Advancing for a sustainable future
Our sustainability commitments
Air Liquide is deeply committed to creating a positive impact on both the environment and society. Our strategy and actions are designed to address crucial challenges the world faces today, where we can make an impact and thus invent a sustainable future. With our strategic plan ADVANCE, we positioned our non-financial and financial performance as equally important. It is with these convictions that we have made commitments for the environment, for health, and for all.
“We address challenges with concrete actions that have a clear end goal: to make an impact.
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François Jackow
Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide
Our sustainability commitments
For the Environment
For the Environment
Contribute to a low-carbon society and the environment as a whole
For Health
For Health
Improve the quality of life of patients and access to medical oxygen
“All our environmental objectives have been met or exceeded.
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Diana Schillag
Member of the Executive Committee, overseeing Sustainable Development
For the Environment
Contribute to a low-carbon society and the environment as a whole.
Reducing our CO2 emissions:
- By 2035, a -33% reduction in absolute Scopes 1 & 2 emissions, with an inflection point around 2025
- By 2025, -30% reduction in Carbon Intensity
- By 2050, reach carbon neutrality across the entire value chain
Water management:
- By 2025, 100% of the high water withdrawal sites in high water stress areas have a Water Management Plan
- Define a Group standard for all operations related to the quality of discharged water
Biodiversity preservation:
- Biodiversity assessment criteria integrated in the investment process
- Develop and implement an aggregated biodiversity indicator by 2025
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In Rotterdam, a CO₂ Transportation and Storage Project to decarbonize European industryThe Porthos project designed for CO₂ reduction in the largest industrial port in Europe and to set a standard for other industrial hubs to follow. Its goal: substantially reduce the site’s CO₂ emissions thanks to CCS.Read more
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An investment project for low-carbon oxygen production in the AmericasAs part of an agreement with ExxonMobil, Air Liquide could build, own, and operate four LMAs in Baytown, Texas. This major decarbonization project would be the largest investment in the Group’s history.Read more -
ECO ORIGINᵀᴹ: a range of low-carbon industrial and medical gasesWith ECO ORIGIN™, Air Liquide is supporting customers that want to reduce their environmental impact by offering them low-carbon medical and industrial gases produced using 100% renewable electricity and energy sources.Read more
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Electrification and renewable energy in TianjinUsing the right decarbonization levers in order to have the greatest impact – that is what Air Liquide has achieved in China, where the Group has lowered CO₂ emissions at two oxygen production sites in a major industrial basin.Read more
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An electrolyzer to accelerate the decarbonization of German industryIn 2024, Air Liquide launched an electrolyzer to produce renewable hydrogen in Oberhausen, Germany. This project demonstrates the power of the collective drive to develop the hydrogen industry.Read more
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Renewable and low-carbon hydrogen for TotalEnergies’ Grandpuits biorefineryAs part of the conversion of TotalEnergies’ Grandpuits facility into a biorefinery, Air Liquide is building a renewable and low carbon hydrogen production unit to produce sustainable aviation fuel.Read more
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Supporting the semiconductor industry while reducing its environmental footprintAir Liquide is building an gas production facility in the United States, to supply the new fab of one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers. Air Liquide is thus contributing to the optimization thesector’s environmental footprint.Read more
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Air Liquide Normand’Hy: an electrolyzer project in the heart of the Normandy industrial basinLocated in the Port-Jérôme industrial zone, in France, the electrolyzer will have a capacity of at least 200 MW, making it the largest in the world. Virginie Lutrot, Chairwoman of Caux Seine agglo, explains the ambition of this project and the impact it will have on the local ecosystem.Read more
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Helping our customers reduce their carbon footprintAir Liquide offers its customers a range of technologies enabling them to decarbonize their own operations. Among our portfolio of technologies, we can leverage seven decades of experience with our proprietary Autothermal Reforming Technology (ATR).Read more
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Capturing CO₂, an essential solution for decarbonizing industryAmong the technologies available to reduce CO2 emissions, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a key solution for decarbonizing the industries with the highest emissions and those most difficult to decarbonize.Read more
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Water management:
a responsible commitmentAir Liquide is committed to improving its water management wherever we use water in the Group’s processes for two essential purposes: to produce steam for customers and for cooling equipment.Read more -
Renewable hydrogen: a gigafactory of electrolyzers to scale upAir Liquide is playing a leading role in the entirely new industrial and economic ecosystem needed to drive the future of hydrogen. We are partnering with major actors such as Siemens Energy.Read more
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Collective energies to accelerate hydrogenSociety at large is pushing for alternatives to decarbonize transportation and Air Liquide is contributing to intensify the use of hydrogen as a decisive low-carbon solution for mobility.Read more
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Driving the ecosystem: engaging our suppliers to reduce Scope 3 emissionsAir Liquide assesses its carbon footprint along the full value chain of its products and is committed to working with the different stakeholders (suppliers, customers, partners, employees...) to identify levers and reduce its Scope 3 emissions.Read more
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Preserving biodiversityBeyond fighting climate change, Air Liquide is also extending its actions to consider the whole spectrum of its impact on the planet. In most of its activities, Air Liquide has limited impact on biodiversity.Read more
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Biomethane: a promising energy sourceConvinced that biomethane will play a key role in decarbonizing heavy mobility and industry, Air Liquide is investing in new production units as part of its virtuous circular economy model.Read more
For Health
Improve the quality of life of patients and access to medical oxygen.
- Improving the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases at home
- Facilitating access to medical oxygen in low- and middle- income countries
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Towards better management of sleep apnea in ItalyProviding better support to patients while helping to build a more sustainable healthcare system – that is what the solutions developed by Air Liquide in Italy are doing for people living with sleep apnea.Read more
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Access Oxygen™ deployed in MaliAir Liquide has leveraged its expertise in medical gases to create Access Oxygen™, a social impact program to provide people in low-and middle-income countries with reliable and affordable access to medical oxygen.Read more
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Improving the quality of life of patientsIn home healthcare, we aim at providing everyday personalized support for people living with chronic diseases, with the objective to make it easier for them to achieve their therapy goals and improve their quality of life.Read more
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Making oxygen more accessibleHalf of the world’s population has no access to medical oxygen. Air Liquide has leveraged on its expertise in medical oxygen supply to create a social impact program, Access OxygenTM.Read more
For All
Strive to act as a trusted partner with all our stakeholders.
Engaging with our employees: creating a safer, more collaborative and inclusive work environment:
- By 2025, 35% women among the Manager and Professional population
- By 2025, 100% of employees to have common basis of care coverage
- By 2025, 100% of employees to have access to volunteering opportunities through the "Citizen at Work" program
Building a best-in-class governance to create close relationships with stakeholders.
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Our employees, at the heart of the Air Liquide’s long-term performanceOur employees, at the heart of the Air Liquide’s long-term performanceRead more
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Two Air Liquide ways of caring about peopleAt Air Liquide, performance means first developing our employees’ ability to engage and go the extra mile for our customers, our patients and for society as a whole. That’s why our aim is to offer our employees the right support.Read more
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Diversity and Inclusion: More diversity in STEMWomen in STEM bring diverse perspectives, innovative problem-solving and skills that enhance creativity and drive progress in science and technology. That is why we are committed to harnessing the talents of more women in senior roles.Read more
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Our people are Citizen at WorkAir Liquide's employees can volunteer through a structured and engaging program called Citizen at Work.Read more
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Air Liquide Foundation: over 15 years of impactThe Air Liquide Foundation has been supporting fundamental research for 15 years, focusing on three areas: Respiratory health research, professional integration, particularly in technical professions, and local solidarity initiatives.Read more
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