SSEN Transmission

Review summary

SSEN Transmission submitted its Sustainability Strategy and Sustainability Action Plan to the It’s Now for Nature campaign and met all the review criteria.

SSEN Transmission materiality assessment addresses nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities across the value chain.
SSEN Transmission conducted a double materiality assessment to evaluate its impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities.
Material impacts identified: Land and forestry, marine environment, climate change adaption and mitigation

SSEN Transmission has set SMART targets for its material issues with deadlines of 2030, using 2024/25 as a baseline.
Land & Forestry: “Natural capital impacts are considered in 100% of design decisions and developments by 2030.”
Circular economy: Identify and realise circular economy opportunities, ensuring zero waste to landfill by 2026.
Marine environment: Be industry leaders in marine habitat monitoring and restoration by 2030 (measured by No. of marine restoration projects a) initiated, and b) completed; No. of marine monitoring projects a) initiated, and b) completed.

For each of SSEN Transmission’s most material activity topics, it has identified how it will execute its ambition.
For example, SSEN Transmission has the following actions to achieve natural capital targets: “By 2026, work with other Transmission Owners to assess impacts of materials and construction methods on nature, including cumulative impacts.”
And “By 2030, consider natural capital in design decision by incorporating natural capital accounting into our impact assessments”.

The SSEN Transmission Board approved its Sustainability Strategy
The strategy is managed through the Sustainability Steering Group, consisting of the Chief Sustainability Officer from SSE Group and Directors.