product safety
essential to product safety is ensuring that customers and others handling our products have complete safety information. safety information from our product safety reviews is used in (sds), which are a primary vehicle for communicating hazards information. we also comply with eu
reach legislation and share product hazards through labels that are compliant with the globally harmonized system (ghs), internally-developed
safetygrams and customer training.
safety training can be arranged by contacting your sales representative. if you are not sure who your sales representative is, call our customer service organization at 800-224-2724, and they will be glad to help you contact your representative. for assistance involving air products' gases and equipment, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, call 800-523-9374 (continental u.s. and puerto rico) or 610-481-7711 (other locations).
people and culture
we are focused on attracting, building and retaining a world-class and highly skilled workforce to deliver on our growth ambitions. our overarching goal is to be the most diverse industrial gas company in the world, and we are working every day to build a workforce that reflects the places where we do business.
we are creating a work environment where every employee knows they belong and matter. diversity, inclusion and belonging (dib) are embedded throughout our company and demonstrated by our leadership commitment and extensive programs. for example, we engage with external diversity partners to support talent and development within our organization and have 13 employee resource groups (ergs) that provide connections and build affinities between groups of employees while enabling exposure to different career paths.
in fy22, we increased the representation of women in senior leadership to 23 percent, up from 20 percent in fy21. we also increased the representation of u.s. minorities in our workforce to 28 percent, up from 26 percent in fy21. relative to our 2025 diversity goals, we maintained female representation at 26 percent in our professional and managerial population globally and increased the percentage of u.s. minorities in these roles to 25 percent, up from 22 percent in fy21. we remain committed to achieving our 2025 diversity goals.