LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Air Products (NYSE:APD) has once again earned a place on
the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI) listing for
the 12th Consecutive Year. The 2021/22 DJSI places Air Products in
the top 20 percent of North American companies in its industry
group based on long-term economic, environmental and social
criteria.
"It is an honor to again be recognized by DJSI for our
sustainability and corporate responsibility efforts," said
Simon Moore, Air Products' Vice
President Investor Relations, Corporate Relations and
Sustainability. "This recognition reflects our efforts to grow
responsibly through sustainability-driven opportunities that
benefit our customers and our world. We are proud to assist our
customers along their sustainability journey to help build a
cleaner, more sustainable energy future."
In recent months, Air Products has announced several major
investments to help build a cleaner energy future and speed the
energy transition, including a $4.5
billion blue hydrogen clean energy complex to be built
in Louisiana.
Air Products also recently announced that it has achieved its
publicly-stated 2025 goal for minority representation in its
professional and managerial population in the United States and has set a new
goal to yet further increase the percentage of U.S. minorities
in those roles. In October 2020,
Air Products announced it wanted to achieve at least 20 percent
minority representation from a 17 percent base level in its U.S.
professional and managerial population by 2025. Having reached this
objective in 2021, Air Products' new goal is to achieve 30 percent
minority representation in these U.S. roles by 2025.
"We congratulate Air Products for being included in the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America. A DJSI distinction is a
reflection of being a sustainability leader in your industry. The
record number of companies participating in the 2021 S&P
Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment is testament to the
growing movement for ESG disclosure and transparency," said
Manjit Jus, Global Head of ESG
Research, S&P Global.
Inclusion in the DJSI is Air Products' latest recognition for
its sustainability and corporate responsibility efforts. Recently,
Air Products also received the Best Carbon Management Initiative
Award from Chemical Week for its innovative net-zero
hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada.
Air Products was also recognized by Barron's 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 awarded a gold medal rating for its Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) performance from EcoVadis, a
multinational CSR ratings agency, for the fifth year in a row, was
named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, published by 3BL
Media, for the 10th consecutive year, and was included
in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2021 Corporate Equality
Index.
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 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 2021 sales of $10.3 billion from operations in over 50
countries and has a current market capitalization of over
$65 billion. More than 20,000
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.
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release contains "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
expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release and are
not guarantees of future performance. While
forward-looking statements are made in good faith and based on
assumptions, expectations and projections that management believes
are reasonable based on currently available information, actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors, including risk factors
described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2021.
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undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect any change in the assumptions, beliefs
or expectations or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances upon which any such forward-looking statements are
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