'Put simply, sustainability is our growth strategy at Air Products. Sustainability creates our growth opportunities, and our growth opportunities support our sustainability goals and focus,' said
Put simply, sustainability is our growth strategy at Air Products. Sustainability creates our growth opportunities, and our growth opportunities support our sustainability goals and focus.
The Sustainability Report highlights Air Products' 'Third by '30' goal to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions intensity (kg CO2/MM BTU) by one-third by 2030 from a 2015 baseline. This year's report also continues Air Products' 'Grow, Conserve, and Care' sustainability framework and covers important sustainability priorities based on feedback from key stakeholders.
That strategy has produced positive results, as Air Products has achieved many of its 2020 sustainability goals, established in 2016. Below are a few highlights and results of the 'Grow, Conserve and Care' focus:
Grow - In 2020, Air Products generated 57 percent of revenues from sustainable offerings, and Air Products' industrial gases and technologies enabled customers to avoid the equivalent of 72 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. This figure is three times Air Products' own direct and indirect CO2 emissions.
Conserve - Air Products avoided 1.3 million metric tons of CO2e through efficiency improvements and continued to build on its leading technologies for gasification, carbon capture and hydrogen for mobility to power the broader energy transition.
Care - By 2025, Air Products aims to achieve at least 28 percent female representation in its professional and managerial population globally, and at least 20 percent minority representation in the same population in
The Sustainability Report also cites several important recognitions received by the Company. Air Products' sustainability efforts have been recognized by Barron's, which named Air Products as the top climate aligned company in its 2021 Ranking of the Most Sustainable Companies in America. Overall, Barron's ranked Air Products 13th on its 100 Most Sustainable Companies list, up 20 spots from the previous year.
The Barron's recognition was the latest for Air Products, which also was recently included in the
The full Sustainability Report, supporting documents and a short video of Sustainability Report highlights are available on the Company's Sustainability website.
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