We’re a stakeholder-led business
Being a stakeholder-led business with a stakeholder-led strategy is something we’re really proud of. We work hard to meet the needs of all our stakeholders and customers; we collaborate and work in partnership with our stakeholders to overcome environmental, societal and economic challenges; and we advocate on behalf of our stakeholders to drive positive change along our pathway to Net Zero. Carrying out effective engagement with our stakeholders is crucial to our critical work and we are committed to delivering the highest stakeholder engagement standards.
Achieving the AccountAbility AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard
SSEN Transmission engages with stakeholders in line with AccountAbility’s AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard. The AA1000 Series of Standards represent a principles-based framework, used globally by businesses to demonstrate leadership and performance in accountability, responsibility, and sustainability. This is considered the ‘gold standard’ in stakeholder engagement accreditation.
We’re continuously improving
Our AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard score as of April 2023 is 85% with a top-tier rating of “Advanced" in the AccountAbility Stakeholder Engagement Maturity Ladder.
This is a 3% increase on our 2022 score and demonstrates our commitment to continuously improving our stakeholder engagement practice.
Our latest AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard health-check performance, and the actions we’ve taken to improve our standards and engagement practice, ensure we deliver on AccountAbility’s principles of ‘Inclusivity’, ‘Materiality’, ‘Responsiveness' and 'Impact' alongside and in alignment with our own engagement principles, co-developed with stakeholders. Together, these principles help us to: include different stakeholders to enrich our work, engage on material issues that matter to our stakeholders, and respond to stakeholder issues through our decision-making, dialogue and performance.
We are proud of our effective engagement and our stakeholders can be reassured that we will continue to improve our engagement practice year-on-year.
We welcome your feedback
We’re committed to improving our stakeholder engagement practice and we always welcome constructive feedback. If you would like to provide feedback on our engagement practice, please get in touch with Nicola Findlay, Stakeholder Communications Policy Manager email: nicola.findlay1@sse.com