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The Air Liquide Foundation’s Ethical charter
The Foundation’s ethics abide by five guiding principles:
- Projects are chosen based on the principles of integrity, transparency, a lack of conflicts of interest and independence.
- The Foundation does not serve the financial interests of its management team, Board members, founders or contacts, including project sponsors and the members of the Project selection committee.
- When examining each project, the Foundation takes into account interactions between the people who will receive the funding and any relevant Air Liquide entities, taking care that the Air Liquide's Principles of Actions are respected.
- The decision to support a project is always made through open, respectful debate.
- The Foundation is particularly attentive to supporting and monitoring the chosen projects to ensure that the allocated resources are being used properly for their intended purposes. Regular reports are provided to the Foundation over the course of the project.
The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors meets at least three times a year.
It validates the Foundation’s strategic priorities and approves the annual budget, in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
The Board reviews and decides on all projects & partnerships beyond a certain size. The Board membership is a combination of Air Liquide directors representing the founders, independent directors with qualifications in the fields of interest of the foundation and an Air Liquide employee representative. They are appointed for a renewable two-year terms.
The Scientific Committee
The Foundation's Scientific Committee reviews all research programmes and science education projects before they are submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.
Its missions are :
- ensuring the quality of the research projects (scientific approach, innovative character, impact) and teams (skills, ecosystem),
- ensuring that research projects are consistent with the Foundation's missions,
- deciding on the level of financial commitment requested.
It ensures compliance with the Foundation's Ethical Charter.
For each project, the medical expert or R&D manager in charge of evaluating the project is invited to the Scientific Committee.
The members of the Scientific Committee are Régis Réau, Scientific Director of Air Liquide’s R&D and a senior fellow of Air Liquide, Dr. Juan-Fernando Ramirez MD., PhD, Chief Medical Officer, VP Medical, Healthcare-WBL and an international fellow of Air Liquide, and Dr. Catherine Billoet MD, Head of Global Medical Affairs at Air Liquide Santé Internationale (ALSI) and an international senior expert of Air Liquide.
The Communities Committee
The Foundation's Communities committee is responsible for selecting the projects recommended by Air Liquide employees and reviewing partnerships & multi-year projects for professional integration. These projects have been previously chosen by the Foundation’s team according to the established selection criteria. Multi-year projects or those requiring more than 25,000 euros are submitted to the Board for approval. The Communities committee grants funds to each project according to the Foundation's annual budget, monitors the chosen projects, and assesses the work that is done and the results achieved. It meets approximately every three months.
The members of the communities committee are Marine Canel, Director, Web, Editorial and Internal Communications, Claire Dessertine, Group Talent Management Vice-President, Ndeye-Khady DRAME, West & Central Africa Operations Controller, Caroline Drouart, Director of respiratory marketing at the Healthcare WBL, Hannes Moeller, Group R&D Program Director and Bernard Vaysse, shareholder representative.
They review new projects as well as ongoing programmes.
They invite, as appropriate, those Air Liquide colleagues who investigate scientific projects or sponsor community partnerships.
The committees form their independent views on projects and ensure that projects comply with the Foundation's ethical charter.
A summary of the committees' recommendations is reported to the Board of Directors.
The Operational Team
A close-knit team of four manages day-to-day operations at the Foundation. The team receives and examines every funding request that comes in. They also work with Group employees to evaluate projects and prepare the applications for support for the Board of Directors and the Project selection committee. They proactively identify organizations or projects that fit with the Foundation’s priorities and develop meaningful projects with them. They closely monitor projects, expenses and results. They also produce the Foundation’s communication materials.
