LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
April 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- For the fifth consecutive year, Air Products (NYSE: APD)
has been named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine's (CR
Magazine) 100 Best Corporate Citizens List (2016), which recognizes
public companies with outstanding corporate responsibility
performance.
The top 100 corporate responsibility leaders are selected from
the large-cap Russell 1000® based on an assessment of
260 data points of disclosure and performance measures across seven
categories including: environment, climate change, employee
relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy and
community support.
"I am very proud of this achievement. Air Products' employees
understand the importance of Sustainability in advancing our
five-point strategy," said Seifi
Ghasemi, chairman, president and chief executive officer at
Air Products. "Sustainability is a fundamental principle at Air
Products and key to our value proposition. It is also the
cornerstone of our relationships with customers, shareholders, and
our neighbors in the communities where we operate around the globe.
We are very honored to again be recognized for our performance and
citizenship."
Aligning its sustainability efforts under the economic,
environmental and social categories of "Grow, Conserve and Care,"
Air Products seeks to grow responsibly through
sustainability-driven opportunities that benefit our customers and
the world; that conserve resources and reduce environmental
footprints through cost-effective improvements; and which care for
employees, customers and communities, while protecting the
company's license to operate and grow. Air Products serves dozens
of industries, providing gases, materials, technologies and
applications solutions that improve customers' energy efficiency,
productivity, environmental performance and productivity.
To learn more about Sustainability at Air Products, visit the
company's Sustainability web site at:
http://www.airproducts.com/Company/Sustainability.aspx.
About Corporate Responsibility Magazine
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business rankings according to PR Week.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company
celebrating 75 years of operation. The company's core Industrial
Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related
equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and
petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air
Products is also the world's leading supplier of liquefied natural
gas process technology and equipment. The company's Materials
Technologies business serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes,
cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries.
The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9
billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual
list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50
countries strive to make Air Products the world's safest and best
performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable
offerings and excellent service to all customers. 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,
2015.
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