OnPath Together: Our development approach
OnPath Together is about doing the right thing for people and the planet. It’s about playing our part in a just transition to a net zero future that is fair and inclusive for everyone.
It is a set of values and commitments that guide how we work together with communities, each other, and our business partners as we play our part in securing a just transition to net zero future for all of the UK.
Together to a greener future
You can now read our 2025 OnPath Together sustainability report.
2025 has been a busy year for OnPath Energy, we’ve fully embraced our new company name and identity and are continuing to strive towards our goal to become the UK’s leading renewable energy developer.
In the pipeline is a diverse portfolio of new projects with a total capacity of over 3GW and construction is now underway for our Barnsdale Solar Park near leads, Common Farm Solar Park near Rotherham, and our newest wind farm, Mill Rig in South Lanarkshire. Combined, these three projects have a generation and storage capacity of around 206MW, enough to power over 80,000 homes annually.
This report serves as a snapshot of highlights, demonstrating a selection of our 16 ESG commitments in action. Where relevant, we also include forward looking aspirations and projections, reflecting the long-term commitments we make and long-lasting benefits that our renewables projects deliver to communities, local economies and the environment.
By continuing to work together with communities, business partners and each other, we aim to deliver more efficient and innovative renewables projects that will help to lower consumer energy bills, improve the UK’s energy security and support the delivery of a just transition that is fair and inclusive for everyone.
OnPath Together
Creating a better way together
At heart, we are a team that places people and the planet at the centre of everything we do.
OnPath Energy believe in creating better way together with others. We are guided by a set of values that has encompassed our approach to development for almost two decades.
We are determined to do things the right way with quality, consideration and integrity. We do this by building long term, meaningful relationships based on integrity and trust.
By working together with communities, business partners and each other we will continue to deliver social, environmental and economic benefits in our host communities to last for generations.
Our set of OnPath Together commitments show how our work delivers for our communities, our supply chain and our people.
Our ESG commitments
OnPath Together to a greener future.
OnPath Together is about doing the right thing for people and the planet. It’s about playing our part in a just transition to a net zero future that is fair and inclusive for everyone which we categorise under the following four pillars:
Supporting a just transition
A just transition to renewable energy which is fair, inclusive and benefits everyone, with nobody left behind.
Responsible business
Guided by our policy framework, we embed responsible, sustainable practices into our operations and our development pipeline.
Climate & nature positive
Our renewables projects create solutions that help tackle climate, improve local habitats and improve biodiversity.
Developing Together
We aim to be a beacon of excellence in the renewable energy sector, fostering a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and environmental stewardship.
OnPath Together
Our core values
Our strong company values form the bedrock of our sustainability approach, guiding us in all we do.
- We place people and planet at the heart of our work.
- We collaborate to deliver better projects.
- We create long-term value together with our communities.
- We listen to understand, and we care.
- We see the bigger picture and how things are connected.
- We know that trust and integrity are hard-earned.
OnPath Together in numbers
Since we started generating renewable energy our projects have delivered significant environmental, economic and social benefits for the communities closest to our developments as we play our part in a net zero future for the UK. Our new OnPath Together commitments go even further to maximise the benefits of our developments.
£6k per MW
We offer a minimum of £6,000 per MW per year on all sites for community benefit payments
197k m2
of land or freshwater ecosystems restored through our projects in 2025
£1 million
Target a local economic benefit of £1 million/MW for all onshore wind projects
£200,000
delivered in climate action and sustainability funding
1%
Shared community ownership with 1% free equity
515
total training hours across the workforce
562,550MWh
of electricity generated in 2025
£500
Deliver at least ten OnPath education bursaries for every project
£1.2M
in grants and funding delivered through our projects in 2025
£500/MW
of installed capacity annually for solar projects as a community benefit
208,000
homes powered with clean, renewable electricity
Living wage
Guarantee a real living wage and benefits creating a beacon of excellence in renewable energy
OnPath Together to a just transition
Building community value
We are committed to helping everyone embrace the benefits of renewable energy by making long-term commitments to ensure the communities surrounding our projects benefit from their presence.
We work with and listen to the needs, challenges and aspirations of local people because we care about local priorities. We build long term relationships built on integrity and trust meaning that our projects tackle the issues that matter most to local people.
OnPath Together to a just transition
Supporting local businesses
When developing project proposals, we consider how things are connected, we see the bigger picture and always look to prioritise local contractors wherever possible to build community and economic value.
We strive to maximise the economic benefits our work brings to local economies, and we use distance from our sites as a key part of the tendering process when we decide who to work with.
Watch our video with RJ McLeod’s contracts manager, Lorcan Hayes to learn more about our longstanding partnership, and how our strong relationship and mutual values have ensured maximum benefit for local communities and businesses in the areas closest to our projects. >>>
OnPath Together: Climate change and nature positive
Caring for the environment
We take a nature-positive approach to all we do, creating solutions that tackle climate change head-on and improve local habitats.
We take a holistic approach to development, taking a big picture view with every aspect of a project from design to operation.
By working together with local communities, we identify priorities for the environment, and by working with environmental specialists deliver on the commitments we make as we aim for the highest possible environmental standards through innovation and continuous improvement.
Developing Together
Looking after our people
Our people are our superpower and the team at OnPath Energy has decades of experience and expertise in land and energy, they are the backbone of what makes us one of the UK’s leading renewables developers.
Our people plan “Developing Together” is a core part of our OnPath Together approach. It includes a development programme that nurtures and develops talent and skills, creates a working environment that makes health, safety and wellbeing a priority and provides fairly paid and sustainable employment in a stimulating environment as we strive to be the employer of choice in the renewable energy sector.
We treat everyone equitably, fairly and with respect cultivating a diverse, inclusive and supportive environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
We are committed across all of our projects to having a net-positive impact when it comes to climate change and biodiversity and we consider early on in the design process what interventions we can employ to achieve that. As a matter of principle, we aim to leave the land that we develop better than how we find it. That’s really what OnPath Together for the environment is all about.
Robin Winstanley Director Sustainability & Community
OnPath Together
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