Air Products, a worldwide provider of technology and equipment solutions, materials and gases, has declared that its name figures among the 23 worldwide companies and one among the four U.S. - based companies to be named to the Global Disclosure and Performance Leadership Indexes for 2011 owned by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
Air Products Ed Heydorn fuels a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at Air Products hydrogen fueling station at the Orange County Sanitation District municipal wastewater ttreatment facility.
CDP has 551 institutional investors having around $71 trillion in assets under its fold and has the largest corporate climate change information database globally. The Carbon Disclosure Leadership directory of the company includes the first 52 Global 500 indexed companies that are known for their climate change revelation practices, whilst its index for Carbon Performance Leadership includes 29 companies, which have proved their pledge towards emission reduction, stakeholder communications and control in their responses to CDP. Around 3,000 organizations in economically leading countries all over the globe currently calculate and divulge their greenhouse gas discharges and appraisal of climate change danger and opportunity through an annual questionnaire of CDP.
Air Products is a worldwide supplier of hydrogen fueling technology, hydrogen infrastructure and hydrogen that is used for treating cleaner burning transportation fuels through their 130 fueling stations located in 19 countries. The company also provides performance materials utilized in eco-friendly coatings and adhesives, efficient burning systems for use in steel and glass manufacturing, electronic materials and gases for photovoltaic, displays and chips. The company also provides its proprietary carbon capture know-how to a few carbon capture and storage demo projects globally.