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We helpen klanten hun duurzaamheidsprestaties te verbeteren door een hogere productiviteit, producten van betere kwaliteit, minder energieverbruik en lagere emissies.

De bedrijfsstrategie van Air Products is om klanten duurzame oplossingen te bieden en hen te helpen hun doelstellingen te bereiken. We worden gedreven door een belangrijke ambitie: samen met onze klanten innoveren en hen helpen duurzamer te worden. We streven ernaar producten te produceren die de energie-efficiëntie verbeteren, de impact op het milieu verminderen en inspelen op maatschappelijke behoeften zoals gezondheid, veiligheid en verbetering van de kwaliteit van leven. In 2020 was 57% van de omzet afkomstig van duurzame producten, wat ruim boven onze doelstelling van 50% ligt.

We doen er alles aan om onze klanten in staat te stellen hun duurzaamheid te verbeteren. We houden onze vorderingen bij aan de hand van door de klant vermeden CO₂-emissies die onze klanten en hun klanten anders zouden uitstoten, zo niet voor de producten die we produceren en leveren. In 2020 hebben we ervoor gezorgd dat 72 miljoen ton CO₂e is vermeden, wat ongeveer overeenkomt met de uitstoot van 16 miljoen auto's en drie keer onze eigen directe en indirecte CO₂-uitstoot.

In 2020 hebben we een nieuwe doelstelling om jaarlijks de totale vermeden CO₂-uitstoot van onze klanten en hun klanten te verhogen.

Sustainable Offerings that Benefit Our Customers Around the World: Hydrogen

Much of Air Products' hydrogen supply today is used in the production of cleaner traditional transportation fuels. It is used to refine heavier, sour crudes to increase refinery yields and reduce emissions through the production of cleaner fuels including ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. Hydrogen is an essential part of de-carbonizing the transportation sector, particularly heavy-duty vehicles.

Many other industries such as electronics, food, glass, chemicals, and more also benefit from hydrogen’s unique properties to improve quality, optimize performance, and reduce costs. As the world's largest provider of hydrogen, Air Products operates over 110 hydrogen plants, including some with liquefaction capabilities, and which have the equivalent of a combined 1,500 years of operating experience. In many cases, we provide hydrogen from pipeline systems around the globe, including the world’s largest hydrogen pipeline network and system located in the U.S. Gulf Coast.
: Helium

Helium and our high purity medical gases help sustain life. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is dependent on helium, which is used to keep MRI magnets cold and superconducting. Helium is also valued as a gas for lifting, breathing, leak detection, space exploration, semiconductor manufacturing, scientific applications, and shielding. It has unique properties that optimize performance and productivity, reduce labor costs, and improve safety. As a leading producer and supplier of helium, Air Products has pioneered many of the helium extraction, production, distribution, and storage technologies still in use – including cryogenic equipment for most of the world's helium recovery plants.
: LNG Process Technology and Equipment

The use of LNG continues to increase globally with strong energy demands in growing economies. Air Products’ LNG technology and equipment enable the efficient and economic production and transport of this critical energy resource, including from stranded energy sources around the globe. More LNG is produced using Air Products’ mixed component refrigerant and liquefaction processes than any other processes, with over 100 LNG trains currently in operation. We manufacture this efficient and reliable equipment at our state-of-the-art facility in Florida.
: Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) and Freshline® Solutions

Gases for MAP and Freshline® solutions use high-purity gases and equipment to extend the shelf life of food, improve taste, reduce waste, and help to keep production cost down. The research and development team at Air Products has been at the forefront of food freezing for over 50 years, pioneering cryogenic technology, and continuing to push the boundaries of efficiency and versatility while working to ensure safety and hygiene.
: Helping Customers Avoid CO₂ Emissions

Our products are used in hundreds of different applications. Some of these uses result in significantly lower carbon emissions compared to baseline technologies they replace or improve upon. Each year Air Products tracks emissions avoided by our customers, and in some cases, users further downstream in the supply chain. Emissions are estimated based on the emissions avoided per unit of gas and then multiplied by the amount of gas sold in a year. Included are the emissions avoided through integration of Air Products with its customers, including the use of customer waste gases as feeds to our processes and providing customers with efficiently produced by-product steam from our hydrogen plants. In 2021, we enabled 82 million metric tons of CO₂e to be avoided by our customers and their customers.
: Oxy-fuel Technology

Air Products’ oxy-fuel combustion technologies are used in energy-intensive applications like cement, metals, and glass manufacturing to increase production, lower fuel use and costs, reduce emissions and optimize efficiency. Air Products has been a leader in oxy-fuel technology since it was first introduced over 50 years ago and continues to help customers improve operations and efficiency through new burner designs and performance testing at our world-class combustion laboratory facilities.