Praxair named to 2017 Newsweek Green Rankings

Industrial gas company Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has again earned a place in the Newsweek Green Rankings. For 2017, Praxair ranked first among all industrial gas companies and ranked 26th on the U.S. 500. The company ranked fourth out of 35 companies in the Materials sector.

The U.S. 500 is an assessment of the sustainability performance of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. by revenue. The rankings are based on research from Corporate Knights and HIP Investor, which measured and assessed companies’ sustainability performance across eight specific indicators, including energy, GHG and water productivity, green revenue, and sustainability governance.