2022 Annual Report

Advancing with confidence

2022 environmental, social and governance (ESG) indicators

Air Liquide’s ambition is to contribute to a more sustainable world. The Group’s growth model is now based on the principle of global performance that combines economic growth and sustainable development. In 2022, supported by the announcement of ADVANCE, Air Liquide has made significant progress and confirmed the Group’s alignment with its short-term and medium-term ESG objectives.

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For a low-carbon society

In line with the Paris Agreement, the Group aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050:

  • In 2022, the Group’s CO2 emissions from scopes 1 and 2 amounted to 39 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
  • CO2 emissions in absolute terms decreased in 2022 by 0.3% compared to the 2020 baseline.(1) They have remained stable for the second consecutive year in a strong business growth context.
  • This result is in line with the ADVANCE plan’s objective of reaching an inflection point in 2025 before embarking on a trajectory of lower CO2 emissions in absolute terms.

For health

By improving the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases in advanced economies, and by facilitating access to medical oxygen in low- and middle-income countries.

1.9M patients were cared for at home by Air Liquide in 2022, including:

49% who are following a personalized care pathway, which amounts to 910,000 patients.

1.8M people in low- and middle-income countries now have improved access to medical oxygen.

As a trusted partner

By engaging with employees and building best-in-class governance practices.

31.5% of engineers and professionals in 2022 were women. Air Liquide is aiming for 35% of engineers and professionals to be women by 2025.

42% of employees benefited from the common basis of care coverage in 2022, with a target of 100% coverage by 2025.

0.9 The lost-time accident frequency(2) rate of Air Liquide employees and temporary workers decreased to 0.9 at the end of 2022, compared to 1.1 at the end of 2021.

  1. In tons of CO2-equivalent of scopes 1 and 2, on a “market-based" methodology, restated to take into account over a full year from 2020 and each subsequent year, the emissions of the assets which correspond to changes in scope (upwards and downwards) and which have a significant impact on CO2 emissions. Scope 2 emissions calculated from the specific supplies (market-based): the Group hence adopted the methodology recommended by the GHG Protocol.
  2. With work stoppages per million hours worked.