For seventh straight year, Eversource named among America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek
Prestigious national recognition honors energy company’s excellence in sustainability, corporate citizenship and social responsibility
HARTFORD, Conn. and BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 18, 2025) – For the seventh consecutive year,Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) has again been recognized by Newsweek and Statista Inc. among America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2026. Honored as one of the top-performing utilitieson the prestigious annual list, this national award celebrates U.S. companies that demonstrate anexemplary commitment to corporate social responsibility and reflects Eversource’s continuedachievements in advancing sustainability throughout its business operations.
“We’re honored to receive this recognition once again from Newsweek and Statista Inc., which is a resounding testament to how sustainability is at the heart of our vision to lead our industry in ethical and responsible business practices,” said Eversource Chairman, President and CEO Joe Nolan. “As New England’s energy landscape continues to rapidly evolve, our more than 10,000 dedicated employees are driving meaningful progress toward enabling an environmentally responsible energy future while maintaining first-class reliability and focusing on affordability for our customers. We recognize the profound responsibility we have as the region’s largest energy provider to deliver collaborative solutions that serve the energy needs of our customers, and I’m deeply proud of how we’ve made sustainability a cornerstone of our mission as we work every day to advance a cost-effective, resilient energy transition across our region.”
The America’s Most Responsible Companies 2026 ranking focuses on a holistic view of corporate responsibility, evaluating the top 2,000 public companies headquartered in the U.S. across 30 key performance indicators as well as an independent survey of 18,000 U.S. residents. The ranking represents the 600 companies with the highest overall corporate social responsibility scores across 14 industries. Since the annual ranking was introduced in 2019, Eversource has appeared in every edition of the list.
Eversource’s commitment to sustainability has resulted in landmark clean energy accomplishments, including its first-in-the-nation networked geothermal pilot project in Framingham, Massachusetts, award-winning Outer Cape Battery Energy Storage System in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and first commercial-scale offshore wind project with South Fork Wind off Long Island, New York. As part of its efforts to advance renewable energy across its three-state service territory, the energy company is also dedicated to supporting the development of large, utility-scale solar projects and facilities, as well as providing incentives for customers to install their own solar projects at home. Eversource has also received numerous independent national recognitions for its industry-leading sustainability efforts, such as its ranking as the #1 energy efficiency provider in the country, according to the most recent American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Utility Energy Efficiency Scorecard.
For more on the energy company’s nationally recognized commitment to sustainability, please visit Eversource.com.
Eversource (NYSE: ES), celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship, is recognized as the #1 U.S. utility on TIME’s List of World’s Best Companies for 2024. Eversource transmits and delivers electricity and natural gas and supplies water to approximately 4.6 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The #1 energy efficiency provider in the nation, Eversource harnesses the commitment of more than 10,000 employees across three states to build a single, united company around the mission of safely delivering reliable energy and water with superior customer service. The company is empowering a clean energy future in the Northeast, with nationally recognized energy efficiency solutions and successful programs to integrate new clean energy resources like a firstin-the-nation networked geothermal pilot project, solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into the electric system. For more information, please visit eversource.com, and follow us on X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. For more information on our water services, visit aquarionwater.com.
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William Hinkle
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