Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Lobbying Overview: Air Liquide is strategically engaging on climate change policy in the EU and US, with a mix of positive and negative positions. The company is actively and negatively engaged on hydrogen legislation in the US and EU. A senior executive is on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers which is engaging negatively on climate policy in the US.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Air Liquide appears mostly supportive of action on climate change in its top-line messaging. In its 2024 Integrated Annual Report, published in March 2025, Air Liquide Chairman Benoît Potier supported a climate-neutral economy by 2050. In its Public Affairs Charter, Air Liquide suggested support for government policy or intervention to make sure carbon is priced into the economy. However, in February 2024, Air Liquide's CEO signed the Antwerp Declaration, which advocates for revising existing legislation under the EU Green Deal and avoiding implementing detailed regulation. In its June 2024 overview of engagement with public stakeholders, Air Liquide supported the UN Paris Agreement.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policies: Air Liquide takes a mix of positive and negative positions on specific climate policies, however, with limited engagement in 2023-2025. In a June 2025 meeting with a cabinet member of EU Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné, Air Liquide did not seem to support the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. In the same meeting, the company did not support the EU Renewable Energy Directive Delegated Act on RFNBOs, advocating for the development of hydrogen infrastructure without setting requirements for its production method. Air Liquide supported the EU ETS with major exceptions in a July 2025 EU public consultation response, advocating to maintain the free allocation of emissions allowances for the chemical sector. However, in a December 2023 comment to EU policymakers, Air Liquide supported legislation that reflects science-based GHG emissions targets and supports the EU 2030 Climate Target.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Air Liquide demonstrates inconsistent positions on the energy mix. In a February 2024 comment to the US Internal Revenue Service, Air Liquide opposed specific clean hydrogen production measures for the Inflation Reduction Act Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen regulation, advocating for policymakers to support less ambitious guidelines and weaken implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean hydrogen tax credit. Additionally, the company supported the EU Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonization Package Delegated Act on the definition of low-carbon hydrogen with major exceptions in an October 2024 EU public consultation response, advocating for including hydrogen produced using electricity sourced from low-carbon PPAs without the additionality principle and geographical and temporal criteria. The company also seemed to support a role for blue hydrogen that is misaligned with the EU Commission in an April 2024 meeting with the EU Commission, advocating for low-carbon hydrogen to be integrated in the list of strategic Net-Zero Technologies of the Net Zero Industry Act. Air Liquide advocated for the use of hydrogen for light duty vehicles alongside increased electrification in a July 2025 joint letter, supporting the implementation of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation and rules for clean hydrogen.
Meanwhile, Air Liquide took an unclear position on the energy transition in a July 2025 consultation feedback, advocating for the use of captured carbon as feedstock for the chemicals sector and for "fuels or materials" without further clarifications. Air Liquide also supported the increased use of bio-based SAF in aviation in the short-term with clear support for a switch to synthetic and/or zero-emissions technologies in the medium to long-term in a June 2025 strategic agreement with the French Government. In a June 2025 meeting with the cabinet of Wopke Hoekstra, Air Liquide broadly supported the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework.
Industry Association Governance: Air Liquide published a partial account of its industry associations' positions and engagement activities on specific climate-related policies in its Public Affairs Charter, published in July 2025. The disclosure excluded two industry associations that are actively engaged on climate policy and excluded key instances of engagement with specific climate-related policies by its industry associations. The company retains a number of strong links to organizations that are engaging negatively on climate policy. A senior executive is on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers and Air Liquide chairs the climate change committee of Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF).
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q3 2025.
A detailed assessment of the company's corporate review on climate policy engagement can be found on InfluenceMap's CA100+ Investor Hub here.