SHANGHAI, Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products
(NYSE:APD) was presented with the 2020 Best Social Responsibility
Brand Award at the 10th China Charity Festival award
ceremony held in Shanghai on
January 28-29. This is the sixth
consecutive year the company has been recognized at this
influential event for its corporate social responsibility(CSR)
activities and continued contributions to social development in
China.
Over the past six years, Air Products has received the same
honor four times, and also won both of the Overall Community Care
Award and Best Community Program Award two times.
"Sustainability is part of Air Products' higher purpose and at
the core of everything we do. Through the Air Products Foundation
and our employees' joint efforts, we continued to expand our CSR
programs in 2020 amid challenging times posed by the coronavirus
pandemic. Working together, we have continued to make a positive
impact on the communities where we operate," said Simon Moore, vice president, Investor Relations,
Corporate Relations and Sustainability at Air Products.
Air Products' key CSR activities in China in 2020 included:
- Launched a new program to help provide safe and healthy
drinking water through the Air Products Foundation to more
than 12,000 students at 17 rural schools in Xiangyuan county,
Shanxi Province.
- Continuing its LIN (liquid nitrogen) Ambassador gas science
education program to foster the next generation's interest
in innovation and scientific thinking through fun and safe LIN
experiments. Now in its sixth year, the program has reached more
than 7,000 students and teachers in 20 cities across the
country.
- Supported COVID-19 rescue and recovery efforts,
including an immediate donation of 500,000 renminbi, approximately
$70,000, to support the most urgent
medical care needs; a $100,000 grant
via the Air Products Foundation to assist recovery efforts; and
deliveries of most needed medical liquid oxygen and helium to
hospitals.
"As a corporate citizen, we have been 'Working here. Living
here. Giving here.' in China for
over 30 years and supporting our customers and diverse industries
to improve energy efficiency, productivity and environmental
performance with our gases, leading-edge application technologies
and innovative solutions," said Saw Choon
Seong, China president at
Air Products. "This award is a strong recognition of our company's
continued contributions. The honor belongs to our employees who are
passionate about and actively involved in contributing to a
sustainable world. We will continue to work together with our
customers and other stakeholders to build a better future for
China during the 14th
Five-Year Plan period and beyond."
The 10th China Charity Festival, co-organized by
dozens of Chinese mainstream media outlets, honored approximately
260 leading organizations from a wide range of industries with
various awards. The judging panel consisting of leaders and experts
from public welfare organizations, consulting firms, institutions
and media evaluated all candidates according to the indicators of
sustainability, creativity, adaptability, credibility and level of
influence.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a
world-leading industrial gases company in operation for 80 years.
Focused on serving energy, environment and emerging markets, the
Company provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and
applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries,
including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing,
and food and beverage. Air Products is also the global leader in
the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and
equipment. The Company develops, engineers, builds, owns and
operates some of the world's largest industrial gas projects,
including: gasification projects that sustainably convert abundant
natural resources into syngas for the production of high-value
power, fuels and chemicals; carbon capture projects; and
world-scale carbon-free hydrogen projects supporting global
transportation and the energy transition.
The Company had fiscal 2020 sales of $8.9
billion from operations in 50 countries and has a current
market capitalization of over $60
billion. More than 19,000 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 or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter,
Facebook or Instagram.
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,
2020.
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