LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE:APD), a leading global industrial gases company,
today announced that it has again been awarded a gold medal for its
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance from EcoVadis, a
multinational CSR ratings agency. This is the fifth year in a row
that Air Products has earned a gold rating.
"We are honored to again earn EcoVadis' gold medal distinction
for our CSR efforts," said Simon
Moore, Air Products' vice president Investor Relations,
Corporate Relations and Sustainability. "Sustainability is at the
core of what we do and the core of our growth strategy. It is part
of our higher purpose to bring people together to collaborate and
innovate solutions to the world's most significant energy and
environmental challenges and to create a workplace where every
employee knows they belong and matter."
Receiving EcoVadis' gold medal distinction places Air Products
in the top four percent of all companies evaluated.
EcoVadis rates and continually monitors a company's CSR
management and progress while offering tools to drive improvement.
The EcoVadis rating methodology covers seven management indicators,
across 21 sustainability criteria, in four themes: Environment,
Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. It
is based on leading standards, such as the Global Reporting
Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and ISO 26000 and is
supervised by an international scientific committee. EcoVadis rates
a company's performance by assessing a company's policies, actions
and results, as well as considering input from third-party
professionals and external stakeholders.
The EcoVadis recognition is the latest Air Products has received
for its sustainability and corporate responsibility efforts.
Earlier this year, Air Products' sustainability efforts were
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. Air
Products was also included in the S&P Global 2021
Sustainability Yearbook and the Corporate Knights Clean 200. The
Clean 200 was established in 2016 and ranks the largest
publicly-listed companies by their clean energy reviews. In
addition, Air Products has also been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability North America Index (DJSI) for 11 consecutive years.
The 2020/2021 DJSI recognition ranks Air Products among the top 20
percent of North American companies in its industry group for
corporate sustainability performance.
To learn more about Air Products' commitment to sustainability
and corporate responsibility efforts, please view our most recent
Sustainability Report.
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 approximately $65
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
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