We're People Helping People.

At Air Products, Social Responsibility—working with and for our communities—is a longstanding commitment and an essential part of our corporate culture. We leverage available resources to have a measurable impact on those needs that improve the quality of life in our communities, working in partnership with community organizations.

Cash contributions, in-kind goods and services, extensive employee participation in community activities, and a commitment to excellence all play a role in our support. Our focus is on the communities surrounding our facilities throughout the world. It is also achieved through an extensive volunteerism program in which thousands of employees volunteer over hundreds of thousands of hours annually.

We principally focus on:

• Pre-College and Higher Education
• Fitness, Health and Welfare
• Community and Economic Development
• Arts and Culture
• The Environment and Safety

Why Social Responsibility?

We have chosen to be socially responsible because we recognize that healthy and vibrant communities are key to our ability to attract, retain and develop talented employees, and to operate a successful and growing enterprise.

• The quality of the community's educational system is key to the skills of our employee force.
  
  
• The vibrancy of the community as a good place to live is key to our being able to attract and keep the best employees.
  
  
• The health of the community's economic and social infrastructure is key to our ability to operate a successful facility with the support of the community.
  
  
• Community involvement is key to our building employee morale, diversity, a sense of teamwork, and productivity. Air Products employees who feel they are a contributing part of the community are invariably more committed employees.

We also understand that, as an industrial gas and chemicals company, we must withstand community scrutiny and clearly be seen to operate in the public interest. This means we will make best efforts to:

• Be a leader in the areas of the environment, health and safety.
  
  
• Comply with or exceed all applicable environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations.
  
  
• Design and operate our plants and facilities in a manner that protects the environment and the health and safety of our employees and the public.
  
  
• Develop and produce products that can be manufactured, distributed, used, and recycled or disposed of in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
  
  
• Be an employer of choice, known as much for the way we value our employees, as for the quality of our products or our earnings.
  
  
• Be an integral part of our communities because through our 17,000 employees who live and work there, we are the community.

Most importantly, we are socially responsible because it is clearly the right thing to do.