Avangrid Recognized as a Top Disability-Inclusive Business
Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, has again been recognized as one of the World’s Top Disability Inclusive Businesses based on its performance in the 2026 Disability Index®. The recognition highlights the company’s continued efforts to promote disability inclusion, accessibility, equal opportunity, and a workplace environment where employees with disabilities can contribute, develop their careers, and participate fully in the organization’s long-term success.
The Disability Index is recognized as a leading global benchmarking tool for evaluating corporate disability inclusion practices. Developed to help businesses assess and strengthen their policies, programs, and workplace practices, the Index provides companies with a framework for measuring progress and identifying opportunities to improve disability inclusion. Hundreds of companies around the world participate in the benchmarking process.
Companies that achieve scores within the most advanced proficiency levels of the 2026 Disability Index are recognized as World’s Top Disability Inclusive Businesses. Avangrid’s inclusion among the recognized companies reflects its performance against the benchmark and its ongoing focus on creating an inclusive workplace.
For Avangrid, the recognition represents continued progress in its efforts to build a corporate culture in which employees are valued for their individual contributions and provided with opportunities to succeed. The company has emphasized the importance of creating an environment in which employees can bring their skills and perspectives to the workplace while having access to the support and resources needed to perform their roles.
“Creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed is essential to who we are as a company,” said Avangrid CEO José Antonio Miranda. “Being recognized as a World’s Top Disability Inclusive Business reflects the dedication of our teams and our continued focus on ensuring every employee can thrive and make an impact.”
The company’s recognition comes as businesses increasingly incorporate disability inclusion into broader workplace strategies. Disability inclusion can encompass a range of areas, including recruitment and retention, career development, accessibility, workplace accommodations, employee engagement, leadership practices, and organizational culture.
By participating in an external benchmarking process such as the Disability Index, companies can evaluate their approaches against established criteria and identify areas where additional progress may be possible. The results can also help organizations better understand how disability inclusion is integrated into everyday business operations rather than treated as a standalone workplace initiative.
According to Disability:IN, the organization behind the Disability Index, disability inclusion is becoming increasingly connected to how companies approach innovation, organizational resilience, customer relationships, and the design of products and services.
“This year’s Disability Index shows that leading companies are embedding disability inclusion into the core of how they operate,” said Jill Houghton, President & CEO of Disability:IN. “It’s shaping how businesses design products, build trust, and drive innovation. The companies leading today are the ones building more adaptable, resilient, and future-ready organizations.”
The 2026 recognition therefore reflects more than participation in a workplace benchmark. It highlights the importance of integrating disability inclusion into business practices and organizational decision-making. For companies operating across complex industries, inclusive workplace policies can support efforts to attract and retain employees with diverse experiences, skills, and perspectives.
Avangrid operates as an energy company and is part of the Iberdrola Group, giving its workforce a role in an industry that supports essential infrastructure and services. Within that environment, the company has continued to focus on workplace practices designed to provide employees with opportunities to contribute and develop professionally.
The company’s approach to equal opportunity is part of its broader people and talent strategy. Avangrid states that it is committed to providing employees with opportunities to contribute, grow, and succeed, while maintaining a workplace based on equal opportunity.
Recognition through the Disability Index also provides an external measure of the company’s disability inclusion efforts. Unlike an internal assessment, the benchmark allows participating organizations to evaluate their practices against a common framework used across businesses. This type of benchmarking can help organizations track progress over time and identify practices that can be strengthened.
Disability inclusion remains relevant across multiple stages of the employee experience. Recruitment practices can affect whether candidates with disabilities are able to access employment opportunities, while accessible workplaces and appropriate accommodations can support employees after they join an organization. Career development and advancement practices can also influence opportunities for employees to build long-term careers.
Avangrid’s latest recognition signals its continued participation in this broader effort to strengthen disability inclusion within the workplace. The company’s stated objective is to ensure that employees have opportunities to contribute and make an impact, while fostering an environment in which individuals feel valued and supported.
The recognition also underscores the role that corporate leadership and employee engagement can play in advancing workplace inclusion. As companies address changing workforce expectations, disability inclusion is increasingly being considered alongside other elements of employee experience and organizational culture.
For Avangrid, being named a World’s Top Disability Inclusive Business in the 2026 Disability Index adds to its ongoing efforts to promote equal opportunity. The company says it will continue working toward a workplace where employees can contribute, grow, and succeed.
More information about Avangrid’s equal opportunity policies and its approach to workplace inclusion is available through the company’s Equal Opportunity resources. The company’s continued participation in the Disability Index demonstrates its focus on measuring and advancing disability inclusion while supporting a workplace designed to enable employees to reach their potential.
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