Trane Technologies Scales Sustainability Through Climate Innovation, Circularity and Workforce Development
Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, is advancing sustainable and energy-efficient solutions for buildings, industry and the cold chain while continuing to strengthen its own operations. Through electrification, digital innovation and circular strategies, the company is helping customers improve efficiency, reduce emissions, lower operating costs and build resilience.
In its newly released 2025 Sustainability Report, Scaling Sustainability, Trane Technologies outlines continued progress toward its 2030 Sustainability Commitments, highlighting measurable gains across emissions, energy, circularity, workforce development and community impact.
“We are scaling sustainability by combining climate technology, digital intelligence and engineering excellence to help our customers reduce emissions, lower operating costs and strengthen resilience,” said Dave Regnery, chair and CEO of Trane Technologies. “Our consistently strong financial and sustainability performance reflects the power of our purpose-driven strategy to accelerate customer innovation, drive growth and create long-term value as we challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world.”
In 2025, Trane Technologies invested $348 million in R&D* and introduced 110 new products and services to help customers decarbonize. The company also delivered strong financial performance, including $21.3 billion in revenue and adjusted EPS growth of 16%**.
Notable advancements in 2025 toward Trane Technologies’ 2030 Sustainability Commitments include:
- Gigaton Challenge: Reduced 331 million metric tons of CO2e from customers’ carbon footprints since 2019, on track toward the goal to reduce one billion metric tons of carbon emissions by 2030.
- Operational Emissions: Reduced operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 59% since 2019, tracking ahead of the company’s science-based target of a 50% reduction by 2030.
- Renewable Energy: Met 84% of global electricity needs with renewable energy sources in 2025.
- Energy Efficiency: Improved energy intensity by 38% from 2019 baseline, while absolute energy use increased by 1.7% over the same period due to business and production growth.
- Water and Waste: Reduced total global water use by 49% since 2019, including an 8% reduction at water-stressed facilities, and achieved zero waste to landfill at 80% of global sites.
- Circularity: 44% of primary materials (steel, copper, aluminum, plastics and refrigerants) in products contained recycled content in 2025. Revenue from remanufactured products and services reached $282 million, up 31% from 2024.
- Culture and Workforce Development: Achieved an Employee Engagement Index score of 81 out of 100, ranking in the top quartile among benchmarks, with 96% key talent retention. Participation in the Tuition Advancement Program increased 30% from 2024, with nearly 750 employees receiving approximately $3 million in tuition assistance in 2025.
- Volunteerism and Community Impact: Completed 104,000 employee volunteer hours in local communities in 2025, cumulatively reaching 80% of its 500,000-hour goal by 2030, and contributed $20 million in philanthropic giving in 2025.
Trane Technologies also continued investing in the people and capabilities needed to scale climate innovation. In 2025, the company opened the Advanced Technology Training Center (ATTC) in Davidson, North Carolina — the world’s largest and most advanced facility dedicated to training HVAC service and controls technicians — and celebrated the first graduating class of its nationally accredited Technician Apprenticeship Program.

