Our mission and the virtuous circle it supports
At Linde, we live our mission of making our world more productive.
In 2018 we enabled our customers to avoid 90 million metric tons of CO2e. We also work safely to continuously improve our own energy efficiency and avoided more than 5 million metric tons of CO2e from 2009-2018.
As we improve, we are investing in the communities where we live and work. We hire locally and source most of our products and services in the countries in which they are used. Additionally, we actively support our local communities through employee engagement and volunteerism as well as charitable contributions.
The results we have achieved in making our world more productive have earned recognition by premier sustainability investment indexes and rankings, including the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices’ World Index.
Leading in
sustainable development
We are recognized for outstanding performance
in sustainability.
We consistently excel in premier sustainability investment indexes
and rankings and as a leader in Diversity & Inclusion.
Investing in
our communities
We support communities in countries where we live and work.
We hire locally and source most of our products and services in the countries in which they are needed. We also actively support our local communities through charitable contributions and employee volunteerism.
Improving customers’
environmental performance
Our climate change innovation enables two times net greenhouse gas benefit from the use of our products by customers.
In 2018, a subset of our products and applications enabled our customers to avoid 90 million metric tons of CO₂e – approximately twice the greenhouse gas emissions of all our operations.
Reducing our carbon
footprint in production
We continuously optimize our use of energy and natural resources.
We avoided more than 5 million metric tons of CO₂e emissions between 2009–2018 by improving our plant design and process efficiency.
Putting
safety first
Our goal is zero incidents and no harm to people, communities or the environment.
Safety is a company value and part of our culture. In 2018, our lost workday case rate was seven times better than the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration industrial average.
Valuing
employee diversity
We are an industry leader in diversity & inclusion.
We embrace diversity and inclusion in order to attract, develop and retain the best talent and build high-performing teams.
in sustainability.
We consistently excel in premier sustainability investment indexes
and rankings and as a leader in Diversity & Inclusion.
We hire locally and source most of our products and services in the countries in which they are needed. We also actively support our local communities through charitable contributions and employee volunteerism.
In 2018, a subset of our products and applications enabled our customers to avoid 90 million metric tons of CO₂e – approximately twice the greenhouse gas emissions of all our operations.
We avoided more than 5 million metric tons of CO₂e emissions between 2009–2018 by improving our plant design and process efficiency.
Safety is a company value and part of our culture. In 2018, our lost workday case rate was seven times better than the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration industrial average.
We embrace diversity and inclusion in order to attract, develop and retain the best talent and build high-performing teams.
How we calculated our numbers:
All results are estimated based upon 2018 results compiled from the legacy companies, Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG, adjusted to reflect all divestitures required by government regulators. For carbon footprint reduction, we report fossil fuel-based energy use (principally electricity in air separation units and natural gas for hydrogen production plants) that was converted into CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e). For measuring customer greenhouse gas emissions benefits, we included CO₂e savings enabled from a subset of legacy company applications when used in our customers’ products or production processes, compared to our combined operational CO₂e emissions. For leadership recognition, both legacy companies were consistently listed on major investment indexes such as the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment World Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), FTSE4Good and STOXX; and legacy Praxair was recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the World’s Best Employers (2018) and Best Employers for Diversity (2019).