Chemicals • Europe

Air Liquide

HEADQUARTERS: quai d'Orsay, France • FOUNDED: 1902

DESTRUCTION SCORE 85/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Chemicals sector, Air Liquide maintains a complex global operation spanning Europe. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 134 Mt 71 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 416 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 965 Incidents $785.7M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $224.7M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2021 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Air Liquide's key industrial waste slurry reservoirs.

2024 Heavy Metal Discharges

Toxic acidic runoff containing high quantities of heavy metals leaked into regional municipal aquifers, exceeding legal bio-safety thresholds.

Live Sensor Logging Watch

ANOMALY Toxic Outflow Incident

Downstream automated sensors detected elevated cadmium and arsenic leaching from Air Liquide's secondary smelting site in India.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Mexico environmental board levied a $7.7M USD civil penalty for inadequate tailings pond liners.

2024-03-28

DATA_SYNC Biotoxicity Score Sync

Updated annual soil and water bio-toxicity metrics in our index, adjusting the local risk level upward by 13%.

2024-01-15

PROBE Subsurface Acidification Probe

Scientific taskforce launched an investigation into historical sub-surface leaching into the municipal watershed.

2023-11-20

Executive Directors

Patricia Martinez

Chief Executive

Jennifer Williams

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

Air Liquide Chemicals Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics