Ingersoll Rand Recognized by EPA for Climate Action

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy has announced the 2016 Climate Leadership Award recipients who will be honored for their leadership in helping fight climate change. Ingersoll Rand, Davidson, North Carolina, will be presented with an Organizational Leadership Award for phasing out HCFCs and other refrigerants.

Ingersoll Rand has more than 40,000 employees and more than 60 manufacturing sites around the world with brands including Trane and Thermo King. Among its accomplishments, the company has set a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goal of 35 percent from 2013 by 2020 for global operations. The company has further committed to reduce the climate impact related to the refrigerants used in its products by 50 percent by 2020 and incorporate lower global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant alternatives across the product portfolio by 2030.


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