History & Annual reports
Serving Basic Research; Supporting Jobs-integration; Answering calls for Solidarity
In 2008 Air Liquide SA, the parent company of the Air Liquide Group, and Air Liquide Santé International, a company that brings together numerous health activities, created the Fondation Air Liquide. Its purpose was to act on issues of public interest where the Air Liquide Group can make a difference.
Milestones
- 2008: Air Liquide SA and Air Liquide Santé International launch the Fondation Air Liquide. They assign it 2 missions: to support research projects and to promote local development with employees of Air Liquide. It is established as a French corporate foundation and will serve society by drawing on resources of Air Liquide.
- 2008-2012: “Under the pole” and “Premup” count among the foundation’s first scientific projects. From the start, the Foundation supports many employee-sponsored “micro-initiatives” in dozens of countries, such as education projects in Japan after the March 2011 tsunami.
- 2013-2017: the Foundation’s five-year mandate is renewed in 2013. It extends its scientific work in Europe. It supports projects in more than 40 countries.
- 2018-2022: the Foundation’s mandate is renewed for a 3rd five-year term.
In 2019 the Foundation decides to pursue longer scientific partnerships. In the social field, it adds a specific focus to the job-skilling young people and adults, so as to promote their integration in the workplace.
In 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Foundation receives extra funding from its sponsors, both for scientific research on the disease and for emergency aid to vulnerable populations.As a consequence of the Foundation’s growth and increased specialization, the “Projects selection committee” is replaced by a “scientific committee” to select & follow research projects and a “communities committee” for solidarity and jobs-integration projects.
In 2021, for the first time, the Foundation gets direct funding from Air Liquide shareholders for four projects.
In 2022, the Foundation sets up a programme to support refugees from the war in Ukraine, with financial support from Air Liquide as well as many shareholders and employees of Air Liquide, thus backing dozens of projects across Europe.
- 2023: the Foundation’s mandate is renewed for a 4th term, until 2027.
Annual reports
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2022 report with a 5-year outlookReaching out to refugees from the war in Ukraine and setting a new course towards 2027 were highlights of the Foundation's work in 2022.
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From 2021 to 2022 with the Foundation's chairAfter a “special” year 2020 due to the emergence of Covid-19, the Air Liquide Foundation continued in 2021 its essential missions in medical research and in the field of job integration, adapting digitally in the context of the pandemic.
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2020, a momentous year for the Air Liquide Foundation2020 was a momentous year for the Foundation, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. It turned out to be one of exceptional activity. Covid-19 became the prime focus of many of the Foundation’s partners, research teams & NGOs alike, in France, across Europe and internationally. The Foundation was quick on its feet, with the full support of its founders and its board.
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