Where We Stand

Energy and Climate Solutions

We share society's concerns about the impacts of climate change on our environment. And we're focusing our development efforts on real solutions, bringing the breadth of our innovation, problem solving abilities, and proven gases and technology capabilities to bear. After all, air and gases are "what we do." We have a unique history and depth of experience as a leading gases, materials and technology solutions company, developing environmental and energy solutions for customers that have contributed to cleaner air, energy efficiency improvements and safer products for decades. We believe the global challenge of greenhouse gases (GHG) should be addressed through a diverse mix of solutions. With the abundant use of fossil fuels and the world's continuing need for competitively priced power, we believe that the gases and technologies we supply will continue to improve efficiency and reduce GHG emissions in a variety of our end-use markets. Our most significant contributions to address the global challenge of climate change will be in developing clean energy technologies with the potential to reduce emissions across the energy supply chain through a variety of emission reduction and capture options from coal, oil and natural gas processing.

From our leading position supplying hydrogen to refineries to make low-sulfur, cleaner-burning fuels; to large-scale oxygen systems for solid fuel combustion and oil or clean coal gasification; to our developing suite of carbon capture, purification and compression technologies; to delivery systems to support a future hydrogen economy, we continue to invest in both internal and external R&D to develop clean air and GHG mitigation technologies.

Meanwhile, as we grow our operations and help our customers do the same, we are committed to continually improving our own efficiency, acting on emission reduction opportunities and improving our overall environmental performance. As a founding member of the Business Environmental Leadership Council of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in 1998 and a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Association, Canada's Integrated CO2 Network and other organizations, we are part of a number of business-led initiatives working to combat global climate change and advocate pragmatic policies and solutions.