Sustainable development [ Return towards  The Air Liquide Group  ]

The four dimensions of the Group's sustainable development approach

Creating value for shareholders by developing the Company’s activity and performance over the long term and communicating this performance in a transparent manner. Air Liquide and its shareholders have maintained, for over a century, a relationship of trust and the Group places its shareholders at the heart of its strategy with one objective: increasing the value of their investments through a sustained and regular growth of earnings and dividends over the long term. The loyalty of shareholders in the long term is a source of continuity of Air Liquide’s strategy.

Developing the potential of the Company’s men and women in their commitment to common objectives. Air Liquide considers it vital to promote diversity, facilitate and accelerate knowledge transfer, motivate and involve its employees and encourage social and human commitment.

Preserving life and the environment in the Group’s operations and at its customers’ sites. Safety and the environment are at the heart of the Company’s industrial policy. More than 40 industrial gas applications preserve life and the environment for the Group’s customers: these applications represent 33% of the Group’s revenue.

Innovating for tomorrow to guarantee the growth of the Company and its customers. Air Liquide files about 250 patents a year. Innovation and sustainable development are inseparable. Some 60% of the Research and Development budget is directly related to the sustainable development question, mainly dedicated to energy efficiency at Air Liquide and its customers’ sites, cleaner production, and use of new energies like hydrogen.