LEHIGH
VALLEY, Pa., April 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE:APD), a
leading global industrial gases company, has once again earned a
spot on Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies List. This
is Air Products' sixth consecutive year on the list.
"Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do at Air
Products. It is our higher purpose to bring people together to
collaborate and innovate solutions to the world's most significant
energy and environmental challenges," said Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman, President and CEO at
Air Products. "We are proud to again be recognized for our efforts
but know there is always more work to be done. We will continue to
work hard every day to execute on our many world-scale energy
transition megaprojects, provide excellent service to our
industrial gases customers and innovate solutions to generate a
cleaner future."
For Barron's annual ranking of the most sustainable
companies, the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies were scored
on a variety of environmental, social and governance (ESG)
measures. Barron's worked with Calvert Research and
Management, which analyzed how the companies performed across 230
ESG metrics, ranging from workplace diversity to greenhouse-gas
emissions.
Air Products ranked #57 on this year's list. Inclusion on
Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies list is Air Products
latest recognition for its sustainability efforts. Recently,
Air Products was included in S&P Global's Sustainability
Yearbook for 2024 for the 12th time. Air Products also
was ranked #4 in Forbes Magazine's list of America's Best
Employers for Diversity for 2023, and recognized by Newsweek
as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024. Air
Products was also included in Time magazine's inaugural list
of the World's Best Companies 2023.
To learn more about Air Products' efforts, achievements and
sustainability goals, visit Air Products' Sustainability
website.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases
company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy,
environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth
pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products' base business
provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and
applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries,
including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing,
and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and
operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects
supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the
heavy-duty transportation and industrial sectors. Additionally, Air
Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas
process technology and equipment, and provides turbomachinery,
membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.
The Company had fiscal 2023 sales of $12.6 billion from operations in
approximately 50 countries and has a current market capitalization
of about $60 billion. Approximately
23,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse
backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create
innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance
sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the
challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com or follow us on
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