LEHIGH
VALLEY, Pa., Jan. 4, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) has earned a place on the
Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI) listing for the
13th consecutive year. The 2022 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 efforts," said Simon
Moore, Air Products' Vice President Investor Relations,
Corporate Relations and Sustainability. "Inclusion in the DJSI over
many years illustrates Air Products' long-standing commitment to
sustainability, which is at the heart of everything we do.
Sustainability is our growth strategy at Air Products. This past
year we committed to invest at least $15
billion in clean energy megaprojects to speed the energy
transition and set goals to reduce our CO2 emissions
intensity and reach net zero emissions in our operations by
2050."
In 2022, Air Products announced plans for two green hydrogen
facilities, including a 35-metric ton per day facility to produce
green liquid hydrogen in Massena, New
York and a joint venture with AES to invest approximately
$4 billion to build a mega-scale
green hydrogen production facility in Wilbarger County, Texas. These two new
projects are in addition to several hydrogen megaprojects Air
Products is already executing in the U.S. and around the world. Air
Products is also partnering with several ports to bring green
hydrogen to Europe.
The DJSI are float-adjusted market capitalization weighted
indices that measure the performance of companies selected using
environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The DJSI
indices apply a transparent, rules-based constituent selection
process based on the companies' S&P Global ESG Score resulting
from the annual S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment
(CSA). This year, more than 10,000 publicly traded companies were
invited to participate in the S&P Global CSA that consists of a
rigorous questionnaire assessing both public and non-public data
submitted by participating companies.
Inclusion in the DJSI is Air Products' latest recognition for
its sustainability and corporate responsibility efforts. Recently,
Air Products was again named one of America's Most Responsible
Companies by Newsweek.
During 2022, Air Products also has been named one of America's
Best Employers for Diversity by Forbes and earned a spot on
Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies List for the fourth
year in a row. Air Products was 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, and was included in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's
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 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 industrial gas and
carbon-capture projects, supplying world-scale clean hydrogen for
global transportation, industrial markets, and the broader energy
transition. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the
supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment,
and globally provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and
cryogenic containers.
The Company had fiscal 2022 sales of $12.7 billion from operations in over 50
countries and has a current market capitalization of about
$70 billion. More than
21,000 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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