Messer’s Global Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Commitment reflects a unified commitment across the company to uphold health and safety as core principles of our business operations. We strive for zero accidents and take responsibility for the safety of our employees, customers, and contractors throughout our value chain. 

Messer promotes a strong safety mindset through training, engagement programs, occupational health initiatives, and measures designed to protect employees, contractors, customers, and communities.

Messer fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace where employees are valued, respected, and provided opportunities for development and career growth. Through its commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity, Messer seeks to create an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute their full potential.

Messer is committed to preserving water as a resource by promoting sustainable management practices for the withdrawal, consumption, and discharge of water used in Messer manufacturing processes. We are also committed to providing clean, sanitary water, following WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) guidelines and approaches used to ensure the provision of safe, sustainable, and equitable water, sanitation, and hygiene services. Messer complies with all federal, state, provincial, and local regulations related to water.

In the value chain, Messer’s industrial gas technologies support wastewater treatment as well as the management and reuse of process water, helping customers use water resources more efficiently while reducing environmental impacts.

Messer works to improve energy efficiency across its operations through renewable electricity procurement, solar installations, waste heat recovery, operational efficiency, and advanced process technologies. 

Messer also supports the transition to lower-carbon energy systems through clean hydrogen and other gas solutions.

Messer focuses on responsible management of water, waste, refrigerants, and other operational resources.  Messer works to improve energy efficiency across its operations through renewable electricity procurement, solar installations, waste heat recovery, operational efficiency, and advanced process technologies. 

Messer supports customers in the recovery, reclamation, and re-use of existing refrigerants to avoid the manufacture of new molecules with high global warming potential and negative influence on the climate and develops innovative gas applications that help customers improve resource efficiency, reduce waste, lower energy consumption, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. 

Messer’s Global Climate Policy outlines our position on key elements of a comprehensive climate strategy, including decarbonization, water, and waste, specifies our governance and approach, and describes the mechanisms in place to monitor progress. The policy applies to all board members and employees of Messer SE & Co. KGaA and of its subsidiaries and covers upstream, own operations, and downstream aspects of Messer’s value chain.
Messer actively protects the environment by integrating sustainable practices into daily operations and customer solutions.

Messer’s Global Climate Policy is an extension of Messer’s Corporate Sustainability Commitments to protect the environment and serve our customers to the highest standard including:

• Optimizing energy consumption; 
• Identifying and mitigating climate-related risks to our assets and operations; 
• Increasing the use of renewable and low-carbon energy in our plants and sourcing; 
• Increasing fuel efficiency and optimizing our logistics; 
• Developing innovative gas applications that help our customers use resources more efficiently and reduce their GHG emissions; 
• Responsibly managing water, waste, and refrigerants in our operations.

Messer is dedicated to conducting business ethically, with integrity, and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. 

The company maintains formal policies and controls related to ethics, compliance, anti-corruption, business conduct, whistleblower protection, data privacy, and cybersecurity, helping ensure transparency, accountability, and responsible decision-making throughout its operations and value chain.