{"id":206,"date":"2026-02-25T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemig.com.br\/en\/awards\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:35:23","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cemig.com.br\/en\/energy-efficiency-program\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cemig.com.br\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/site\/\/2\/premline.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-375\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1998, the continuous efforts of Cemig\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Energy Efficiency Program<\/strong>&nbsp;have been recognized. As a result of this commitment, the Program has already received several&nbsp;<strong>awards<\/strong>. Between 1995 and 2009, for example, the company stood out in the&nbsp;<strong>Energy Conservation Award<\/strong>, established at the time by the&nbsp;<strong>Ministry of Mines and Energy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2009, an initiative aimed at modernizing the conventional irrigation system for small farmers in Ja\u00edba, in northern Minas Gerais, won the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative in Ja\u00edba proved so innovative and important that, in 2012, the same project received the \u201c<strong><em>Chico Mendes\u201d<\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;International Socio-Environmental Award<\/strong>, granted by the Ministry of the Environment and raising Cemig to a level of high relevance in matters related to sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awards Since 1998, the continuous efforts of Cemig\u2019s&nbsp;Energy Efficiency Program&nbsp;have been recognized. As a result of this commitment, the Program has already received several&nbsp;awards. Between 1995 and 2009, for example, the company stood out in the&nbsp;Energy Conservation Award, established at the time by the&nbsp;Ministry of Mines and Energy. In 2009, an initiative aimed at modernizing the conventional irrigation system for small farmers in Ja\u00edba, in northern Minas Gerais, won the award. The initiative in Ja\u00edba proved so innovative and important that, in 2012, the same project received the \u201cChico Mendes\u201d&nbsp;International Socio-Environmental Award, granted by the Ministry of the Environment and raising Cemig to a level of high relevance in matters related to sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205,"parent":204,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-topicos.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tipo-de-conteudo":[20,21],"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Awards - Cemig en<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cemig.com.br\/en\/energy-efficiency-program\/awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Awards - Cemig en\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Awards Since 1998, the continuous efforts of Cemig\u2019s&nbsp;Energy Efficiency Program&nbsp;have been recognized. 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