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01/25/2022
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A commitment to lasting, positive social impact.
As Avangrid grows, so does our responsibility to create positive social impacts. Like our commitment to a clean energy future, we work every day to help make a more just and equitable world.
We’re doing this by implementing a social impact strategy focused on the needs of our employees, the communities where we operate, our customers and our supplier partners.
Our near- and long-term social impact commitments align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an international set of goals developed by the United Nations to help make global progress towards a range of critical environmental, social, and financial targets that will help create a more just and sustainable world. The SDGs specific to our social commitments include SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 3 (good health and well-being), SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and SDG 10 (reduced inequalities).
We seek to make a positive social impact through the philanthropic giving of the Avangrid Foundation, corporate donations, employee giving, and volunteerism. We also seek to better understand the needs of our communities – and how we can help – through stakeholder engagement.
Avangrid has teams dedicated to building relationships with the communities where our renewables and networks businesses are located during all stages of our operations. In our networks business, for example, the Public Outreach team demonstrates what it means to listen to the community's needs. This team uses a variety of tools to proactively inform customers and community members about potential project impacts while also providing easy-to-access resources to contact us with any questions or concerns. This “Design with the Community in Mind” approach is based on the transformative perspective shift where our decision-making is guided through the lens of our customers.
To learn more about Avangrid is creating positive social impact for the customers and the communities, click here. And click here to see our how the social commitment policies reflect the Company’s firm commitment to people and society.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be the leading sustainable energy company in the United States. Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $44 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 in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens. 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.
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.
