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Linde | Sustainability Performance

https://www.linde.com

A global industrial gases and engineering company providing gas and engineering solutions.

1879

United Kingdom

10,001+ employees

Chemicals

$10B+ in revenue

$1B - 10B in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#2965
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#317
in United Kingdomⓘ
#78
in Chemicalsⓘ

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Industry Rank

60 out of 398

Overview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversity
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Diversity and InclusionHealth and SafetyExternalities
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CO2 scope 1 + 2 ⓘDirect emissions from owned or controlled sources, combined with indirect emissions from purchased electricity calculated using grid-average emission factors based on where the energy is consumed.
16.5MCO2e tonnes, 2024
Laggard
Renewable energy ⓘProportion of the company's total energy consumption sourced from renewable sources, expressed as a percentage.
8%2024
Aligned
Waste generated ⓘTotal waste generated through the company's direct operations, including both hazardous and non-hazardous materials.
78.5Ktonnes, 2024
Leading
Female employees ⓘProportion of women in the company's total workforce, expressed as a percentage.
28%2025
Laggard
Externalities ⓘThe monetized estimate of environmental and social impacts caused by an organization that are not reflected in its financial accounts.
2.1B$, 2024
Leading

Intensity


Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)
Industry Benchmark

1.4K

B/M 383.5

2.3

B/M 0.6


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  • Linde plc completed the 2018 USD 80 billion Linde-Praxair merger of equals (closed October 2018 creating Linde plc, Ireland-incorporated/UK-domiciled post-Brexit, world's largest industrial gas company by revenue) with sustained integration challenges affecting US/UK institutional shareholders, plus the 2024 sustained Linde discretionary industrial gas customer demand normalization.
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Total sustainability employees

11+

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