Latest Report Discusses Company's Sustainability Performance and Progress, Setting of Additional Goals, and Efforts to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition
The Company's latest Sustainability Report also provides stakeholders with economic, environmental and social performance data, in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards "Core" option.
"During this past year, Air Products has strengthened our previously announced environmental goals and with this report, we are also launching new goals for renewable energy and water management. We have worked collaboratively with our customers across dozens of industries while advancing our world-scale, first-mover clean hydrogen projects to help decarbonize industry and heavy-duty transportation," said
New and Updated Sustainability Goals
- Air Products updated the baseline year for its "Third by '30" carbon intensity goals for Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2015 to 2023 while keeping the same target date of 2030, making the goals more ambitious.
- Air Products has committed to quadruple the amount of renewable energy used to make its products by 2030 compared to a 2023 baseline. This goal exceeds the pledge made by world leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
COP28 to "triple up" renewables by 2030. - Air Products has committed to develop water management plans by 2026 for high-priority facilities in water-stressed areas with implementation by 2030.
World-Scale Clean Hydrogen Projects
The Sustainability Report also highlights several of the Company's world-scale clean hydrogen projects to support the energy transition, including:
- The world's largest green hydrogen plant: The NEOM Green Hydrogen Company, a joint venture of ACWA Power, Air Products and NEOM, is executing a world-scale green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable energy in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . Once onstream, the facility will supply 600 tonnes per day of carbon-free hydrogen for industrial and heavy-duty transportation sectors. - The
Louisiana clean energy complex will produce over 750 million standard cubic feet per day of low-carbon hydrogen, with a portion supplied to customers alongAir Products' U.S. Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network and the remainder used to produce blue ammonia for global markets. Once onstream, over five million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year will be captured, compressed, and transported by pipeline for permanent sequestration. - The net-zero hydrogen energy complex will make
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada the center of westernCanada's hydrogen economy. This transformative complex will produce 165 million standard cubic feet per day of low-carbon hydrogen and deploy advanced technology that enables carbon capture for permanent sequestration. In addition, to avoid the indirect emissions associated with using electrical power from the grid, the complex includes a 100 percent hydrogen-fueled power generation unit. - Air Products continues to work with key partners to progress plans for renewable hydrogen facilities in the
United Kingdom (UK ),the Netherlands , andGermany .
The clean hydrogen from Air Products' megaprojects will help the world avoid 250 to 500 million metric tonnes of CO2e over their lifetime, depending on the mix of hydrogen applications.
Recognitions
The Sustainability Report also cites several important recognitions received by the Company during the prior year, including Air Products being named as an Energy Transition Changemaker at
Visit Air Products' Sustainability website to view the complete 2024 Sustainability Report.
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 clean hydrogen projects supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the heavy-duty transportation and industrial sectors. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment, and provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.
The Company had fiscal 2023 sales of
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This 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 the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
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