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PROTECTING TOMORROW VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
AIR PRODUCTS’ COMMITMENT
TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Focus is on Helping Customers Meet Their
Customers’ Needs
and Improving Local Communities Around the World
December 18, 2003 — LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.
- tell me more…about Protecting Tomorrow, a new
sustainable development video produced by Air Products
(NYSE:APD), is the latest communications tool designed
to help stakeholders better understand the company’s
corporate responsibility outreach, including its economic,
environmental and social commitments.
The nearly 12-minute video explains how as a gases,
chemicals, equipment and service solutions provider
to numerous industries throughout the world, Air Products
is focused on meeting the needs of its customers and
other stakeholders today without compromising the
needs of tomorrow. The full video, a sample clip and
other information about corporate responsibility at
Air Products is accessible at www.airproducts.com/PressRoom/PressKits/ProtectingTomorrow.htm.
“Our new Protecting Tomorrow video highlights
our product and service innovations based on the deeper
understanding we bring to our customers’ businesses
to develop safer, more environmentally friendly and
efficient processes,” said John P. Jones, Air
Products’ chairman and chief executive officer.
“It also highlights the integrity, passion and
resources we bring to our local communities-hundreds
of ‘hometowns’ around the globe where we
strive to operate our facilities to the highest levels
of safety in our industry. Of course, we view both
of these areas as essential to our own economic viability
and sustainability, and most importantly, to our ability
to create real value for our shareholders.”
Mr. Jones noted that Air Products was recently selected
as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability World
Indexes-2004 (DJSI World), an international benchmark
for excellence in economic, environmental and social
leadership. In addition, Cinergy Corp.-one of the
nation’s leading energy companies and also a
member of DJSI World-recently honored Air Products
with an Overall Sustainable Supplier Award for achievements
in economic development, environmental improvement
and social responsibility.
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