LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Dec. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE: APD), a world-leading industrial gases company,
announced today it earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the
2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey
and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workplace equality,
administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
"We are very pleased to have earned a perfect score on the
CEI. Air Products places great importance on having a diverse
workforce and a work environment that is inclusive and respectful,"
said Jennifer Grant, vice president
and chief human resources officer at Air Products. "We
believe this recognition from the Human Rights Campaign
demonstrates that Air Products is a company that attracts and
retains the best talent, and one that strives to earn the respect
of our customers and communities."
Grant added that Air Products recently published new
Sustainability goals for 2020, and that one of the new goals
established is to be the world's most diverse and inclusive
industrial gas company.
Air Products' efforts in satisfying all of the CEI's criteria
resulted in a 100 percent ranking and earned the designation as a
Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality. Air Products was one of
517 major businesses which earned 2017's top mark. In all, CEI
rated 1,043 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBT-related
policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace
protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive
health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement
with the LGBT community.
For more information on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index, or to
download a free copy of the report, visit HRC Equidad MX: Global
Workplace Equality Program.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of
America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve
equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people.
HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full
members of society at home, at work and in every community.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a
world-leading Industrial Gases company in operation for over 75
years. 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 had fiscal 2016 sales of $9.5
billion and has a current market capitalization of
approximately $30 billion.
Approximately 17,000 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,
2016.
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