About us

Drax Group is a renewable energy company engaged in renewable power generation, the production of sustainable biomass and the sale of renewable electricity to businesses.

We operate a generation portfolio of sustainable biomass, hydro-electric and pumped hydro storage assets across four sites in England and Scotland. It is the UK’s largest source of renewable electricity. We also operate a global bioenergy supply business with manufacturing facilities at 13 sites in the United States and Canada, producing compressed wood pellets for our own use and for customers in Europe and Asia. Enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future is Drax Group’s purpose and in 2019, it announced a world-leading ambition to be carbon negative by 2030, using Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) technology to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere at scale whilst delivering reliable renewable electricity.

Brand values

At Drax Group, working together is vitally important in helping us achieve our vision: To be a bold, customer oriented power generation and retail business, driven by biomass innovation. To help us do this, it makes sense that everyone in our Group shares the same way of working. That’s why we have values which are common for the whole Group:

• We care about what matters – we help each other achieve the things that are important to each of us
• We’re a can-do kind of place – we’re empowered and encouraged to make informed decisions, take action and do the right thing
• We see things differently – we share inspiration and insight right across Drax, and search for new ideas and ways of working
• We listen carefully – we make sure that people feel genuinely heard, acknowledged and that what they say matters
• We do what we say we’ll do – we’re proactive, committed and reliable –and trust others to be the same

Message from CFO

"Our Procurement team has an important role to play as Drax executes its strategy to be a carbon negative company by 2030. Working collaboratively across the business, the team will develop commercial sourcing strategies to maximise value while ensuring the right level of governance and risk management.  There’s both a great opportunity and a strategic need to enhance and develop a capable, committed supply base who are prepared to invest in Drax through shared risk and reward. It’s a really exciting time for Drax - and Caroline and her team have an exciting challenge and opportunity ahead."

Introduction from Procurement Director 

"I wish I could say I chose procurement as a career, but it was the other way around: procurement chose me! I’ve worked in procurement for the last 25 years or so, and l love what I do. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some great companies along the way too, in sectors including technology, retail and financial services – and since joining Drax as Procurement Director in 2021, I can now add renewable power to the list. 

Drax is definitely up there in the list of the best places I’ve worked - and it’s a really exciting time to join. Enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future is Drax Group’s purpose, with a world-leading ambition to be a carbon negative company by 2030. We operate across three areas:

• Renewable power generation
• The production of sustainable biomass
• The sale of renewable electricity to businesses

The most important thing for me is that the team is well regarded both internally and externally – providing a mix of healthy tension and challenge when appropriate - but viewed as procurement experts and trusted advisors, who are pragmatic in their approach and deliver what they say they will."     

Procurement at Drax

The Procurement team at Drax is responsible for all non-fuel spend globally. We’re introducing a renewed approach to procurement at Drax. Our key challenge is to ‘reset’ our internal customers’ perception and expectations of us. This will focus on the traditional areas of People, Process and Systems - and we’re adding capability and looking to make marked improvements in each of these areas. Building this capability is crucial for Drax to be able to deliver its ambitious growth plans and future focussed business strategy.

Where we operate

Career development

We support everyone’s development, from the early career stages such as apprenticeships through to ongoing learning and development opportunities for everyone. These all help to promote a high performance culture across the company. We focus on improving skills, education, employability and opportunity. We focus on developing the skills and talents of our staff, and so we make opportunities for training a high priority. Everyone gets the chance to shape their careers in the way they want to progress and contribute to our continued success.

Our colleagues

Our people are what makes us, so we place a strong emphasis on attracting, training and retaining great talent. We’re looking for inspiring, motivated people to help us. Our collaborative culture means our people feel valued and want to come to work for the good of the whole business. At Drax, hybrid working is a strategic enabler to our organisational goals and vision. It helps us to empower our colleagues to work in the most productive way possible. We are open to discussing hybrid working, so that you can be where you need to be. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to promoting increased diversity and celebrating existing diversity within our workforce, and fairness and inclusivity in our working environment. In doing so, we aim to support everyone and to design ways of working that are inclusive and flexible, enabling equitable access to opportunity for all. As part of this, we’re focusing on understanding the existing diversity of our workforce through data collection. We’re also hosting educational sessions for all colleagues and delivering inclusive leadership development for our leaders. Every person matters – and that includes you. Every colleague can help us learn how to do things better - regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, belief or religion, age, background, culture or life circumstance.