Linde Advances Sustainability Goals with 10% Emission Reduction and Renewable Energy Expansion
While some companies seem to have quietly backed away from bigger decarbonization promises due to current geopolitical and economic headwinds, global industrial gas and chemicals supplier Linde is one of those producers committed to stepping up its sustainability work.
British-based Linde revealed Monday that it reduced overall greenhouse gas emissions 10% last year versus its’ 2021 baseline. Linde also increased its share of electricity contracted from low-carbon and renewable energy resources to 50% of the overall resource mix, according to the company’s just released 2025 Sustainable Development Report.
The in-house efficiencies and renewable energy resourcing have helped customers avoid close to 98 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent emissions during the past year, according to the company.
“Sustainability is integral to how we invest, operate and serve our customers and communities,” said Erin Catapano, vice president for sustainability, in the company statement. “In 2025, Linde made progress toward our 2035 absolute emissions reduction target, increased our low-carbon energy sources and helped our customers to avoid emissions. We remain focused on disciplined delivery against our long-term targets.”
Linde provides industrial gases for a variety of customers and sectors. These include ultra-high-purity gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen and argon for Samsung’s semiconductor manufacturing plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
Other customers seek industrial gases for welding, medical space exploration, metals processing, paper manufacturing and healthcare.
Last year, Linde commissioned one of the world’s largest helium storage caverns in Beaumont, Texas. Helium is supplied to companies such as SK Hynix and utilized in multiple industrial sectors.
Carbon capture, storage and utilization also are priorities with Linde. Last year, the company announced it was expanding capacity at its Freeport, Texas CO2 plant with the addition of a second liquefaction facility. The new plant, which is designed to be operational in 2027, will liquefy crude CO2 captured from MEGlobal America’s Oyster Creek ethylene glycol facility.
Linde’s newest sustainable development report also said that the company’s efficiency efforts help conserve more than one billion gallons of water, diverting 200 million pounds of waste from landfills.
“In 2025, we increased active sourcing of low-carbon power by 26%, bringing low-carbon energy to approximately half of our global electricity consumption,” Linde CEO and chairman Sanjiv Lamda wrote in the Sustainability Development Report. “This progress reflects a deliberate strategy to secure reliable, cost-effective renewable power at scale, through long-term agreements, diversified sourcing, and operational integration. By actively managing our energy portfolio, we not only reduce emissions but also strengthen resilience in an increasingly volatile energy environment.”
In May, S&P Global Dow Jones ranked Linde high in its Best-in-Class World Index for long-term environmental, economic and social criteria. This list included only about 10% of the global firms covered by the report.
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