Sustainability

ESG at Energia Group A long term commitment

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Our Values

Our mission is simple; to provide our customers with innovative technology-enabled solutions that will make their lives easier while contributing strongly to decarbonisation. The goals that underpins the work we do are key. We are Trustworthy, Dynamic, Resourceful and Community Focused.

Our Purpose

We are committed to providing affordable, reliable and clean energy to homes and businesses. We have an ambitious €3 billion positive energy investment plan and we are building innovative wind and solar renewable energy projects whilst also providing critical generation to ensure energy security and to support the energy transition.

Energia Group is a leading integrated and innovative energy company that believes in the importance of a just transition to Net Zero and providing a secure supply of affordable and clean energy to homes. We are focused on driving the transition to sustainable energy on the island of Ireland through our Renewables, Flexible Generation and Customer Solutions business units.

Our commitment to Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles is central, shaping our current practices and future direction. Sustainability in everything we do is a strategic priority for Energia Group and we are continuing to integrate ESG across our business activities.

Strong and progressive ESG governance ensures that we continuously strive to build a business that is responsible and resilient. To achieve this, we will continue monitoring the effectiveness of our ESG governance strategy as we integrate ESG across the Group.

Dedicated to acting responsibly, one of our top priorities are our employees, customers and communities our efforts have been recognised by our achievement as of just 42 companies in Ireland to have been awarded the Business Working Responsibly Mark by Business in the Community.

As a leading energy provider and infrastructure investor Energia Group currently supplies approximately 17% of the island of Ireland’s total electricity requirements and is responsible for approximately 20% of wind power capacity installed on the island. The Group supplies over 880,700 homes and businesses across the island of Ireland with electricity and gas, through our retail brands Energia and Power NI.

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

ESG matters are core components of how we, at Energia Group, operate as a business, to our employees and the work they do, to the communities we serve, and to our investors as well as a broad range of stakeholders. Whilst we are at the early stages of our ESG journey, our continuous progress within this journey will guide how we do business now and into the future. Our commitment to embed ESG considerations across our business and into our decision-making processes is continuously evolving.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared roadmap for governments, businesses and society to work together to address a multitude of global challenges including the climate crisis for people and the planet, now and into the future.

There are 17 UN SDGs and whilst Energia Group contributes to many of the SDGs, we have identified 5 which we believe our purpose aligns closest to:

SDG 5 Gender Equality;
SDG 7 Affordable & Clean Energy;
SDG 8 Decent Work & Economic Growth;
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure;
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities & Communities;
SDG 13 Climate Action.

We believe that by aligning our activities to the broader global efforts to deliver the SDGs we are demonstrating our commitment to the communities in which we operate and serve, our employees and to climate action.

Select each SDG is in the slider panel below to find out more.

Energia Group SDG Alignment

See how our work aligns with each of these 6 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Click each SDG to find out more.

SDG 5 Gender Equality

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

SDG 13 Climate Action

View the full SDG Alignment Report here.

Stakeholder Engagement and Materiality Assessment

Stakeholder Engagement

We understand how important our stakeholder views are. As a Group, we engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders including our employees, commercial and residential customers, communities, regulators, industry groups, investors, non-governmental organisations, academia, rating agencies and other organisations that affect, or could be affected by, our activities and services.

Materiality Assessment

An important element of our ESG strategy is to understand the issues that are perceived to be most important or material to our stakeholders. In 2022 we conducted our first Materiality Assessment for ESG related matters seeking the views of our internal and external stakeholders.

The results of this assessment have informed our overall ESG approach and are summarised in Energia Group’s Materiality Matrix.

In line with our overall ESG approach, and our continued refinement of our stakeholder and materiality approach, in 2023, we extended our Materiality Assessment approach to include detailed stakeholder interviews to garner greater insights into the views of our stakeholders. Our approach to materiality will be regularly reviewed and our materiality matrix will be revised based on our continued engagement with key stakeholders and consideration of emerging challenges with a consistent focus on delivering our ESG Strategy.

Double Materiality Assessment

Throughout 2024/25, we developed our approach to Materiality Assessment by conducting our first Double Materiality Assessment (DMA). On the back desktop research and sector review exercises, we compiled a longlist of Impacts, Risks and Opportunities (IROs) covering a wide range of ESG topics.

We also hosted workshops with key internal stakeholders across Renewables, Flexible Generation, and Customer Solutions and Energia Group to discuss and score these IROs. We are currently progressing engagement with a representative group of external stakeholders to valid the internal DMA results.

As our approach to DMA developments over time, we will be seeking further input from our key stakeholders to inform and validate the IROs that are of material importance to the Group.

Materiality Matrix

Overall the results indicate that our stakeholders view a range of Environmental, Social and Governance factors as being important to Energia Group. Half of the issues identified as most important are specific environmental factors. Some of the other issues identified are relevant to our decarbonisiation activities (e.g. community engagement) and there is also an important focus on health and safety and governance.

Materiality Matrix

Find out more detail on what the top 10 ESG issues are and where they are positioned in relation to each other on the scatter plot graph from our study.

View the Full Materiality Matrix