Phoenix Energy Responsible Business Report 2026

Leadership in the Marketplace

Leadership in Action

Phoenix Energy held its 4th annual Renewable Gas Conference at Titanic Hotel Belfast.

Phoenix has delivered significant economic, social and environmental benefits locally, while playing a central role in supporting and developing the wider gas industry and independent trade. With a clear focus on decarbonisation, the company remains committed to advancing the future use of gas infrastructure to help GHOLYHU QHW ]HUR FDUERQ VROXWLRQV Having led the way in introducing natural gas to Northern Ireland in 1996, twenty nine years on, Phoenix continues to set the standards for responsible business, leadership and collaborative working, within the energy industry and beyond.

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National and international speakers addressed over 200 delegates across the energy, agriculture and transport sectors to discuss the vital role renewable gas will play in Northern Ireland’s transition to net zero. Discussions focused on the strategic role of renewable gas in decarbonising Northern Ireland’s wider energy system, the development of a NI Biomethane Strategy to unlock investment and market growth and the VKRZFDVLQJ RI OHDGLQJ HGJH SURMHFWV IURP 1RUWKHUQ ,UHODQG *UHDW %ULWDLQ DQG DFURVV (XURSH Speakers included Jonathan Martindale, Director of Business Development at Phoenix Energy; Russell Smyth, 3DUWQHU DQG +HDG RI &RUSRUDWH )LQDQFH DW .30* ,UHODQG +HOHQ (GZDUGV &(2 RI &HUHV (QHUJ\ &DUO $UQW]HQ CEO of Worcester Bosch and David Surplus OBE, CEO of B9 Energy Storage. This year the conference IDFLOLWDWHG D FURVV SDUW\ SDQHO RI 0/$V DQG 03V ZKR VKDUHG WKHLU SHUVSHFWLYHV RQ WKH SROLF\ DQG UHJXODWRU\ frameworks needed to accelerate the energy transition.

Northern Ireland’s gas industry came together for an evening of celebration at the Phoenix Energy Gala Ball at the Titanic Hotel, recognising the vital contribution local independent businesses have made since the introduction of natural gas in 1996.

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