United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 5: Gender Equality

We are broadening access and building a stronger talent pipeline as part of our Opportunity for All commitment. We continue to expand our hiring and recruiting practices by recruiting from a number of sources and removing academic degree and industry skill requirements in select roles where they are not necessary for success. We also offer a variety of learning programs that help women and others develop in their careers. We also broaden opportunities with our suppliers and offer training and development to help them adopt more sustainable business practices and grow.

SDG 7: Affordable Clean Energy

As part of RE100, we are committed to sourcing 100% renewable energy by 2040, which exceeds RE100 requirements. Accordingly, we employ energy efficiency measures across our enterprise, purchase renewable energy for our operations, work to advance policies to increase the availability of renewable energy and create innovative energy-efficient products and energy management solutions to reduce our customers’ energy consumption profiles. Our 2030 Sustainability Commitments, including the Gigaton Challenge, reflect our efforts to create product solutions that decrease energy use while optimizing performance and reducing operating costs. 

SDG 13: Climate Action

Trane Technologies proactively works to decrease greenhouse gas emissions across the built environment and transportation sectors. Our Climate Transition Plan details our climate strategy, including our decarbonization levers and the strategic elements that support and influence the implementation of our climate strategy. Examples of how we’re reducing our carbon footprint include: 

• Transitioning to low-global warming potential refrigerants; 
• Developing system-level energy-efficient solutions;
• Offering high-efficiency and fully electric products; 
• Expanding the use of renewable energy to power our operations; 
• Leading our industry in the transition to and use of low-carbon materials; 
• Advancing policies to increase the adoption of decarbonized heating and cooling; and
• Educating our team members, suppliers, customers, policymakers and other stakeholders on the effects of climate change.

SDG 2: Zero Hunger: In addition to our Thermo King® cooling solutions that help protect food in transit, resulting in reduced food loss, we support the Carolina Farm Trust (CFT). The CFT offers programming for local farmers, supports land conservation efforts and operates an urban farm and a market. We support CFT in a variety of ways, including through onsite employee volunteering, making connections in the community and providing an executive-on-loan to advise as they grow. Learn more in the Corporate citizenship section.

SDG 3: Good Health & Well-being: We promote the physical and mental well-being of our team members through benefits, including an Employee Assistance Program, parental leave and family care policies. Read more about our benefits in Our workforce & culture section.

SDG 4: Quality Education: We encourage and invest in employee learning and career development through Trane Technologies University, our Tuition Assistance Program and our extensive learning portfolio. We contribute to external educational organizations like Discovery Education, which enhance access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read more about our Learning & development programs and educational support in line with our Corporate citizenship strategies.

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, & Infrastructure: Our building automation services, advanced heat pumps and thermal management systems and digital solutions demonstrate our focus on innovating resilient and efficient products. We support policies to upgrade infrastructure to enable decarbonization. Read more about our Technology & innovation solutions and policy efforts that align with advancing sustainable infrastructure.

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities: Broadening access to a diverse pipeline and workforce supports Trane Technologies’ future growth and innovation, which is why Opportunity for All is one of our three core 2030 Sustainability Commitments pillars. We invest in our communities and the next generation of talent and develop new hiring pipelines to broaden access to opportunity. Learn more about our Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.

SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities: We continue to reduce our emissions and improve air quality in local communities. In 2023, Thermo King® reached its commitment to deliver a fully electric, zero direct emission refrigeration solution for every cold chain segment in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, and we are on-track to do the same in the Americas by the end of 2025. Read more about our emission-reducing products in the Sustainable solutions section.

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production: We have established strict sourcing requirements and conduct policies for our suppliers in our Business Partner Code of Conduct, Sustainable Procurement Policy and Global Human Rights Policy. We design our products for reliability and safety, meeting or exceeding global industry standards and codes. We consistently validate, analyze and mitigate potential product vulnerabilities in a responsible manner to minimize our customers’ risk. We also provide ways for security researchers, industry organizations, third party component suppliers and our customers to contact us with any potential vulnerabilities. Read more about our Product reliability & safety.