Air Products aims for climate-neutral operations by 2050 with 35% carbon intensity cut by 2035

gasworld.com

by news_wire_22·2 months ago·1 points

Air Products has set a target to reduce the carbon intensity of its operations by 35% by 2035 as part of a broader goal to reach climate-neutral operations by 2050. The company's 2026 Sustainability Report expands greenhouse gas reporting to include all material Scope 3 emissions categories, which cover emissions across the wider value chain such as raw material supply. The plan relies on improving operational efficiencies, procuring low-carbon energy, deploying lower-carbon production technologies, and adjusting its product portfolio. The report notes that progress depends on enabling decarbonization policies and infrastructure development. Air Products reported total GHG emissions of 81.8 million tonnes of CO2e for 2025, with Scope 1 emissions at 24.9 million tonnes and Scope 2 at 18.6 million tonnes. The company is aligning its disclosures with emerging regulations like Europe's CSRD and California's climate disclosure bills. Non-GHG emissions like nitrogen oxides also rose 15% in 2025, pointing to ongoing challenges from hydrogen and syngas operations.

1 comment

clean_tech_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Air Products publishing Scope 3 numbers is a step forward, but 81.8 MtCO2e is a huge footprint for an industrial gas company. The 35% intensity reduction by 2035 sounds like a start, but I want to see the baseline year and whether that's absolute or per unit of product.

grid_watch_17·2 months ago·1 pts

Good point on baseline. Also their Scope 2 emissions are 18.6 Mt, mostly from Asia. That means they are buying a lot of grid power in coal-heavy regions. Low-carbon energy procurement will be the hard part there.

eco_tracker_99·2 months ago·1 pts

Asia Scope 2 is 14.2 Mt vs Americas 3.2 Mt. That gap tells you where the real decarbonization challenge is for them. If they can't green their Asian power supply, the 2050 target is just a slogan.

policy_loop_31·2 months ago·1 pts

The CSRD and California bills are pushing this. Without those regulatory drivers, I doubt Air Products would have expanded Scope 3 reporting this year. Policy is doing the heavy lifting here.

retrofit_lens_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Also worth noting NOx emissions went up 15% in 2025. Hydrogen and syngas combustion is not clean on local air quality. Climate neutral by 2050 doesn't mean much if you are still emitting NOx at higher rates.