Lower CO₂ emissions

Since 2019, Messer has aligned itself with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. During that period, the company successfully improved emissions intensity expressed as the ratio of CO₂ released to sales: it fell to 1.53 metric tons* of CO₂ per 1,000 euros in 2020. A large share of that progress was due to the reduction of specific energy consumption. Plans call for lowering that consumption by another 0.7 percent per year through 2025. Although two new units were added and sales rose by more than ten percent, the company reduced the CO₂ footprint of its own plants and logistics by 40,000 metric tons*.

This result was achieved in part through continuous modernization of the air separation units and installation of local plants in direct proximity of the customers. But the company’s own CO₂ footprint is only part of the overall picture: “We contribute to environmental and climate protection through the continuous improvement of our processes. Moreover, we also focus on developing technologies that make our customers’ production methods more efficient and eco-friendlier,” explains Stefan Messer, owner and CEO of Messer Group GmbH. “We achieve this through the impact of our gas applications, with an efficient supply of gases – via on-site units, for example – or through the use of green hydrogen.”