JUNO BEACH, Fla., March 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) has been named a 2014 World's Most Ethical Company® by the Ethisphere Institute, an independent center of research promoting best practices in corporate ethics and governance. It is the seventh time NextEra Energy has received this recognition. This year, just 144 companies worldwide were selected across 41 industries, including only four other U.S. energy and utility companies.

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"At NextEra Energy, we believe that doing the right thing by our employees, stakeholders and in the communities where we operate is a competitive advantage that benefits our customers and our shareholders," said James L. Robo, chairman and chief executive officer of NextEra Energy. "We are pleased that our actions in these areas have been recognized once again. We fully recognize that operating ethically, reliably, safely, and profitably go hand in hand."

The World's Most Ethical Company® assessment is based upon the Ethisphere Institute's Ethics Quotient™ framework. The Ethics Quotient framework has been developed over years of effort to provide a means to assess an organization's performance in an objective, consistent and standardized way.

Among NextEra Energy initiatives evaluated by Ethisphere were the company's corporate governance structure as well as its compliance and ethics program oversight, written policies, training and communications, monitoring and auditing, and enforcement and response. Evaluators also inquired about NextEra Energy's workplace injury rates, employee benefits, environmental programs, and charitable activities.

"The entire community of World's Most Ethical Companies believe that customers, employees, investors and regulators place a high premium on trust and that ethics and good governance are key in earning it," said Ethisphere's Chief Executive Officer Timothy Erblich. "NextEra Energy joins an exclusive community committed to driving performance through leading business practices. We congratulate everyone at NextEra Energy for this extraordinary achievement."

The Ethisphere recognition is the latest in a series of recognitions received by NextEra Energy. Last month, the company was named No. 1 among electric and gas utilities for the eighth consecutive year in Fortune magazine's annual ranking of Most Admired Companies. In that same ranking, NextEra Energy was also recognized in its industry sector as:

    --  No. 1 in social responsibility,
    --  No. 1 in innovation, and
    --  No. 1 in quality of products and services.

The full list of the 2014 World's Most Ethical Companies can be found at http://ethisphere.com/worlds-most-ethical/wme-honorees/.

NextEra Energy, Inc.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company with consolidated revenues of approximately $15.1 billion, approximately 42,500 megawatts of generating capacity, and approximately 13,900 employees in 26 states and Canada as of year-end 2013. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., NextEra Energy's principal subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light Company, which serves approximately 4.7 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the United States, and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which together with its affiliated entities is the largest generator in North America of renewable energy from the wind and sun. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from eight commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin. NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity, and has been named No. 1 overall among electric and gas utilities on Fortune's list of "World's Most Admired Companies" for eight consecutive years, which is an unprecedented achievement in its industry. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.

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