2024 EXTRA-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
With our ADVANCE strategic plan, we view our sustainability and financial performance as equally important.
The progress made in 2024, on all the extra-financial indicators of our ADVANCE plan, showed that Air Liquide’s determination to act for the environment, for health and for all is paying off. The Group is, more than ever, positioned to be a positive force for change in the face of the world's major transitions.
For the Environment
CO2 TRAJECTORY
By 2035, a -33% reduction in absolute Scopes 1 & 21 CO2 emissions vs. 2020 with an inflection point around 2025
Inflection point confirmed 
Scope 3 : by 2025, 75% of Top 50 customers committed to 2050 Carbon neutrality, and 100% by 2035
By 2025, a -30% reduction in Carbon Intensity vs. 2015
Target surpassed one year in advance
Our commitment, by 2050, to reach carbon neutrality across the entire value chain
BIODIVERSITY PRESERVATION
Biodiversity assessment criteria integrated in the investment process
Develop and implement an aggregated biodiversity indicator by 2025
WATER MANAGEMENT
By 2025, 100% of Water Management Plans implemented in high water consumption and in high water stress areas
Define a Group standard for all operations related to the quality of discharged water
- (1) Scope 1: direct emissions generated by all emission sources owned or controlled by Air Liquide.
Scope 2: indirect emissions related to the production of electricity or steam purchased outside the Group.