EXTRA-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 2023
With our ADVANCE strategic plan, we view our sustainability and financial performance as equally important.
Our 2023 results showed that Air Liquide’s determination to act for the environment, for health and for all is already bearing fruit. And many projects initiated in 2023 will continue to feed this trajectory, paving the way for a meaningful future.
For theEnvironment
CO2Trajectory
Our commitment: by 2035, a -33% reduction in absolute Scope 1 & 2 CO2 emissions vs 2020 with an inflection point around 2025
Our commitment: by 2050, reach carbon neutrality across the entire value chain
Our commitment: by 2025, a -30% reduction in Carbon Intensity vs 2015
Our scope 3 commitment: by 2025, 75% of Top 50 customers committed to 2050 Carbon neutrality and 100% by 2035
Water management
Our commitments:
- Implement a water management plan by 2025 for sites in high water stress areas
- Define a Group standard for all operations related to the quality of discharged water
2023 achievements:
- Priority sites identified Under
implementation 
- Group Standard defined Under implementation
- Over 90% recycled water returned to source
Biodiversity preservation
Our commitments:
- Reinforce biodiversity assessment criteria in the investment process for all new projects by 2024
- Develop and implement anaggregated biodiversity indicator by 2025
2023 achievement:
- Commitments validated by Act4nature
