Ingersoll Rand Cements ESG Leadership with Top Global Sustainability Ratings

DAVIDSON, N.C. – March 10, 2026 – Ingersoll Rand Inc. has once again solidified its position as a frontrunner in corporate environmental stewardship, securing a string of top-tier sustainability ratings from the world’s most respected assessment organizations. The achievements underscore a multi-year pattern of excellence, positioning the industrial giant not just as a participant, but as a benchmark for sustainable practices within the global machinery and electrical equipment sector.

A Pattern of Excellence: Setting the Industry Benchmark

The company’s recent accolades demonstrate a consistent and deepening commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles. For the third consecutive year, Ingersoll Rand earned a coveted “A List” rating from CDP, the global non-profit widely considered the gold standard for corporate environmental transparency. This places the company among a select group of leaders out of more than 22,000 firms evaluated for their climate change actions, risk management, and sustainable product strategies.

Further cementing its leadership, the 2025 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) ranked Ingersoll Rand #1 in North America and in the top 5% globally within the Machinery and Electrical Equipment industry. The company improved its score to 82 out of 100, a testament to its continuous refinement of sustainability initiatives. This performance also secured its inclusion in the prestigious Dow Jones Best-in-Class World and North America Indices for the fourth straight year. These ratings are not merely symbolic; they are the result of rigorous, data-driven analysis of a company's performance relative to its industry peers, making Ingersoll Rand's consistent top-tier placement all the more significant.

The Strategy Behind the Scores: Integrating Sustainability into Operations

These awards are not accidental but the result of a deeply integrated strategy that embeds sustainability into the core of the business. At the heart of this approach is the "Ingersoll Rand Execution Excellence (IRX)" framework, a disciplined system that drives action and accountability across all operations. This operational backbone ensures that ambitious goals are translated into measurable results.

Innovation is another key pillar. The company’s "Design for Sustainability (DfS)" process is now mandatory for all new product development, ensuring that factors like energy efficiency, circularity, and safety are considered from the initial concept. In 2023 alone, this approach led to the launch of 80 new innovative products. Today, a remarkable 66% of the company's entire product portfolio incorporates sustainable attributes, with a forward-looking goal for these products to generate over 25% of total revenue by 2030. This demonstrates a clear strategy to align environmental responsibility with commercial success.

On the ground, the commitment is tangible. Renewable energy now powers 45 Ingersoll Rand sites worldwide through a combination of on-site solar panels and green energy contracts. The company has also shown remarkable efficiency in resource management, surpassing its 2030 water reduction goal seven years ahead of schedule by achieving a 38% absolute reduction in water usage against a 17% target.

Beyond Accolades: Quantifying the Environmental Impact

While the ratings are impressive, the true measure of Ingersoll Rand’s leadership lies in its quantifiable impact and ambitious future targets. The company is committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and utilizing 100% renewable energy across its operations by 2050. Its near-term goals, validated by the rigorous Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), include a 60% reduction in operational GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2030.

Perhaps most significant is the company's focus on its "handprint"—the positive impact its products can have on its customers' environmental footprints. Ingersoll Rand has set a bold new goal to help its customers reduce or avoid 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) by 2040 through the use of its high-efficiency products and services. This ambitious target reframes the company's role from simply minimizing its own impact to being an active enabler of global decarbonization. This outward-facing commitment is complemented by internal goals to achieve zero waste to landfill at over half of its sites and to reduce water usage by 30% at facilities in water-stressed regions by 2030.

The ESG Premium: Attracting Capital and Building Investor Confidence

In today's market, strong ESG performance is increasingly synonymous with strong financial performance and prudent risk management. Ingersoll Rand's consistent leadership in sustainability has not gone unnoticed by the investment community. Major ESG-focused funds, including the Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF and the iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF, have recognized the company's value proposition, holding its stock as part of their sustainable investment strategies.

This investor confidence is further bolstered by objective risk assessments. Morningstar Sustainalytics, a leading ESG rating agency, gives Ingersoll Rand a low-risk rating, placing it in the top 0.5% of the machinery industry and the top 5.5% of all companies globally for its management of material ESG risks. This signals to investors that the company is not only addressing climate change but is also building a more resilient, efficient, and future-proof business.

As chairman and chief executive officer Vicente Reynal stated, this approach is central to the company’s identity. “Ingersoll Rand consistently demonstrates our purpose of Making Life Better for the planet and we have continued to receive recognition each year as an industry leader,” he said. “We have ambitious sustainability goals, and we are committed to raising the bar in our sustainability strategy through innovative offerings that deliver immediate customer value while improving safety, efficiency, and circularity.” This philosophy highlights a critical shift in modern industry: the understanding that long-term shareholder value is inextricably linked to creating a positive impact for employees, customers, and the planet. The company's performance serves as a compelling case study that profitability and sustainability are not competing interests, but rather two sides of the same coin in the 21st-century economy.