Energinet.dk’s corporate social responsibility

Energinet.dk is a public enterprise with considerable social responsibility. We were established to engage in our activities, which are useful to society and based on a holistic approach, taking into account security of supply, economy, the environment and effective energy markets. That is why it is quite natural for us to focus on CSR - our corporate social responsibility.

20 November 2009

Energinet.dk wants to be known as a decent, proper and honest enterprise.

As the owner of the main electricity and natural gas grids in Denmark, we are responsible for consumers’ always having electricity and gas readily available (security of supply), well-functioning electricity and gas markets, and efficient integration of renewable energy.

We administer public funds for renewable energy and support research and development in environmentally friendly power generation. We also calculate the emissions of environmentally hazardous substances from the entire energy system – not only from Energinet.dk as an enterprise but also from the electricity and natural gas sectors. Moreover, under the legal framework, we strive to make our installations as invisible as possible in the landscape.

In the coming years we also have two main social tasks:

  • The integration of renewable energy into the power system and integrated planning of the energy systems in order for us to contribute to more renewable energy in the sectors not subject to emission allowances, ie the heating sector (eg heat pumps) and the transport sector (electric vehicles).
  • The future supply of natural gas as the least polluting transitional fuel on the way to a society free from fossil fuels.


We have chosen our CSR focus areas as a natural continuation of these social tasks and our company background.


This is what we do:
  • Energinet.dk adopted a CSR policy in 2009.
  • Energinet.dk has joined UN Global Compact in 2009 and used Global Compact’s ten principles as the starting point for our CSR work.
  • Energinet.dk focuses its efforts in three areas in 2009: employees, the environment and climate, and the supplier chain.



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