Climate change mitigation

Climate protection is part of Amprion’s social responsibility. We face up to this responsibility in our own operations and along our value chain. Amprion first developed a climate strategy in 2021 – and has been developing it continuously ever since. The establishment of climate targets was preceded by an analysis and quantification of past, present and expected future greenhouse gas emissions. The following reduction targets were set by Amprion on this basis:

Scope 1 and 2: We are aiming to reduce our direct (Scope 1) and (energy-related) indirect (Scope 2) greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by at least 63 per cent by 2032 compared to the baseline year 2017.

Scope 3: We want to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of our upstream activities (Scope 3) by around 58 per cent by 2032 compared to the baseline year 2021 – referred to the length of routes expanded and renewed in Amprion’s transmission grid.

Our emission reduction targets are based on the assumption that our business will grow significantly in the coming years. They are in line with the requirements of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), an international organisation that supports companies in setting science-based climate targets. In this way, we want to align our business activities with the 1.5 °C target of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The SBTi has validated the targets.

In order to monitor these targets and identify further potential savings, Amprion measures its greenhouse gas emissions at regular intervals. In addition to carbon dioxide (CO₂), we also take account of other greenhouse gases (GHG) such as SF6 and convert them into CO₂ equivalents.

We are already implementing a wide range of actions to systematically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions across all relevant areas:

• Grid expansion: By expanding our transmission grid, we are enabling greater integration of renewable energies, improving the electricity mix and thereby offsetting emissions from grid loss and our own electricity consumption.
• Energy management: With a site-specific action plan, we are increasing our energy efficiency, for example through waste heat recovery, more efficient lighting, air conditioning and ventilation systems, and the electrification of our company car fleet.
• SF₆ reduction: Together with manufacturers, we are testing SF₆-free voltage transformers and piloting a 420 kV vacuum circuit breaker to operate substations without this greenhouse gas in future.
• Supply chain (Scope 3): Within the supply chain, we are reducing GHG emissions, particularly in emission-intensive services and components, by integrating climate criteria into the procurement process and assessing technical designs for reduction potential.

Energy

To enable us to utilise energy as efficiently as possible, we operate an energy management system that is certified in accordance with ISO 50001. Amongst other things, our joint “Environment and Energy” guideline commits us to continuously improving our energy efficiency. We keep an eye on data centres, vehicles and heating systems, ventilation systems, HV equipment and buildings for this purpose, for instance. In principle, all new buildings at Amprion provide the highest level of energy efficiency. Whenever Amprion constructs new buildings, we always include PV systems in our plans. And we tap the potential offered by the roofs of existing buildings, too. Further savings can be achieved by utilising waste heat to heat buildings.

Climate-related risk and scenario analysis

Amprion continuously analyses climate-related risks within a working group and documents them in a climate risk report, which was expanded in 2025 to include the requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) – the EU directive on enhanced sustainability reporting. The report also meets the requirements of the EU Taxonomy, the European classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities. The focus is on climate scenarios and transitional risks arising during the transition period to a climate-neutral economy.

On this basis, the risks are assessed according to the level of damage and probability of occurrence for short-, medium- and long-term periods.
Physical risks are analysed in accordance with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the EU Taxonomy for key assets such as lines, cables and switchgear. To this end, Amprion uses Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP scenarios) – i.e. the emission and concentration pathways of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – for physical risks.
Transitional risks are categorised according to the categories of the former Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) – namely market, technology, and legal and political risks. The TCFD is now part of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP scenarios), socio-economic development pathways, are used for transitional risks.
In the 2025 reporting year, none of the identified risks reached the materiality threshold under the CSRD.