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10/03/2025
Avangrid Recognized on the Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women 2025 Ranking
Avangrid Recognized on the Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women 2025 Ranking
Avangrid continues to earn national recognition for inclusion, corporate ethics, and employee well-being
ORANGE, CT. — October 3, 2025 — Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced it has been awarded a place on the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Women 2025. This prestigious recognition, presented in collaboration with Statista, recognizes Avangrid’s commitment to inclusion, equity, and empowering women at every level.
“Recognition by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employer’s for Women is a powerful affirmation of our values at Avangrid,” said Avangrid CEO Jose Antonio Miranda. “We are proud to foster an environment where women are supported, heard and empowered to lead and grow. We will continue to invest in programs, policies, and leadership development that ensures women at Avangrid have the opportunity to thrive and build a better energy future.”
Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women 2025 is based on data collected through online panels, with over 140,000 women working for companies and institutions in the U.S. with at least 1,000 employees over the past three years. Only responses from women were considered. The analysis is based on three criteria:
- Personal evaluations: Recommendations from current employers
- Public evaluations: Recommendations from previous employers
- Leadership Diversity Index: Index based on the percentage of women among top executives and board directors.
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 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2025 for the seventh consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid was one of 20 organizations named a 2025 Corporate Wellness Innovator by Fast Company and Wellhub. The Company was also named to TIME’s America’s Best Mid-Size Companies of 2025 List for the second year in a row.
Avangrid is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace and has embedded a safety-first culture across its operations. This focus on safety, inclusion, and respect fuels high employee satisfaction and strengthens the company’s ability to deliver reliable service to millions of customers every day.
With more than 10.5 gigawatts (GW) of generation capacity, Avangrid continues to expand its energy portfolio investing heavily in U.S. energy infrastructure. The Company continues to invest in grid modernization to meet surging demand and enhance system resilience, reinforcing its role as a leader in America’s energy future.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, and Oregon, including operations in 23 states with approximately $48 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and power. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.4 million customers in New York and New England. Through its power generation business, Avangrid owns and operates 80 energy generation facilities across the United States producing 10.5 GW of power for over 3.1 million customers. 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 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2025 for the seventh 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.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
