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Our purpose
Our vision inspires us, guiding us as we develop our strategy and business plans. Our mission is what the Elia group staff want to achieve together. Our mission statement serves as a filter to separate what is important from what is not, and clearly explains who we serve, what we deliver and how.
Our vision
Decarbonisation is one of society’s most pressing challenges. As a system operator, the group’s activities are central to overcoming this challenge: our grid forms the backbone of the energy transition. We are strengthening our on- and offshore transmission grid to facilitate the integration of increasing amounts of renewable energy into the system. We are also furthering digitalisation and sector convergence and shaping energy markets, so supporting new market players to become active participants in the energy sector. As a driver of the energy transition, therefore, we are contributing to the establishment of a sustainable world.
Our reason for being
“In the interest of society, we make the energy transition happen to decarbonise Europe by delivering the needed power infrastructure and shaping the European markets. We keep the lights on by operating a reliable and sustainable system and innovate to meet evolving consumers’ needs in an efficient way and to protect people’s safety. We create further value for society in the changing energy landscape.”
Building and operating the grid is, and will remain, our core business - just as sustainability and innovation will continue to be part of our DNA, so we can keep driving the energy transition forward.
However, with the world around us changing, we also need to adapt our way of working and thinking. The goal of net zero is already presenting society with a great number of opportunities. In order to harness these, we are therefore looking beyond our current activities to find areas through which we can deliver additional value to society. See the section entitled ‘Company profile’ in the chapter on ‘The Elia group at a glance ’ for an overview of our non-regulated activities.
