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Schneider Electric’s health policy, applied across the
Group in 2006, is aligned with the World Health Organi-
zation's definition of health ("Health is a state of com-
plete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity").
For Schneider Electric, health is a challenge shared by
all of its team members and partners. The Group also
considers that health insurance coverage is a crucial
lever for maintaining a high level of good health. It
believes in deploying local approaches to achieve its
goal of being the health benchmark in all host countries.
> Deployment
Schneider Electric has created the Health Policy
Deployment (HPD) indicator to track the deployment of
its health policy across the Group. The indicator com-
prises three sub-criteria:
Local language translation of the policy and distribu-
tion to all employees.
Percentage of team members with coverage for work
accidents, illness and disability.
Formal health/safety management system in each
unit that complies with an international benchmark.
> Management involvement
Sponsoring
Units with the most critical accident records are tracked
individually by a member of senior management. For
example, Hal Grant, Executive Vice President Global-
ization & Industry and member of the Executive Com-
mittee, monitored the action plan in Australia. Some 17
units in nine countries were tracked by a sponsor in
2006, leading to an improved situation at all 17. In
Argentina, for example, the number of days lost follow-
ing a work accident fell to 29 in 2006 from 65 in 2005
and 113 in 2004.
Compensation
Since 2006, significantly improving safety has become
a criterion in managerial compensation both in the Unit-
ed States and France. This principle will be gradually
extended to other countries.
> Local measures that
contribute to the global action plan
Health management system
The Group encourages all its units to adopt an occupa-
tional health management system in line with the main
international standards (ILO OSH and OHSAS). The
units may decide to apply for certification if they wish. A
number sites and country organizations initiated this
approach in 2006.
Examples:
Australia: Clipsal’s health, safety and environmental
management system has been certified to ISO 14001
and OHSAS 18001 standards since November 2006.
Employee commitment and involvement is a key part of
this management system.
China: Schneider Beijing Low Voltage has also received
OHSAS 18001 certification, a goal that provided a base
for building a health and environmental management
system in 2006.
France: SAPEM received its first OHSAS health/safety
certification in May 2006. The number of work injuries
declined to 3 in 2006 from 16 in 2006.
Other initiatives
Schneider Electric’s occupational health department
continued to work with occupational psychologists from
France’s national conservatory of arts and crafts
(CNAM) in 2006. Together, they organized discussion
groups and awareness workshops for technicians, line
managers, managers and occupational health profes-
sionals.
In France, the sales department launched a campaign
on the driving hazards presented by such substances
as alcohol, tobacco and illegal and prescription drugs.
Developed in partnership with associations and institu-
tions, the campaign included posters, communication
media, training for culture carriers and a session to
raise awareness among roving staff at the annual meet-
ing on professional risk.
Health
Social performance
Schneider Electric’s people are critical to its success.
The Group motivates its employees and promotes
involvement by making the most of diversity, support-
ing professional development, and ensuring safe,
healthy working conditions.
Framework
Scope of data consolidation
> Global scope
All data published in the following section covers the
Group’s global scope:
Consolidated units: Corporate Functions, Operating
Divisions, Business Units.
Non-consolidated units for compensation data:
Senior management, subsidiaries (Elim - Austria, GET
- UK and MGE UPS Systems - outside France).
Non-consolidated units: Companies that are less
than 51%-owned by Schneider Electric.
> France
Certain data concern France and cover more than
80% of the workforce in France. In this case, they are
flagged as "French data".
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Improvement plans -
Planet & Society Barometer
Health and safety
Reduce the number of lost days from work
accidents by 20% per employee and per year.
2005 2006
Rating 5.6 / 10 8.60 / 10
Ensure that all employees have basic health
insurance. 2005 2006
Rating 10 / 10 10 / 10
Diversity
Ensure that 20% of people under international
mobility program are women.
2005 2006
Rating 3 / 10 4.5 / 10