Values
DEIB

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

    At NESO we pride ourselves on our culture of belonging. With us, everyone can bring their true selves to work. We wholly embrace diversity and are truly inclusive.

    We are continually looking at how we can strengthen our belonging culture. It is vital that everyone feels respected and confident to share their ideas and solutions. Together, we are curious to learn about different backgrounds and perspectives, to enable and accelerate progress of the energy transition.​

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

At NESO we pride ourselves on our culture of belonging. With us, everyone can bring their true selves to work. We wholly embrace diversity and are truly inclusive.

We are continually looking at how we can strengthen our belonging culture. It is vital that everyone feels respected and confident to share their ideas and solutions. Together, we are curious to learn about different backgrounds and perspectives, to enable and accelerate progress of the energy transition.

NESO has partnered with Inclusive Employers and become Disability Confident to foster a more inclusive and supportive workplace. The Disability Confident scheme encourages employers to rethink disability and take action to improve recruitment, retention, and development of disabled people. It offers a unique opportunity to lead in the community and discover invaluable talent. Inclusive Employers, established in 2011, helps organisations to embed workplace inclusion, ensuring all employees are valued and contribute to success. These partnership supports NESO's commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Our organisation-wide objectives:

  • Increase diversity at all levels of the organisation; encouraging and attracting great people from a full range of backgrounds and ensuring that everyone can reach their full potential.
  • Offer an employee experience that enables a sense of belonging and psychological safety at every stage of your career with us.​
  • Ensure that everyone understands their responsibility to help others to belong and fully contribute, and engage in belonging activities.
  • Seek to be a leading voice in the whole energy system, in particular as we start to engage more with the diversity of energy consumers and how this should inform our broader role as the NESO.​

A quote from CEO Fintan Slye

"Harnessing the power of our different experiences, perspectives and styles is critical to everything we need to achieve over the coming years. We need to enable people to bring those alternative ideas and solutions to the table without fear of being drowned out by an identikit majority, or being received with scepticism. That’s why it’s important that people feel they can belong – because we don’t just need to attract and retain great people; we need them to be here with a willingness to share and consider the best ideas, regardless of where they come from."



 

  • A quote from CEO Fintan Slye

    "Harnessing the power of our different experiences, perspectives and styles is critical to everything we need to achieve over the coming years. We need to enable people to bring those alternative ideas and solutions to the table without fear of being drowned out by an identikit majority, or being received with scepticism. That’s why it’s important that people feel they can belong – because we don’t just need to attract and retain great people; we need them to be here with a willingness to share and consider the best ideas, regardless of where they come from."

Employee Resource Groups & Interest Networks

At NESO, we have a diverse range of Employee Resource Groups and Interest Networks.

In addition to helping us build awareness and understanding of, our ERGs and IGs work alongside our central Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) team to assist the development of programmes of activity, which form key components of our DEI&B strategy and provide a range of opportunities for all of us to engage on different topics.​

Our ERGs and IGs are run independently and voluntarily by our dedicated colleagues and are designed to provide support and representation for protected characteristics.

Speak to us in your interview if you want any more information.

DiverseAbility

Our mission is to advocate for accessibility and inclusion for those with disabilities, health conditions and neurodiversity. Empowering colleagues through awareness, education, and actionable change, so everyone can thrive in their roles.





 

 

PRIDE in NESO

Our LGBTQ+ network supports LGBTQ+ colleagues, allies, friends and family.

Together, we embrace diversity and celebrate its value at NESO. We aim to support, educate, and celebrate our LGBTQ+ colleagues for both our members and the entire company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RISE

A community where ethnicity and religion fits in our workplace.

We stand by our ethnic minority colleagues, promoting awareness of divers faith groups with our business. Our goal is to ensure our workforce mirrors the communities we serve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WiN - Women in NESO

A network for women and men to promote equal opportunities for the professional development of women.​ 

With the aim of attracting diverse talent to support our strategic goals and secure a bright future. We provide training, mentoring, allyship, events, and highlight opportunities in the energy sector to encourage more women to pursue a careers in energy.

 

 

 

 

Belonging Forum

Our Belonging Forum is dedicated to creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued, included, supported and connected. We aim to foster open dialogue, implement actionable strategies, and support initiatives that enhance belonging and inclusion.





 

 

Emerge

EMERGE is NESO’s employee resource group (ERG) for new starters, but open to all employees. Our goal is to support growth, networking, and career development, empowering our colleagues with the knowledge and skills to reach your full potential. We offer talks, seminars, networking events, site visits, and development opportunities throughout the year.






 

 

Faith@Work

Faith@Work represents and supports our colleagues in the Faith space, within NESO. The faiths we currently have representation for are: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islam, Jain, Judaism, Pagan and Sikhi.









 

Families Network

Our purpose is to create a safe and supportive community for caregivers in all family structures where we can share experiences and useful resources.


 


 




 

Sustainabilty Network

The NESO Sustainability Network will support sustainability through raising awareness of key aspect of sustainability, support positive behaviour change where actions consider sustainability, and aid the development of a culture of sustainability within NESO that can then support us as individuals, families and communities.







 

SeRVe Network

A network for veterans, reservists, cadet leaders and their spouses/families at NESO.










 

The National Energy System Operator is a publicly owned organisation, commercially & operationally independent from Government, regulated by Ofgem.​

  • DiverseAbility

    Our mission is to advocate for accessibility and inclusion for those with disabilities, health conditions and neurodiversity. Empowering colleagues through awareness, education, and actionable change, so everyone can thrive in their roles.

  • PRIDE in NESO

    Our LGBTQ+ network supports LGBTQ+ colleagues, allies, friends and family. Together, we embrace diversity and celebrate its value at NESO. We aim to support, educate, and celebrate our LGBTQ+ colleagues for both our members and the entire company.



     

  • RISE

    A community where ethnicity and religion fits in our workplace. We stand by our ethnic minority colleagues, promoting awareness of divers faith groups with our business. Our goal is to ensure our workforce mirrors the communities we serve.

  • WiN - Women in NESO

    A network for women and men to promote equal opportunities for the professional development of women.​ 

    With the aim of attracting diverse talent to support our strategic goals and secure a bright future. We provide training, mentoring, allyship, events, and highlight opportunities in the energy sector to encourage more women to pursue a careers in energy.

  • Belonging Forum

    Our Belonging Forum is dedicated to creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued, included, supported and connected. We aim to foster open dialogue, implement actionable strategies, and support initiatives that enhance belonging and inclusion.

     

  • EMERGE

    EMERGE is NESO’s employee resource group (ERG) for new starters, but open to all employees. Our goal is to support growth, networking, and career development, empowering our colleagues with the knowledge and skills to reach your full potential. We offer talks, seminars, networking events, site visits, and development opportunities throughout the year.


     

  • Faith@Work

    Faith@Work represents and supports our colleagues in the Faith space, within NESO. The faiths we currently have representation for are: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islam, Jain, Judaism, Pagan and Sikhi.

     

  • Families Network

    Our purpose is to create a safe and supportive community for caregivers in all family structures where we can share experiences and useful resources.

     

  • Sustainabilty Network

    The NESO Sustainability Network will support sustainability through raising awareness of key aspect of sustainability, support positive behaviour change where actions consider sustainability, and aid the development of a culture of sustainability within NESO that can then support us as individuals, families and communities.

     

  • SeRVe Network

    A network for veterans, reservists, cadet leaders and their spouses/families at NESO.


     

PRIDE in NESO

Our LGBTQ+ network supports LGBTQ+ colleagues, allies, friends and family. Together, we embrace diversity and celebrate its value at NESO. We aim to support, educate, and celebrate our LGBTQ+ colleagues for both our members and the entire company.



 

Network for Minority Ethnic colleagues

A community where ethnicity and religion fits in our workplace.

We stand by our ethnic minority colleagues, promoting awareness of divers faith groups with our business. Our goal is to ensure our workforce mirrors the communities we serve.

Women’s Network

A network for women and men to promote equal opportunities for the professional development of women.​

With the aim of attracting diverse talent to support our strategic goals and secure a bright future. We provide training, mentoring, allyship, events, and highlight opportunities in the energy sector to encourage more women to pursue a careers in energy.