The AGIR Award is a recognition of the commitment of REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais - as regards Corporate Social Responsibility. The purpose of the award is to encourage and support initiatives that provide a response to social problems.

In 2014, the first edition of this initiative had job creation as its thematic. In the successive seven editions, the AGIR Award was dedicated, respectively, to active aging, fighting poverty and social exclusion, labour inclusion of people with disabilities, natural heritage preservation, promotion of academic success and combating early school leaving, promotion of employment for vulnerable people, and Social Innovation in response to COVID.

In its 9th edition, the AGIR Award will be dedicated to "Promoting the environment, biodiversity, and combating climate change", a thematic that reflects our commitment to environmental preservation and one we consider to be crucial to ensuring the sustainable future of communities and of our planet. We will, therefore, award the three projects that stand out in this area.

The AGIR Award is open to associations, companies, and non-profit organisations. The project that wins the first prize receives a monetary sum of thirty thousand euros, the second fifteen thousand euros, and the third five thousand euros.

The selection is the responsibility of REN, in partnership with Stone Soup Consulting, which will track and monitor the use of the funds donated to each supported project, and will also assess the actual social impact of REN's assistance to each project.

For further information about the award, please see its rules here.