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

#4324

Overall

#583

in United Kingdom

#90

in Chemicals

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

63 out of 404

Overview

Environmental

Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste managementWater managementAir and land impactNature and biodiversityNature riskClimate risk

Social

Diversity and inclusionHealth and safetyExternalities

Governance

TargetsSDG Impact

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CO2 scope 1 + 2

16.5M CO2e tonnes, 2024

Laggard

Renewable energy

8% 2024

Aligned

Waste generated

78.5K tonnes, 2024

Leading

Female engagement

28% 2025

Laggard

Externalities

3.0B $, 2025

Leading

Intensity

Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)

Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)

Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)

Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)

Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)

Industry Benchmark

484.6

B/M 312.0

1.4K

B/M 1.2K

2.1K

B/M 544.4

2.6K

B/M 1.6K

2.3

B/M 10.8

Controversy level

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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.

Carbon emissions breakdown

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Energy consumption breakdown

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Biodiversity impact

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Waste management

Reveal data for 2 credits

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Water management

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Air pollution

Reveal data for 2 credits

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Land use

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Health & safety

Reveal data for 2 credits

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Externalities

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SBTi targets and commitments

Target	Status	Temperature alignment	Year
Near-term target	Targets set	Well-below 2°C	2035
Long-term target	Not disclosed	-	-
Net-zero	Not disclosed	-	-
Business Ambition 1.5°C	Not disclosed	-	-

Target details

Linde plc commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 35% by 2035 from a 2021 base year*. *The target boundary includes biogenic emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.

SDG impact (historical)

Reveal data for 5 credits

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Reporting

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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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