Report Introduction
Awards & Recognition
As we continue to serve our customers, promote safety and help preserve the environment, we receive many plaudits and prestigious awards for our projects and operational excellence. Here is a sample from our list of recent honors:
- The New York League of Conservation Voters, a group that includes business leaders, politicians and environmental leaders, honored us for “forging the path for a new energy future” at its 2017 gala
- Our company was recognized by PA Consulting Group with their ReliabilityOne Northeast Region Award for Outstanding Reliability Performance
- Our company has been recognized as one of the nation’s top employers: Hispanic Network named us to its “Best of the Best” list of America’s top companies; Latina Style selected us as one of the 50 best companies for Latinas for the 13th year; Black Enterprise magazine included us on their list of the top 50 companies for diversity; Forbes put us on their best employers list at #176 – in the top 10 of 22 energy companies; DiversityInc ranked us #6 for top energy companies in hiring, training, and promoting a diverse workforce
- Con Edison has been honored in 2018 as an Energy Star ® Partner of the Year by the Environmental Protection Agency for our “outstanding support of Energy Star-certified products as it leverages the Energy Star certification platform to guide its customers to better energy usage decisions”
- Con Edison is #48 overall among U.S. companies – and #5 among U.S. energy companies – in the 2017 Newsweek Green Rankings; Newsweek ranks companies based on corporate sustainability and environmental impact
- 10 Con Edison employees won Technology Transfer Awards from the Electric Power Research Institute, a national energy research organization
- Con Edison won the prestigious award for Outstanding Corporate Supplier Diversity Program at the 45th Anniversary Reception & Awards Program held by the National Minority Business Council, one of the nation’s oldest minority business development & advocacy organizations
- Con Edison scored 95 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index, which rates workplaces on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality
- Con Edison and O&R was one of EEI’s Emergency Assistance Award winners for our response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
- O&R has been United Way of Rockland County’s largest corporate donor for 17 consecutive years, contributing $4.5 million since partnering with the organization in 1993
- O&R became the first East Coast-based utility to be Gold Shovel Standard-certified; all employees who break ground as part of their job completed their excavator training
Sustainability is an umbrella that covers everything we do as a company.
