LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE: APD) has once again been named to Corporate
Responsibility Magazine's (CR Magazine) 100 Best Corporate
Citizens List (2015), 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 303 data
points of disclosure and performance measures across seven
categories: environment, climate change, employee relations,
human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy and community
support.
Commenting on the recognition, Air Products' Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer Seifi
Ghasemi said, "As the people of Air Products move forward
and execute our strategy, fundamental values like sustainability
remain at the heart of our value proposition and relationships with
our customers, shareholders, and operating communities around the
world. 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; conserve resources and reduce environmental footprints
through cost-effective improvements; and care for employees,
customers and communities, protecting its license to operate and
grow. The company 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.
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About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a
leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company
has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related
equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and
beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction.
Air Products' materials technologies segment serves the
semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives
industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to
make Air Products the world's safest and best performing industrial
gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent
service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of
$10.4 billion and was ranked number
276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. 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,
2014.
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SOURCE Air Products