Our Climate objectives: where are we at?

Acting for the planet

Our Climate objectives: where are we at?

November 2018: we reached a new level in terms of our commitment to the climate by announcing our Climate objectives for 2025. These are the most ambitious objectives in our sector and are part of a global approach including the way in which we conduct our business, support our customers in adopting low-carbon solutions and our growing positive impact on society as a whole. One year on from this announcement, clear progress has been made, underlining the commitment and unwavering efforts of all our teams.

Taking action within our Company

2025 objectives

Reducing our carbon intensity by 30% by 2025 based on 2015 emission levels:

  1. Increasing our purchases of renewable electricity by nearly 70%.
  2. Improving the energy efficiency of our production units by 5%.
  3. Reducing the carbon footprint of our bulk and cylinder products by 10% through the optimization of both production and transportation and the efficiency of delivery rounds.
Where are we at?(a)

27% Reduction in carbon intensity compared with the 2015 carbon intensity.

+24% Increase in renewable energy purchase since 2015, which is 36% of the target to be achieved.

-1.2% Decrease in energy consumption per m3 of air gas produced compared with 2015.

+0.2% Increase in energy consumption per m3 of hydrogen produced since 2015.

-1.9% Improvement in the efficiency of the delivery of bulk products compared to 2015 (in km by ton of product transported).

Taking action with our customers

2025 objectives

Rolling out low-carbon offerings and solutions.

Co-developing innovative procedures with our customers.

Where are we at?(a)

16.8 Mt CO2 emissions avoided by Air Liquide or its clients in 2019.

3 Major pilots to reduce the carbon footprint of our customers.

Taking action for the planet

2025 objectives

Expanding the circular economy.

Developing clean refrigerated transport.

Promoting hydrogen for clean mobility.

Creating a global hydrogen economy.

Where are we at?(a)

1.1 TWh(b) Biomethane production capacity.

>300 Cryogenic air conditioning for BlueezeTM and CryocityTM trucks.

>120 Hydrogen stations designed and installed by the Group.

81 Companies now members of the Hydrogen Council.

(a) Data as at December 31, 2019.

(b) Terawatt-hours.