition to lower carbon and sustainable energy usage.
We’ve set an ambitious target to drive action. We’re focused on helping customers deliver a 28% GHG intensity reduction of energy use by 2030 (our interim target against a 2019 base year), as we progress towards net zero by 2050 (our long-term target). Although we don’t control the energy choices customers make, we’ve a responsibility to help reduce their emissions and remain unwavering in this commitment.
We’ve pinpointed four crucial levers that will play a significant role in reducing customer emissions, each with varying degrees of Centrica control. We’ll need to take direct action within each of these areas, which includes shifts to our portfolio of services and solutions to deliver our strategic ambition. Alongside this, we know our progress in the four areas set out below, is heavily dependent on the quick evolution of the policy environment, market conditions, technology development and customer behaviour. We therefore target advocacy in these areas.
We’ve projected the decarbonisation potential of each lever out to 2050 to better understand the scale and pace of impact, together with the timing and actions required. The chart below illustrates the potential emissions savings and relative contribution from each lever.
Customer (Scope 3) decarbonisation levers
The table below shows our Customer net zero targets, supported by our new set of Climate Ambitions to help achieve them:
Targets and Ambitions |
Lever |
Centrica GHG emissions - 28% reduction of carbon by 2030 and net zero by 2050 |
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Devices connected to the Hive platform - 5 million by 2023 |
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Heat pumps sold to customers - 20,000 per annum by 2030 |
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Electricity customers with access to smart services in the UK - 80% by 20301 |
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Customers engages in green or flexible energy in the UK - 33% by 2030 |
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Supply of renewable or zero carbon power in the UK and Ireland - 100% by 2030 |
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Engineers with green skills in the UK and Ireland - 3,000 by 2030 |
1) Working electricity smart meter
Key:
Efficiency
Fuel switching
Electricity grid decarbonisation