Integrated Annual Report 2024

Our Performance

Safety indicators for the entire Group

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Number of Group employee and temporary workers lost-time accidents of at least one day (a)

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2015

152

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2016

137

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2017

198

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2018

161

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2019

158

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2020

108

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2021

138

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2022

123

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2023

129

Number of Group employee and temporary workers

lost-time

accidents of at least one

day (a)

2024

86*
Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers (b)

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2015

1.6

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2016

1.4

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2017

1.6

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2018

1.3

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2019

1.2

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2020

0.9

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2021

1.1

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2022

0.9

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2023

1.0

Accident frequency of Group employees and temporary workers 

(b)

2024

0,7*
Accident severity rate (c)

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2015

<0.1

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2016

<0.1

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2017

<0.1

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2018

0.17

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2019

<0.1

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2020

0.12

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2021

<0.1

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2022

<0.1

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2023

<0.1

Accident severity rate 

(c)

2024

<0,1
Number of accidents of subcontractors (d) (e)

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2015

94

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2016

91

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2017

90

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2018

93

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2019

109

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2020

67

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2021

83

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2022

73

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2023

62

Number of accidents of

subcontractors (d) (e)

2024

51*
Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2015

2.2

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2016

2.0

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2017

2.1

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2018

2.2

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2019

2.4

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2020

1.4

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2021

1.6

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2022

1.5

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2023

1.3

Frequency of accidents of subcontractors

2024

1,1*
Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2015

-

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2016

-

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2017

0.013

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2018

0.030

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2019

0.022

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2020

0.019

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2021

0.021

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2022

0.023

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2023

0.026

Frequency rate of serious avoidable accidents involving injuries (in millions of km traveled)

2024

0,022
  1. (a) Fatal work accidents since 2015: one in 2024, one in 2023, none in 2022, none in 2021, two in 2020, none in 2019, three in 2018, none in 2017, one in 2016, none in 2015.
  2. (b) Number of accidents with at least one day’s absence from work per million hours worked, involving Group employees and temporary workers. Accidents defined in accordance with the International Labor Office recommendation. Hours worked are defined according to local labor regulations.
  3. (c) Average number of days off work per thousand hours worked. Accidents defined according to the International Labor Office recommendation.
  4. (d) Employees working under a contract with Air Liquide, on a Group site, or on a customer site, or as drivers of a delivery vehicle.
  5. (e) Fatal work accidents since 2015: two in 2024, none in 2023, one in 2022, four in 2021, one in 2020, two in 2019, five in 2018, none in 2017, one road accident in 2016, one road accident in 2015.
  6. (f) With Airgas, the data for the previous years concerns Air Liquide exclusively.

* Indicator verified by the independent verifier.

Human Resources Indicators

  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Group employees (a)

Group

employees (a)

2020

64,445

Group

employees (a)

2021

66,436

Group

employees (a)

2022

67,109

Group

employees (a)

2023

67,778

Group

employees (a)

2024

66,657*
Women

Women

2020

17,242

Women

2021

18,324

Women

2022

18,739

Women

2023

19,074

Women

2024

19,475*
as a %

as a %

2020

27%

as a %

2021

28%

as a %

2022

28%

as a %

2023

28%

as a %

2024

29%
  1. (a) Employees under contract, excluding temporary employees.
  2. * Indicator verified by the independent verifier.

Human Resources Indicators for the Group

  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Parity and diversity Parity and diversity

2020

 

Parity and diversity

2021

 

Parity and diversity

2022

 

Parity and diversity

2023

 

Parity and diversity

2024

 

Gender mix Gender mix

2020

 

Gender mix

2021

 

Gender mix

2022

 

Gender mix

2023

 

Gender mix

2024

 

% of women among managers and professionals

% of women among managers and professionals

2020

30%

% of women among managers and professionals

2021

31%

% of women among managers and professionals

2022

31.5%

% of women among managers and professionals

2023

32.0% (a)

% of women among managers and professionals

2024

33.1%*
% of women among employees at top management level

% of women among employees at top management level

2020

21%

% of women among employees at top management level

2021

24%

% of women among employees at top management level

2022

24.8%

% of women among employees at top management level

2023

24.7%

% of women among employees at top management level

2024

23.7%*
Number of nationalities Number of nationalities

2020

 

Number of nationalities

2021

 

Number of nationalities

2022

 

Number of nationalities

2023

 

Number of nationalities

2024

 

Among expatriates

Among expatriates

2020

51

Among expatriates

2021

48

Among expatriates

2022

65

Among expatriates

2023

52

Among expatriates

2024

47

Among senior executives

Among senior executives

2020

34

Among senior executives

2021

35

Among senior executives

2022

35

Among senior executives

2023

34

Among senior executives

2024

34

Number of nationalities among top management/ Number of countries where the Group is present

Number of nationalities among top management/ Number of countries where the Group is present

2020

44%

Number of nationalities among top management/ Number of countries where the Group is present

2021

47%

Number of nationalities among top management/ Number of countries where the Group is present

2022

48%

Number of nationalities among top management/ Number of countries where the Group is present

2023

47%

Number of nationalities among top management/ Number of countries where the Group is present

2024

56.7%
  1. (a) The share of women among "Managers and Professionals" is rounded off in incrementes of 0.5%.
  2. * Indicator verified by the independent verifier.