Air Liquide sustainability score: 26/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Air Liquide is a French industrial gases company headquartered in Paris. It supplies oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and other gases, with related equipment and services, to industry and healthcare.
More about Air Liquide
It reported €26.9 billion revenue in 2025 and 65,168 employees.
Founded 1902Head office Paris, FranceStaff ~65,168 (2025)Revenue €26,940M revenue (FY2025)Website ↗
Air Liquide publishes assured Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Its Scope 1 and 2 were 34.2 million tonnes in 2025, 13% below its restated 2020 base, but its Scope 3 rose by about 1 million tonnes in 2025. It has an SBTi-validated target to cut Scope 1 and 2 by 33% by 2035. Renewables were 14% of its energy use. LobbyMap records it lobbying against parts of EU and US hydrogen and carbon-border policy.
Air Liquide scores 26/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Air Liquide joint 847th of 1,023 companies scored, and 14th of 17 in Chemicals.
What is Air Liquide doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (2/10, 3/10).
Where Air Liquide lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Its record on controversiesDeal with the findings under question 10, in public.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteShow active waste reduction, reuse or repair.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies2/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Air Liquide's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Air Liquide's score changed?
Air Liquide's score has moved from 35 to 26 across 2 recorded reviews, down 9 points.
- 35 → 26-94 November 2026
owner 2026-11-04: re-scored v2.5 (batch 3); 35→26. 2025 URD emissions (assured); Scope 3 rose 1.0 Mt; LobbyMap negative engagement on EU/US hydrogen and CBAM policy
- Scored 3511 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Air Liquide's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by Air Liquide itself; the rest come from independent sources.
8 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“15,505,000 14,868,470 14,590,300”
“Scope 3 emissions, these were almost fully offset by a sharp increase in Upstream Scope 3 emissions, which rose”
“offsetting reductions in Scopes 1, 2, and downstream Scope 3.”
“Air Liquide is strategically engaging on climate change policy in the EU and US, with a mix of positive and negative positions.”
“Can Air Liquide commit to having Scope 3 objectives”
“cutting CO2 emissions by 13 percent compared to 2020”
“covering over 70% of its electricity consumption in the Benelux”
“to purchase a total of 200 megawatts (MW) of renewable power per year in China”
“2025 marked the successful completion of Air Liquide’s 2022-2025 ADVANCE strategic plan”
“Water management plan implemented for 75 priority sites”
“In 2023 Air Liquide’s commitments were validated by the Act4nature International initiative.”
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How does Air Liquide compare with other chemicals companies?
Where Air Liquide sits among chemicals peers.
Among the 17 major chemicals brands we've scored, Air Liquide sits 14th of 17.
Who scores higher in Chemicals?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Air Liquide.
Bayer reports comprehensive climate data with 21.9% Scope 1&2 reductions and SBTi-validated targets, but faces systematic controversies: 170,000+ Roundup lawsuits, $11B settlements, an OECD deforestation complaint, and glyphosate biodiversity damage.
See the breakdown →Corteva reports operational emissions with limited assurance and has set unvalidated climate targets.
See the breakdown →Linde reports 37.4Mt CO₂e annually with declining absolute emissions and an SBTi-validated 2035 target, but lacks Scope 3 reduction targets and admits supply chain mapping is early-stage.
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