CDP Names Praxair a Leader in Climate Change Disclosure for Eighth Straight Year Receiving a Perfect Score of 100
November 16 2015 - 9:36AM
Business Wire
Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) today announced that the company has
been named to the 2015 CDP S&P 500 Climate Disclosure
Leadership Index (CDLI) with a perfect score of 100. This marks the
eighth consecutive year Praxair has received this honor,
recognizing the company’s long-standing commitment to growth
through resource productivity and environmental innovation. Praxair
also received an A- for performance on the Carbon Disclosure
Performance Index and its overall score was the highest among
industrial gases companies worldwide.
“Through their actions, Praxair employees around the world are
delivering on our mission of making our planet more productive,”
said Praxair Chief Sustainability Officer Dr. Riva Krut. “Our
employees are continuously developing applications and technologies
that improve our customers’ environmental performance.
Simultaneously, they are driving results through Praxair’s
sustainable development program, delivering savings and reductions
in our own environmental resource intensity.”
In 2014, Praxair implemented projects that, among other
benefits, avoided emissions of 450,000 metric tons of CO2e and
saved 600,000 MWh of electricity, which contributed to Praxair's
operating results.
CDP is an international, not-for-profit organization that
provides the world’s only global environmental disclosure system
for measuring the quality and completeness of carbon management
reporting. The annual index spotlights companies listed on the
S&P 500 that demonstrate a high level of transparency and data
quality in their disclosure of climate-related information.
About Praxair
Praxair, Inc., a Fortune 250 company with 2014 sales of $12.3
billion, is the largest industrial gases company in North and South
America and one of the largest worldwide. The company produces,
sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and
high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and
technologies are making our planet more productive by bringing
efficiency and environmental benefits to a wide variety of
industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage,
electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, primary metals and
many others. More information about Praxair, Inc. is available at
www.praxair.com.
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