Avangrid Garners 15 Prestigious Accolades in the First Half of 2024
July 03 2024 - 9:42AM
Business Wire
Company surpasses its total 2023 recognitions
in just six months
Awards span all aspects of its businesses,
including HR, sustainability, emergency response and climate
action
Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company
and member of the Iberdrola Group, announced today that it has
earned fifteen awards and recognitions in the first six months of
2024. These accolades span all aspects of its businesses and are
from well-respected organizations such as USA Today, Ethisphere,
JUST Capital, Forbes, Edison Electric Institute and Barron’s. In
addition, Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra earned the prestigious honor
this year of a being named a Trailblazer in Clean Energy by City
& State.
“Earning fifteen accolades within a mere half-year demonstrates
our team's unwavering commitment and effort,” said Pedro Azagra,
Avangrid CEO. “These recognitions are a testament to the pioneering
strides Avangrid is taking in sustainability and climate
stewardship, in strategic alliance with Iberdrola. I look forward
to continuing to innovate and push the boundaries of the energy
industry across all aspects of our businesses.”
Avangrid’s 2024 awards and recognitions highlight all aspects of
the company’s clean energy leadership—from employee wellness and
recruitment to sustainability efforts and emergency response. With
fifteen earned honors, Avangrid has already surpassed its 2023
total of 14 accolades.
The company’s 2024 recognitions are:
- America’s Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes:
Leading companies with top diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
best practices.
- America’s Climate Leaders, by USA Today: The top
U.S. companies that achieved the greatest reduction in their core
emissions (scopes 1 and 2) intensity between 2020 and 2022. This is
Avangrid’s second consecutive year on the list.
- Campus Forward Award, by RippleMatch: The
country’s top 50 early career programs. Avangrid was recognized for
its Internship and Global Graduate programs.
- Climate Change Project of the Year, by Environmental
Business Council of New England: Recognizes a project or
endeavor which demonstrates leadership in climate change. Avangrid
was selected for its project Vineyard Wind 1, the country’s first
large scale offshore wind farm.
- Cultural Transformation Award, by Smart Energy
Consumer Collaborative: Avangrid’s Customer Experience and
Digital Center of Excellence was recognized as an innovative way to
improve customer experience and engagement within the utility
industry.
- Eddy Award, by Pension & Investments: For
Avangrid’s groundbreaking Student Loan Debt Repayment Program,
which saved employees more than $1.5 million last year in principal
and estimated interest.
- Emergency Assistance Award (CMP), by Edison Electric
Institute: For Central Maine Power’s (CMP) outstanding recovery
efforts following a strong wind and rainstorm in December 2023
which knocked out power to 400,000 CMP customers.
- Emergency Assistance Award (NYSEG and RG&E), by
Edison Electric Institute: For New York State Electric &
Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric’s (RG&E)
extraordinary recovery efforts following Winter Storm Finn in
January 2024.
- Handshake Early Talent Award, by Handshake: The
country’s best employers for Gen Z employees (college students to
26-year-olds) looking to launch and expand their careers.
- JUST Jobs Scorecard, by JUST Capital: Avangrid
was named a Top Performer for high marks in the categories of
Employee Wellness and Training & Development.
- JUST 100, by JUST Capital and CNBC: America’s
best corporate citizens. Avangrid ranked first overall within the
utility industry and 12 overall. This is the fourth consecutive
year Avangrid has been named to this prestigious list.
- Most Sustainable Company in the Clean Energy
Industry, by World Finance: For putting green values at
the forefront of Avangrid’s business operations and showing a true
commitment to cutting emissions across the company’s entire value
chain.
- Plan Sponsor of the Year, by PLANSPONSOR: For the
company’s leading retirement plan and groundbreaking Student Loan
Debt Repayment program.
- World’s Most Ethical Companies, by Ethisphere:
The world’s leading companies committed to business integrity
through best-in-class ethics, compliance and governance
practices.
- 100 Most Sustainable Companies, Barron’s: The
country’s top 100 firms who achieved the highest scores across 230
environment, social and governance (ESG) metrics.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be
the leading sustainable energy company in the United States.
Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $45 billion in
assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary
lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks
business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas
utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and
New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and
operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities
across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000
people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST
100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens – in
2024 for the fourth consecutive year. In 2024, Avangrid ranked
first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the
U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the
World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive
year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group
of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information,
visit www.avangrid.com.
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