Industry · Energy & utilities
Nature intelligence for energy & utilities
The energy transition is essential for nature, but renewable infrastructure also needs land, water and careful siting.
Why nature matters here
Power generation affects nature through emissions, water withdrawals for cooling, hydropower’s effects on rivers, and the land needed for wind, solar and grids. Good siting and mitigation can greatly reduce those impacts.
What the screening data says
Potentially material pressures for electricity, gas and steam supply
In the SBTN Materiality Screening Tool v1 dataset, electricity, gas and steam supply covers 3 ISIC groups and 12 ISIC group–production process pairs. The bars show how many of those pairs are rated material (direct operations) for each pressure category.
- Water use8/12
- GHG emissions6/12
- Water pollutants6/12
- Terrestrial ecosystem use5/12
- Soil pollutants5/12
- Non-GHG air pollutants3/12
- Solid waste3/12
- Disturbances3/12
- Freshwater ecosystem use3/12
- Marine ecosystem use1/12
ISIC groups included (3)
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains · Steam and air conditioning supply
Sector-level potential impacts, not company-specific results. Explore the data in the free Materiality Screening Tool.
Typical dependencies and impact hotspots
Illustrative, sector-level themes to explore in an assessment. Your actual material issues depend on your activities and locations.
Water use
Cooling water for thermal plants; river flows for hydropower.
Land use
Wind, solar and transmission infrastructure footprints.
Species interactions
Birds, bats and fish affected by turbines, lines and dams.
Climate
GHG emissions remain the dominant pressure for fossil generation.
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