Acting for All

Our 2023 results

Air Liquide Healthcare truck refilling at the Moissy Cramayel ASU 39

Increasing Air Liquide’s positive impact means developing our employees’ ability to engage and go the extra mile for customers, patients and society as a whole. By creating a safer, more collaborative and inclusive work environment and providing the right support, we aim to empower our employees to develop their full potential.

Safety for all of our employees and our stakeholders

Safety is a fundamental value and is an integral part of Air Liquide’s operational excellence and culture. The Group is committed to efficiently reducing exposure to professional and industrial risks for its employees, customers, subcontractors, suppliers and local communities. In 2023, Air Liquide’s lost-time accident frequency rate stood at 1.0.

Safety: a zero-accident ambition

Believing in diversity as a source of performance

At Air Liquide, diversity is a source of dynamism, creativity and performance. An inclusive workplace with talents of different ages, nationalities and backgrounds is a key asset for the Group’s success. Thanks to the energy and inventiveness of our teams, Air Liquide continuously invents new practices and develops innovative solutions for customers and patients that improve performance. We can increase our positive impact on society by empowering everyone to grow and make a difference.

Diversity, a source of dynamism and a performance driver for Air Liquide

With 66,300 employees in 60 countries, more than 150 nationalities are currently represented within the Group. Air Liquide encourages each of its entities to develop initiatives that make their workforce more representative of their local communities. The Group is also committed to creating equal opportunity for all and promoting a culture of inclusion, and has also set ambitious gender equality goals. In 2023, 32% of managers and professionals and four of the current 14 Executive Committee members were women.

We commit to increasing to 35% of women among our managers and professionals by 2025.

To promote diversity and a more inclusive culture, Air Liquide encourages each of its entities to develop initiatives that make their workforce more representative of their local communities.

Common basis of care coverage for all employees

Present in 60 countries with diverse cultures, Air Liquide historically faces very different situations in care coverage for employees. As a social responsible employer, the Group is committed to offering a common basis of care coverage for all employees.

We commit to providing 100% of our employees with common basis of care coverage by 2025, including life insurance, health coverage and a minimum of 14 weeks paid maternity leave. In 2023, the share of employees benefiting from this common basis of care coverage reached 78%.

A common basis of care coverage provided to 100% of our employees by 2025

Encourage employee engagement in local initiatives

In 2022 we launched the Citizen at Work program, which offers our employees the opportunity to participate in social and societal projects during their working hours.

In 2023, 73% of employees had access to volunteering opportunities through this program.

Giving back to communities we live in

Act for building a best-in-class governance

More than ever, a sustainable future means working with all our stakeholders and sharing responsibility in a spirit of openness, fairness and accountability. Through transparency and continuous dialogue, Air Liquide commits to strengthening relations with its stakeholders: customers and patients, shareholders, suppliers, local communities and the public sphere.

Learn more