• Going paperless and implementing a robust recycling system requires minimal investment but strong commitment from colleagues.
• Energy efficiency can require capital investment however, the return on investment is significant. Heating, lighting and ventilation are key areas where energy and natural resource consumption can be reduced.
• Improved efficiency from supply chain optimisation reduces both costs and carbon footprint.
• Also collaborating with customers and suppliers can ensure that a business is sustainable end-to-end and often leads to a virtuous circle.

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As a global supplier of industrial gas, Air Products is working on multiple sustainability projects. Grow, Conserve and Care is an ethos that is embedded across the entire organisation.  Significant effort is taken to consider operational changes that will significantly benefit the company, its customers and the environment. As Albert Einstein once said: "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them."

In 2019 Air Products announced a partnership with Ørsted, a global leader in offshore wind power. Ørsted supplies renewable electricity to all the Air Products production sites in the UK. Simon Earnshaw, Air Products' Director of Industrial Gases Production & Supply Chain, Europe and Africa, said: "This is a positive step forward for our business. Being able to access and buy renewable electricity supplies direct from a certified provider is significant progress towards improving our merchant operations sustainability. We're pleased to be working with Ørsted, a company which shares our values and is passionate about enabling a sustainable future."

However, the work does not stop there, Air Products, also understands that the root causes of energy consumption need to be tackled.  Therefore, the organisation is working with UK manufacturing businesses to reduce welding gas consumption by supplying products, such as the Integra® e2 cylinder with integrated gas saving features and services, such as Gastrak®, that optimise welding gas flow rate and minimise gas waste.  The net result is that customers achieve high quality welds using only the gas they need.  In total, less gas is produced, packaged, shipped and used, creating financial, productivity, quality and environmental improvements all along the supply chain.