Ingersoll Rand India Employees Celebrate Earth Day 2018

NewsPatrolling.com : As part of Ingersoll Rand’s recognition of Earth Day 2018, employees of Ingersoll Rand in India came together to plant over 150 trees across the country. Major cities include Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Naroda, Sahibabad, and Chennai. The teams participated enthusiastically in the plantation drive, demonstrating their commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability.

In Gurgaon, the plantation drive was organized at one of four stretches of land adopted and maintained by the company as part of its corporate social responsibility projects in India. Ingersoll Rand has joined hands with Uthaan, a Gurgaon-based NGO working in the field of green movement to maintain the four locations. The project entails additional tree plantations, fertilizing and landscaping.

Celebrated around the globe, Earth Day is the largest civil observance in the world and as a socially responsible brand; Ingersoll Rand is committed to support environmental movements globally.

“Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do,” said Geetanjali Bhatia, Head, Corporate Communications & CSR, Ingersoll Rand in India. “Our commitment to combatting climate change extends to the environmental impact of our operations, products and services, and people. Earth Day gives our employees a chance to demonstrate that commitment by participating in projects that improve the quality of life in our community and put sustainability in action.”

Ingersoll Rand Climate Commitment

Ingersoll Rand made a Climate Commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its products and operations by 2030. The Ingersoll Rand Climate Commitment pledged to:

• Cut the refrigerant GHG footprint of its products by 50 percent by 2020 and incorporate lower GWP alternatives across its portfolio by 2030;
• Invest $500 million in product-related research and development over the next five years to fund the long-term reduction of GHG emissions; and
• Reduce company operations-related GHG emissions by 35 percent by 2020, a goal which the company has achieved two years ahead of schedule.

In addition to achieving its 2020 energy efficiency goal, the company also announced this month that it has deepened its commitment by investing in both on-site and off-site renewable energy technologies to reduce its impact on the environment. To date, the company’s Climate Commitment has supported the avoidance of approximately 6.7 million metric tons of CO₂ globally, which is the equivalent of avoiding annual CO₂ emissions from energy used in more than 700,000 homes for one year. By 2030, the company expects to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 million metric tons.