In 2023 we enabled our customers to avoid about 91 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents (CO2e). We also work safely to continuously improve our own energy efficiency and avoided 800 thousand metric tons of CO2e.[1]
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 (ESG Indexes) and rankings, including the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices’ World Index.
We are recognized for outstanding performance in sustainability. We consistently excel in sustainability investment indexes (ESG Indexes) and rankings and as a leader in Diversity & Inclusion.
We continuously optimize our use of energy and natural resources. We avoided 1 million metric tons of CO2e emissions in 2022 by enhancing the energy efficiency of buildings, processes and the transportation fleet.
Our goal is zero incidents and no harm to people, communities or the environment. Safety is a company value and part of our culture. Our lost workday case rate in 2022 was four times better than the most recent Occupational Health and Safety Administration industrial average.
We are an industry leader in inclusion. We embrace inclusion in order to attract, develop and retain the best talent and build high-performing teams.
Our climate change innovation enables more than two times net greenhouse gas benefit from the use of our products by customers. In 2022, a subset of our products and applications enabled our customers to avoid 90 million metric tons of CO2e - 2.3x more than greenhouse gas emissions of all our operations.
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.
Results are based on actual 2023 reported values for Linde plc. 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 COâ‚‚ equivalents (CO2e). For measuring customer greenhouse gas emissions benefits, we included CO2e savings enabled from a subset of company applications when used in our customers’ products or production processes, compared to our operational Scope 1 and 2 CO2e emissions. For leadership recognition, Linde is listed on major investment indexes such as the World Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), Solactive Europe Corporate Social Responsibility Index (formerly Ethibel Sustainability Index Excellence Europe), FTSE4Good Index Series and STOXX. Linde was recognized by Bloomberg as a member of the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies, and by S&P Global in The Sustainability Yearbook (2024).