LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products' (NYSE:APD) sustainability and corporate citizenship
efforts have been recognized once again in being named to 2019's
100 Best Corporate Citizens™ List released today
by Corporate Responsibility Magazine (CR Magazine). Air
Products, the only industrial gas company to make the 2019 list,
scored its highest ever ranking at 35 of the "100 Best" companies
selected. It is the eighth consecutive time Air Products has been
named to the magazine's list, which recognizes public companies for
their outstanding corporate responsibility performance.
CR Magazine's 20th annual 100 Best Corporate
Citizens ranking recognizes outstanding environmental, social
and governance (ESG) transparency and performance amongst the 1,000
largest U.S. public companies. The data for the top 100 list,
which examined disclosure and performance measurement for the
entire large-cap Russell 1000®, was pulled from publicly
available information, and each company making the list was
evaluated around 134 environmental, social and governance
factors which included: climate change, employee relations,
environment, finance, governance, human rights and stakeholders and
society.
"Sustainability is at the core of what we do as a business. Air
Products' people around the world are focused on delivering
excellent financial and operating performance, improving the
environment and our customers' sustainability, building an
inclusive and collaborative culture, and supporting the communities
where we live and work. Through our actions every day, the people
of Air Products are fulfilling our higher purpose" said
Seifi Ghasemi, Air Products'
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.
In announcing the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for 2019,
Corporate Responsibility Magazine's website stated that:
"U.S. corporate leadership matters more than ever to drive progress
despite government gridlock around environmental and social topics
like climate change. CR Magazine is proud to celebrate 20 years of
advancing ESG transparency and performance through the 100 Best
Corporate Citizens. Each year, we measure the increasingly
competitive progress of brands on ESG topics. Transparency and
public commitments make corporate responsibility and sustainability
programs stronger. We congratulate those honored on this year's
ranking for their commitment to the triple bottom line."
Air Products aligns its sustainability efforts under the
traditional economic, environmental and social categories using its
"Grow, Conserve and Care" model. While growing responsibly
through sustainability-driven opportunities that benefit its
customers and the world, Air Products strives to conserve resources
and care for its employees, customers and communities. Air Products
serves dozens of industries providing gases, technologies and
applications solutions that improve customers' energy efficiency,
productivity, and environmental performance.
To learn more about sustainability at Air Products, visit the
company's Sustainability web site.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a world-leading industrial gases
company in operation for over 75 years. The Company provides
industrial gases and related equipment to dozens of industries,
including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing,
and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world's leading
supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and
equipment.
The Company had fiscal 2018 sales of $8.9
billion from operations in 50 countries and has a current
market capitalization of about $40
billion. Approximately 16,000 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 address the
challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking
statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are based on management's reasonable expectations and
assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk
factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ
materially from projections and estimates expressed in the
forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated
by management, including risk factors described in the company's
Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September
30, 2018.
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