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Stakeholders
Avangrid’s stakeholders
Avangrid’s stakeholders are those individuals, groups, or organizations that affect or could be affected by Avangrid’s activities. Our key stakeholders include customers, communities (including regulatory entities, social representatives, communities, and the media), our workforce, shareholders and the financial community, suppliers, and nature.
At the center of our decisions
Avangrid is committed to building meaningful and productive relationships with its stakeholders and views stakeholders as an integral part of its business operations.
The Stakeholder Engagement Policy outlines Avangrid’s purpose, principles and responsibilities in stakeholder engagement.
Principles of relationships with our stakeholders
As outlined in our Stakeholder Engagement Policy, our commitments include:
- act responsibly and build relationships based on ethics, integrity, and respect for all people and communities affected by Avangrid’s activities.
- ensure transparency in relationships and in communications, sharing truthful, relevant, complete, clear, reliable, and useful information.
- encourage the practice of active listening, promoting effective two-way communication as well as direct and constructive dialogue.
- encourage the participation and engagement of stakeholders in Avangrid’s activities.
- work towards consensus with stakeholders, especially with local communities, taking their viewpoints and expectations into consideration.
- promote collaboration with stakeholders, in alignment with Avangrid’s purpose and values.
- seek continuous improvement, regularly reviewing stakeholder engagement mechanisms to ensure efficient and relevant responses.
Avangrid leverages a stakeholder engagement model that seeks to increase transparency and understanding and is aligned with international standards AA 1000 SES (2015) and best practice in sustainability indexes.
We also maintain Corporate Policies which describe our commitments and actions in more detail. These are part of our comprehensive Governance System which can be viewed on our website.
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.
