A social enterprise [ Return towards Sustainable Development ]

Encourage and support the men and women of the Group in their commitment to a common mission.

46,200 men and women put their competencies and motivation to work for Air Liquide. Their expertise support the growth of the Group’s activities.

Training: The average number of training days per employee and per year reached 3.4 days in 2011. 82% of the Group’s employees benefited from at least one training session during the year. The launch in 2009 of the Air Liquide University is right in line with this policy. It has already trained more than 7,000 employees.
The disabled: for Air Liquide, diversity and equal opportunity are also expressed by better insertion of handicapped people into its teams, but also through subcontracting in organizations of the adapted sector. In France, all the operations concerning the handicapped are coordinated by the Air Liquide Mission Handicap according to the terms of a company agreement signed with social partners in 2010.
Parity: in its teams, the Group tries to strengthen the place of women, notably through hiring managers and professionals. In 2011, the percentage of women (26%) in this category is equal to the global percentage of women in the Group.

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