Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Ingersoll Rand

At Ingersoll Rand, we integrate sustainability into the anatomy of how we help our customers succeed and how we run our operations.

?Our commitment to sustainability extends to the environmental impacts of our people, operations, and products and services. As a global enterprise leading the way to a more sustainable future, Ingersoll Rand is focused on heating, cooling and automating homes and buildings; enhancing industrial productivity; keeping transported food and perishables safe and fresh; and delivering efficient and reliable small transportation solutions. From the efficiency of our buildings to our progress in managing energy, water and waste, we continue to find ways to reduce the company's impact on the environment and embed sustainability throughout our businesses.

Environmental Sustainability

Climate action is a global imperative and our customers are demanding solutions. They seek our guidance on how to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their buildings and industrial and transportation systems. Every day at Ingersoll Rand, we strive to innovate and deliver on their needs while also ensuring that our actions are consistent within our own operations. Ingersoll Rand is leading the way in decarbonizing our value chain, from raw materials sourcing to a product’s end of life. Since 2015, we have refreshed 20.5% of our product portfolio to feature sustainable design aligned with total lifecycle management best practices.  
Across our sites, we reduce GHG emissions by investing in renewable energy, modernizing industrial processes and replacing incandescent light bulbs with LED lights. We are working to use only the resources we need, optimize energy use, reduce our Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions and improve waste and water management.
We know keeping environmental sustainability at the forefront of everything we do requires a rigorous and deep-rooted support structure. Our global Climate Commitment, set in 2014 and championed by our most senior leaders, outlines goals to significantly reduce GHG emissions from our operations and product portfolio by 2020, and incorporate alternatives with lower-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants across our product portfolio by 2030.

Our 2018 ESG Report provides updates on our continuing progress toward our Climate Commitment and environmental goals.

Community Impact and Philanthropy

We create a positive impact in communities around the world through our innovations and dedication to corporate citizenship and sustainability.

Across the globe, we are experiencing unprecedented social demands. The world is becoming warmer and more urbanized. Natural resource scarcity like energy and water is pressuring food supplies, health and well-being, and general infrastructure. Aging populations and shifting demographics including increased economic inequality are reshaping the global workforce, and education and skilled labor needs continue to evolve.  

As a company on the forefront of sustainability, Ingersoll Rand excels at reducing the energy intensity in buildings and industrial processes, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing waste of food and other perishable goods, and our ability to generate productivity for our customers. All of these strategies are enabled by our technology and a technical and skilled highly engaged workforce.

In line with our strategy and purpose, Ingersoll Rand makes a significant contribution to societies around the world. We inspire STEM education experiences to fulfill technical workforce needs of the future. We power economic mobility needs that span the communities where we operate and serve. And we increase access to well-being needs like food, water, shelter, climate comfort and mobility -- which are directly in line with the heating and cooling, temperature control, industrial products and zero emission vehicles we deliver.

Our community investments and initiatives align to our brands and our purpose to connect complex machinery, homes and buildings, and vehicles with people and their environments.
Our aim is to put more back into society than we take out, applying our products, services and expertise to reduce climate impacts and food waste while improving the quality of life and strengthening operational productivity.
Our people are thinking bigger, acting bolder as they use their knowledge, resources and time to volunteer locally and make their communities better places to live and work.
Our Impact
Our citizenship priorities leverage our core business strengths and deliver both social and business benefits. Aligned with four of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Climate Action (SDG 13), Quality Education (SDG 4), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Zero Hunger (SDG 2) and Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11) – our priorities help us contribute to the work of governments and communities and other businesses around the world.

At the same time, our work delivers business benefits by expanding business opportunities, creating human resources benefits through stronger employer reputation and retention, and improving stakeholder relations with our communities and employees.  

Climate Action: Expanding Competency in Energy and Resource Efficiency 

As part of our citizenship goals, we are committed to sharing our expertise and advice with 200 energy officials in developing regions to help them create more efficient, sustainable and economic options. By creating awareness about the environmental and economic benefits of resource efficiency, we drive uptake in sustainable options and grow the demand for our energy efficient products and services. 

Quality Education: Inspiring STEM Education 

The skills and education gap resulting from global economic shifts and ongoing advances in technology is bad for business and the health of our local communities. Our focus on advancing STEM education creates opportunities for economic mobility and is an essential investment in the future of our workforce. We are committed to 100 community colleges and technical schools, and sponsoring 20,000 women in STEM-related activities, which is important for bringing new perspectives to our field and company.

Working Towards Zero Hunger and Sustainable Cities and Communities  

For Ingersoll Rand, our commitment to building better environments extends all the way from the products we create to how we improve the communities where our employees and customers live and work. By 2020, we aim to provide food and nutrition education to 200,000 children and dedicate 40,000 employee volunteer hours toward housing and shelter.