SSE is a UK-listed energy company with operations and investments across the UK and Ireland. It is primarily a developer (which includes being a builder), an operator and an owner of low-carbon energy assets and businesses, with a strategic focus on regulated electricity networks and renewable energy. More broadly, SSE is involved in the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity, the production, storage, distribution and supply of gas and in the provision of energy-related services.

SSE is involved in the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity, in the production, storage, distribution and supply of gas and in other energy services. The bulk of SSE’s operating profit comes from regulated electricity networks and renewable sources of energy, and it is these businesses that are at the core of the Group’s low-carbon strategy.

Renewables
SSE has consolidated the development and operation of all its renewables assets in the Gb and Ireland under a single management in a business known as SSE Renewables.

Networks
SSE’s wholly-owned economically-regulated electricity transmission and distribution businesses are collectively known as Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) and it holds a one-third stake in the gas distribution company, SGN. 

Complementary businesses
Flexible thermal generation complements the growth of variable wind and solar, business-to-business in the UK and Ireland, and business-to-customer operations provide a valuable route to market, market-orientated activity like energy trading and gas storage balances risk and SSE Enterprise is creating opportunities in distributed energy and facilitating the electrification of transport.

SSE’s vision is to be a leading energy provider in a low-carbon world. To achieve this we have set four fundamental goals for 2030 which put sustainability at heart of SSE’s business strategy. These goals aren’t just important to SSE, they matter to everyone – that’s why they are directly linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Find out more about how we are building a better world of energy for the future in this section of the website.

SSE is committed to supporting the communities in which we live and work. We understand we must contribute positively to this society by being an active contributor to the communities that we are part of.

This section of our website provides examples and case studies of how we serve the communities we operate in.

SSE's strategy is to deliver the efficient operation of, and investment in, a balanced range of economically-regulated and market-based businesses in energy production, storage, transmission, distribution, supply and related services in the energy markets in Great Britain and Ireland.

Our staff tell us there are lots of good reasons to work at SSE. It’s not possible to include them all, but we’ve highlighted a few of the key ones in this section.

As part of our Happier goal and our commitment to being a Great Place to Work, we’ve spent some time over the last few years improving our employee benefits.

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