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Community
For many years, Schneider Electric has been
involved in helping young people enter the workforce
and receive training. Our initiatives are adapted to
each host country’s specific characteristics.
In France, for example, we have hosted more than
4,000 work-study candidates over the last ten years.
In 2003, we welcomed 400 young people on work-
study programs and more than 1,300 on internships.
In other countries, programs are primarily carried out
through the Schneider Electric Youth Opportunities
Foundation. In Bulgaria, Brazil, India and Indonesia,
for example, we are helping to set up educational
and professional training systems with important
input from our employees.
During the year, 82% of our sites participated in the
second Company-wide Luli campaign, allowing us to
support 160 association-sponsored projects in 70
countries. More than 70% of employees contributed
the equivalent of around two hours of pay to the cam-
paign.
Two awards recognized our overall commitment in
2003:
■In February, we received an award for corporate
programs to bring young people into the workforce
from French association
Entreprises et Progrès .
■In November, another French association, Admical,
gave us an Oscar for corporate sponsorship.
67 %74 %
100 %
Performance
NEW2004 objective:
Ensure that 100% of our sites
comply with ISO 14001
(in %)
60 %
2001 2002 20032004
target
74 %84 %80 %
Performance
NEW2004 objective:
Ensure that 80% of our sites
have a long-term commitment with
the Schneider Electric Foundation
(in %)
50 %
2001 2002 20032004
target
Environmental performance
Sites
We neither generate nor distribute electricity. Our
business primarily relies on assembly and control
techniques that are far removed from primary manu-
facturing. As a result, our atmospheric emissions are
not significant and below regulatory thresholds.
In 2003, we conducted our annual review of pollution
risks at all our manufacturing sites.
None of our 177 production facilities is classified
Seveso. We continuously track 19 facilities, of which
12 in France, often because of their past manufac-
turing history (in France, this corresponds to sites
that require special environmental protection autho-
rizations). Lastly specific measures have been imple-
mented for 20 facilities, of which four in France.
A number of facilities obtained ISO 14001 certifica-
tion during the year, including the Chennai and
Nashik plants in India and production units in Brazil,
China, the US, France and the Czech Republic.
Several Country Organizations, including Spain and
the US, initiated programs to reduce energy con-
sumption.
In France, we deployed remote monitoring and audit
procedures at 20 manufacturing sites to cut con-
sumption by 10%.
This approach has been extended to the new logis-
tics center in Spain, which implemented an energy
management plan based on Powerlogic Systems to
enhance energy efficiency.