S&P Global Selects Linde for Sustainability Yearbook 2025

WOKING, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Linde plc (Nasdaq: LIN) announced today that it has been recognized for its industry-leading sustainability performance through inclusion in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025.

Based on S&P Global’s comprehensive Corporate Sustainability Assessment, the Sustainability Yearbook comprises companies scoring in the top 15% of their industry for sustainable business practices. In the review of 7,690 companies, Linde was ranked as one of the most sustainable businesses in the world and scored the highest of any industrial gases company.

“Sustainable practices are integrated into every aspect of Linde's business - from reducing emissions with innovative solutions to community projects and robust governance practices,” said Erin Catapano, Vice President Sustainability, Linde. “We are proud that S&P Global continues to recognize the efforts of Linde’s employees in making our world more productive, sustainably.”

With its products, technologies and services, Linde helps its customers avoid more than 90 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e) per year – more than double Linde’s own global emissions. Linde’s climate goals include its 2035 science-based absolute greenhouse gas emissions reduction target and its 2050 climate neutrality ambition. Linde is a participant in the United Nations Global Compact, is a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index and the Dow Jones Best-In-Class Indices (formerly the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices).

About Linde

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2024 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit linde.com

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FAQ

What recognition did Linde (LIN) receive from S&P Global in 2025?

Linde was included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025, ranking as the highest-scoring industrial gases company among 7,690 assessed businesses.

How much CO2 emissions do Linde's products help customers avoid annually?

Linde's products, technologies, and services help customers avoid more than 90 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents per year, exceeding double the company's own global emissions.

What are Linde's key sustainability targets for 2035 and 2050?

Linde has set a science-based absolute greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2035 and aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

Which sustainability indices and frameworks is Linde (LIN) part of?

Linde participates in the United Nations Global Compact and is included in the FTSE4Good Index and Dow Jones Best-In-Class Indices.

What percentage of companies did Linde outperform in S&P Global's sustainability assessment?

Linde ranked in the top 15% of companies for sustainable business practices in S&P Global's Corporate Sustainability Assessment.