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At Northpower we are committed to a sustainable way of doing business and have set an ambitious target to reduce our group emissions year on year. We are currently working on initiatives that incorporate rethinking our systems and education to achieve these targets.

We are excited to take this journey in a way that is transparent and backed by science.

We are committed to a sustainable way of doing business including:

an unyielding commitment to health and safety,
growing future ready talent,
genuine climate change action,
connecting and caring for our communities,
driving economic and social value for Northland.

An unyielding commitment to health and safety

We continue to evolve our health and safety strategy and execute our plans to prevent serious harm to our staff, contractors and the public.

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Growing future ready talent

We are investing in capability and talent to create a more diverse, inclusive, equitable organisation across our growing businesses and industry.

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Genuine climate change action

We are enabling renewable energy generation and electrification in the North. Through our services, we are enabling other networks and organisations to benefit from renewable energy. We are committed to reducing our own carbon emissions o help mitigate the impacts of global warming.

Connecting and caring for our communities

We continue to provide a safe, reliable and resilient network, keeping the lights on for over 63,000 families and business across Whangārei and Kaipara.

We are extending our ultrafast broadband network to shorten the rural divide to more than 23,000 homes and businesses.

We are working to combat modern slavery and worker exploitation in our supply chain.