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DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT UPDATED 2026-06-17
Digital Score 0.37 /10 E British Gas - BDS-1000 131
Digital 0.37

Evidence-only forensic audit. Scoring happens downstream - see the main dossier for the composite assessment.

British Gas - Digital Audit

Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

Israeli-Origin Technology Vendors

Panoramic Power (acquired November 2015; divested February 2026)

Centrica acquired this Israeli energy management technology company, which incorporates wireless self-powered circuit-level sensors with cloud analytics, for $60 million in November 2015 via Direct Energy, its US subsidiary 12. Panoramic Power LTD is confirmed incorporated in Israel (Kfar Saba) under current PowerRadar branding following its divestment 3. During Centrica’s ownership (2015–2026), the technology was deployed at over 700 commercial and industrial sites across 30 countries 45. The technology was advertised on British Gas Business’s customer-facing website as a core energy intelligence offering 45. Yaniv Vardi served as CEO of Panoramic Power, then became Global Managing Director of Centrica Business Solutions International, then became CEO of Claroty, an Israeli industrial cybersecurity company 6.

Centrica announced the sale of Panoramic Power alongside its European Energy Solutions businesses in February 2026 for combined divestment proceeds exceeding £80 million 72. The identity of the Panoramic Power acquirer is not named in any public Centrica disclosure 728.

Indegy (investment August 2018)

Centrica invested £14 million ($18 million) as part of a syndicated Series B round in Indegy, an Israeli industrial cybersecurity firm specialising in operational technology (OT/ICS) security for energy, water, and pharmaceutical environments 91011. All three founders (Barak Perelman, Mille Gandelsman, Ido Trivizki) are confirmed ex-Talpiot graduates - an elite IDF programme producing intelligence and technology officers 9. Christophe Defert (Ventures Director, Centrica Innovations) and Yaniv Vardi (Regional Director, Centrica Business Solutions) were named executives on the investment announcement 9. Indegy was acquired by Tenable (US/Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity firm with approximately $2.6 billion market cap) for approximately $100 million in December 2019 1011. Whether Centrica retained equity through the Tenable acquisition is not confirmed in public filings or press releases 1011.

Driivz (investment 2018–2020)

Centrica made a multi-million-pound investment in this Israeli EV charging software startup (headquartered Tel Aviv) via Centrica Innovations in August 2018, co-leading a £9 million round with Ombu Group, with follow-on investment in 2019 and 2020 121314. Centrica announced plans to integrate Driivz’s platform into a planned “Centrica Electric Vehicle Services” (CEVS) offering 1213. Driivz subsequently passed through Gilbarco Veeder-Root (2021) and Vontier Corporation (2022) 15. Centrica sold its interest in Driivz in 2022, as confirmed in the Centrica 2022 Annual Report 1617. The commercial deployment status of CEVS using Driivz’s platform is not confirmed in public Centrica disclosures; subsequent Centrica EV announcements reference different platforms and partnerships 16.

EchoCare Technologies (grant 2018)

This Israeli non-wearable elder-care monitoring startup (Beersheva) won £25,000 in Centrica’s “Active Ageing Challenge” in London, with Centrica exploring pilot deployment to customers 4. This represents a grant-funded relationship with an Israeli entity, not a licensing or commercial technology deployment 4.

ENSEK Ltd (acquired July 2024)

ENSEK is a UK entity (Nottingham-registered, Companies House No. 07167027) whose acquisition in July 2024 is material to the technology stack because the ENSEK Ignition SaaS platform processes the majority of British Gas domestic customer account data (billing, consumption, payment) as of mid-2024 18. ENSEK is built on AWS cloud-native infrastructure 19 and serves as a critical data sub-processor for British Gas.

Scale of Dependency

Panoramic Power’s technology was embedded in British Gas Business’s commercial and industrial customer proposition as a core energy intelligence offering during 2015–2026, constituting a critical enterprise integration 45. Indegy was invested in precisely because of its relevance to securing energy-sector operational technology - Centrica’s core business infrastructure 9. ENSEK’s Ignition platform now processes the majority of British Gas domestic customer account data, constituting a critical and ongoing data sub-processor relationship 18.

Procurement & Systems Integrator Relationships

Avanade (Accenture/Microsoft joint venture) executed Centrica Trading’s multi-year cloud migration to Microsoft Azure, covering petabytes of data and thousands of virtual machines over 18 months 20. ENSEK functioned as a strategic digital transformation partner for British Gas from 2017, culminating in full acquisition in 2024 18. Tata Consultancy Services built British Gas Business’s data pipeline on AWS using AWS Glue and S3 for DESNZ compliance reporting and operational analytics, acting as a named data sub-processor for British Gas customer energy consumption data 21.

No public evidence identified that any of these integrators (Avanade, ENSEK, TCS) have mandated or recommended deployment of Israeli-origin technology within their British Gas engagements 22. No Centrica procurement disclosure names Israeli technology vendors through these integrator relationships.

Other Israeli-Origin Technology Vendors

No public evidence identified connecting British Gas or Centrica to direct licensing, subscription, or integration relationships with Check Point, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, Nice, Verint, Claroty (aside from the Yaniv Vardi personnel linkage), Palo Alto Networks, AnyVision/Oosto, Trigo, BriefCam, or Trax 2324. Sources checked include Centrica annual reports, technology press releases, Centrica Business Solutions vendor listings, systems integrator case studies, and direct searches at Who Profits 23.

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

Facial Recognition & Biometrics

No public evidence identified connecting British Gas or Centrica to the use, procurement, or integration of facial recognition, biometric identification, gait analysis, or behavioural analytics technology of any origin - Israeli or otherwise 2324. Sources checked include Centrica annual reports, sustainability reports, British Gas press releases, Who Profits database (returns zero entries for Centrica or any named subsidiary), and AFSC Investigate database (returns zero entries) 2324.

Predictive Analytics & Monitoring

No public evidence identified of British Gas or Centrica using Israeli-origin predictive policing, sentiment analysis, social media monitoring, or workforce surveillance tools 2324.

Third-Party Deployment

No public evidence identified of Israeli-origin surveillance or biometrics technology reaching British Gas customers indirectly via bundled enterprise suites, managed security services, or third-party platform providers 192526. ENSEK’s Ignition platform (serving British Gas) is a UK entity built on AWS; its sub-processor chain references UK/EEA primary storage and occasional US storage - no Israeli routing documented 192526.

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

Data Centre Operations in Israel

British Gas (via Centrica plc) confirmed in a public statement that it does not operate in Israel or Palestinian Authority areas 27. The prior entity carrying the British Gas name - BG Group plc (a separately listed successor following the 1997 demerger) - closed its Israel office in 2008 and abandoned its Gaza Marine gas field rights 28. BG Group is not Centrica or British Gas; this is a separate legal entity that retains rights to the British Gas name outside the UK 28.

No public evidence identified of Centrica plc operating, leasing, or co-locating data centre infrastructure within Israel 27.

Government Cloud Contracts

No public evidence identified connecting British Gas or Centrica to Project Nimbus, Israeli Ministry of Defense cloud contracts, or Israeli government digital infrastructure programmes 22. No Israeli government tender record names Centrica or British Gas as a contractor.

However, Microsoft Azure - confirmed as Centrica’s primary data platform infrastructure - is independently documented as providing cloud services to the Israel Ministry of Defense ($133 million contract per DCD), IDF intelligence units, and Israel Police (all police databases on Azure per contracting documents), including parallel infrastructure alongside Project Nimbus 293031. Microsoft confirmed in September 2025 it had cut off some IMOD subscriptions following disclosure of mass surveillance of Gaza phone calls stored on Azure 32. Whether Centrica’s UK energy trading, customer data, or smart meter data transits through or is stored in Azure’s Israeli infrastructure is not confirmed; Azure’s architecture does not guarantee geographic isolation by default, but no document reviewed confirms Centrica-specific data routing through Israeli Azure regions 29303132.

Data Sovereignty & Resilience Services

No public evidence identified of British Gas or Centrica providing services explicitly marketed to ensure digital sovereignty, data residency, or infrastructure resilience for Israeli state institutions or military bodies 2526. ENSEK’s data residency policy states UK/EEA primary storage with occasional US storage; no Israeli data centre is documented in ENSEK’s public privacy notices 2526.

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

Military & Intelligence Contracts

No public evidence identified of any direct contract, partnership, or service agreement between British Gas or Centrica and the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, Israeli intelligence agencies, or other Israeli state security bodies 222324. Sources checked include Centrica plc annual reports, press release archive, RNS filings, Companies House subsidiary filings, and NGO databases 222324.

Dual-Use Technology Provision

Indirect via Panoramic Power (2015–2026): Panoramic Power’s circuit-level energy sensors and OT security analytics were deployed across commercial and industrial sites globally during Centrica’s ownership 4. The technology is designed for energy infrastructure monitoring. No public evidence documents Panoramic Power’s technology being deployed in Israeli military or settlement energy infrastructure. However, the company’s Israeli incorporation (Kfar Saba), its ex-IDF-linked executive pipeline (Yaniv Vardi to Claroty), and its energy-sector OT security focus create a theoretical nexus that has not been publicly documented 36.

Indirect via Indegy (2018–2019 investment): Indegy’s technology - OT/ICS security for energy, water, and pharmaceutical infrastructure - was developed by ex-Talpiot IDF officers and protects industrial control systems 9. Indegy (now owned by Tenable) may serve Israeli critical energy infrastructure as a commercial customer. No public evidence confirms Tenable/Indegy products are deployed in Israeli military facilities, settlement infrastructure, or OPT operations. This remains an unconfirmed indirect nexus 1011.

Offensive Cyber & Weapons Technology

No public evidence identified of British Gas or Centrica developing, selling, licensing, or maintaining offensive cyber capabilities, zero-day exploit tools, or digital weapons systems. This category is not applicable to the audit target based on current public evidence.

Indirect Exposure via Pension Investment: NSO Group

The Centrica Combined Common Investment Fund (CCIF) - the pension investment vehicle holding assets of the Centrica Pension Scheme, Centrica Pension Plan, and Centrica Engineers Pension Scheme - was a significant limited partner investor in Novalpina Capital’s €1 billion fund, held a seat on the LP Advisory Committee (LPAC), and was explicitly named as a party in Novalpina’s Limited Partnership Agreement (LPA) alongside Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund and CNP Assurances 3334. The LPAC voted on 27 July 2021 to remove Novalpina as General Partner and liquidate the fund 3334. The CCIF held formal governance rights over the fund through this structure.

Novalpina Capital acquired a 70% stake in NSO Group in 2019 3534. NSO Group developed Pegasus spyware, documented by Citizen Lab, Amnesty Security Lab, and multiple governments as used to surveil journalists, human rights defenders, and civil society globally, including targeting Palestinian human rights activists 3536.

Amnesty International sent open letters to Novalpina in February and April 2019 before the NSO acquisition closed 35. Amnesty subsequently sent formal letters in October 2021 (DOC 10/4903/2021) to four named pension funds - not Centrica - but Centrica’s CCIF held the same Novalpina exposure 36.

NSO Group was placed on the US Commerce Department Entity List in November 2021 for “malicious cyber activity” 37. Court filings referenced in FT reporting (via Exile podcast) confirm that BRG (Berkeley Research Group), appointed as replacement GP, concluded in 2022 that NSO Group was “valueless” to the fund 38. The Novalpina fund holding NSO was fully liquidated in late 2022 39.

Centrica’s public record on the NSO matter is limited to “declined to comment” statements to journalists 537. Systematic search of the Investegate RNS feed and Centrica press release index confirms no Centrica RNS announcement, investor statement, or regulatory filing acknowledged the Novalpina LP investment, the NSO acquisition, the Amnesty letters, the LPAC governance role, or any human rights due diligence review of pension investments 22.

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

AI/ML Provision to State Bodies

No public evidence identified connecting British Gas or Centrica to the provision of AI, machine learning, computer vision, or autonomous decision-support systems to Israeli state, military, or security bodies. Sources checked include Centrica annual reports, technology press releases, government cloud tender records, and relevant UN reporting.

Training Data & Model Development

No public evidence identified of British Gas or Centrica’s AI models or platforms being trained on, or provided access to, civilian population data, intercepted communications, or surveillance-derived datasets originating from Israel or occupied territories.

Autonomous Systems & Lethality

Not applicable to British Gas or Centrica based on current public evidence.

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

Israeli R&D Centres

No public evidence identified of Centrica or British Gas operating, funding, or co-locating research and development facilities, engineering offices, innovation labs, or accelerator programmes within Israeli territory.

However, Centrica Innovations (the £100 million internal venture fund established 2017, budget approximately $140 million, with Israel explicitly designated as the primary geographic investment focus) functioned as an Israeli technology investment vehicle operating from the UK 412. Jonathan Tudor (Director of Technology & Innovation Strategy) publicly promoted the Israeli investment programme in Centrica’s own publications 4. Idan Mor served as Investment Director overseeing Israeli deal flow 4.

Panoramic Power - the Israeli company Centrica acquired - maintained offices in Kfar Saba (Israel), New York, and UK during the ownership period (confirmed in current PowerRadar branding as Panoramic Power LTD, incorporated in Israel) 3. These are the offices of a Centrica subsidiary, not a Centrica entity operating in Israel.

Acquisitions & Investments

Panoramic Power (Israeli): Acquired November 2015 for $60 million. Sold February 2026 for undisclosed proceeds (total divestment proceeds over £80 million across European energy solutions businesses) 1728.

Indegy (Israeli): £14 million investment August 2018. Exited via Tenable acquisition ($100 million, December 2019). Whether Centrica received proceeds is unconfirmed 91011.

Driivz (Israeli): Multi-million investment 2018–2020. Sold interest in 2022 (after Gilbarco/Vontier acquisitions). Sale price and buyer unconfirmed in public filings 161715.

ENSEK (UK): Strategic partnership August 2021; full acquisition July 2024 for undisclosed sum. UK entity, not Israeli, but serves as critical British Gas data sub-processor 18.

EchoCare Technologies (Israeli grant recipient): £25,000 prize awarded 2018 4.

Patent & Intellectual Property

No public evidence identified of significant patent portfolios, licensing agreements, or co-development arrangements between Centrica/British Gas and Israeli-domiciled entities or Israeli research institutions (Technion, Hebrew University, Weizmann Institute).

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

NGO & Academic Reports

Who Profits (whoprofits.org): Direct search returns zero entries for Centrica plc, British Gas, Panoramic Power, Driivz, Indegy, EchoCare Technologies, Centrica Innovations, Centrica Business Solutions, or ENSEK 23. British Gas/Centrica is not listed in the Who Profits database of companies linked to Israeli occupation activity.

AFSC Investigate (investigate.afsc.org): Direct search returns zero entries for Centrica plc or British Gas 24. British Gas/Centrica does not appear on the AFSC divestment shortlist.

UN OHCHR Settlement Business Database: No Centrica or British Gas entry confirmed in the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in settlement activity (HRC resolutions 31/36 and 53/25). Sources checked include direct database queries and secondary reporting.

UN A/HRC/59/23 (Albanese 2025): Direct search of the report text confirms British Gas and Centrica are not named in the report. The report covers Project Nimbus, Palantir-Israel, Microsoft, AWS, and BP (named), but not the audit target.

Don’t Buy Into Occupation (2024/2025): Driivz - a Centrica portfolio company - was referenced in the “Don’t Buy Into Occupation” database as a Centrica-linked Israeli EV charging company 15. This is the only civil-society citation linking a Centrica portfolio company to a named occupation/BDS campaign database.

Amnesty International: Two open letters (February and April 2019) were sent to Novalpina Capital, not Centrica 35. A third letter (October 2021) was addressed to four named pension funds (Alaska Permanent, Oregon PERS, East Riding, South Yorkshire), not Centrica 36. However, Centrica’s CCIF held the same Novalpina exposure through its LPAC governance role.

Who Profits “Greenwashing Dispossession” report (August 2024): Documents Israeli renewable energy industry exploitation of occupied natural resources. Does not name British Gas, Centrica, or any energy company from the Centrica portfolio 40.

Boycott & Divestment Campaigns

British Gas has been the subject of documented BDS campaign scrutiny specifically citing its Centrica Innovations Israeli investment programme and the pension fund’s Novalpina/NSO Group exposure 5. The Middle East Monitor article (“British Gas Pension Money Used for Buying Israeli Spyware NSO Group”) represents the primary publicly documented campaign ground 5. Centrica’s documented response was “declined to comment” to journalists 537. No Centrica press release, investor statement, or regulatory filing has addressed these allegations publicly 22.

No Centrica/British Gas entry appears in the primary BDS movement named lists (BDS website, PACBI targeted lists, core BDS campaign pages) as a primary boycott target. The campaign ground appears to be civil society and press scrutiny rather than an organized formal BDS target-listing process.

Regulatory & Legal Actions

No public evidence identified of regulatory inquiries, export control actions, sanctions-related investigations, or legal challenges involving British Gas or Centrica’s technology sales or services to Israeli state entities in public records 41. Sources checked include OFSI (UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation) public listings, US OFAC SDN list, SEC EDGAR, LSE regulatory announcements, and EU dual-use goods export control records.

End Notes

Footnotes

  1. https://nocamels.com/2015/11/centrica-acquires-panoramic-power-for-60m ↩ ↩2

  2. https://www.centrica.com/media-centre/news/2026/sale-of-european-energy-solutions-businesses-and-panoramic-power ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  3. https://support.powerradar.energy/security-documentation ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. https://www.centrica.com/media-centre/stories/2018/investing-in-israel-to-reshape-the-way-the-world-lives-works-and-moves ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  5. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220118-british-gas-pension-money-used-for-buying-israeli-spyware-nso-group ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  6. https://claroty.com/leadership ↩ ↩2

  7. https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/centrica - cna/centrica-announces-divestments/9420116 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/54707-95 ↩ ↩2

  9. https://www.centrica.com/media-centre/news/2018/centrica-invests-in-industrial-cyber-security-provider-indegy ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  10. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-us-co-tenable-buys-israeli-cybersecurity-startup-indegy-1001309487 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  11. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3745134,00.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  12. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/06/centrica-invests-in-start-up-specializing-in-electric-car-charging.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  13. https://driivz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Centrica-and-Ombu-Press-Release.pdf ↩ ↩2

  14. https://driivz.com/news/centrica-ombu-invest-in-driivz ↩

  15. https://www.preqin.com/data/profile/asset/driivz-ltd-/310493 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  16. https://www.centrica.com/media/ueefbioy/centrica_ar22_strategic-report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  17. https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-15839463-590FML2PI2SOBGAL5NFTNLA2DM ↩ ↩2

  18. https://www.centrica.com/media-centre/news/2024/centrica-acquires-owner-of-leading-digital-platform-ignition ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  19. https://ensek.com/amazon-web-services ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  20. https://www.cloudtango.net/media/casestudies/avanade-casestudy-centrica-min_1617713937.pdf ↩

  21. https://www.tcs.com/what-we-do/services/cloud/aws/case-study/empowering-centrica-customers-energy-consumption-insights ↩

  22. https://www.centrica.com/media-centre/news/investor-news ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  23. https://www.whoprofits.org ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  24. https://investigate.afsc.org ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  25. https://ensek.com/privacy-policy-ensek ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  26. https://ensek.com/enseks-contractor-privacy-notice ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  27. https://www.politicshome.com/members/article/british-gas-has-no-involvement-in-gaza-or-israel ↩ ↩2

  28. https://www.haaretz.com/2008-01-15/ty-article/britains-energy-company-bg-group-says-closing-down-its-israel-office/0000017f-e6fa-dc7e-adff-f6ff09760000 ↩ ↩2

  29. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-confirms-its-providing-ai-and-cloud-services-to-israeli-military-for-war-in-gaza ↩ ↩2

  30. https://investigate.afsc.org/company/microsoft ↩ ↩2

  31. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud ↩ ↩2

  32. https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/09/25/update-on-ongoing-microsoft-review ↩ ↩2

  33. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/statement-from-novalpina-in-response-to-brg-noal-press-release-301681776.html ↩ ↩2

  34. https://www.wallbrook.com/blog/nso-pegasus-and-the-fall-of-novalpina ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  35. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2019/04/second-open-letter-to-novalpina-capital-nso-group-and-francisco-partners ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  36. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/doc10/4903/2021/en ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  37. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-694015 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  38. https://exilecontent.com/podcasts/how-are-ordinary-americans-supporting-the-makers-of-pegasus ↩

  39. https://news.sky.com/story/pegasus-spyware-owner-novalpina-to-be-liquidated-after-failure-to-resolve-internal-bust-up-12365638 ↩

  40. https://www.whoprofits.org/publications/report/172?greenwashing-dispossession-the-israeli-renewable-energy-industry-and-the-exploitation-of-occupied-natural-resources ↩

  41. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04541886 ↩