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2009 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC44
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION
The Health Committee
Committee members include representatives from each Global
Function, the Businesses and the Operating Divisions (North
America, Europe, International and Asia-Pacifi c). Each quarter, the
Committee meets to guide the Group’s health and safety strategy
and validate action plans. It leads the Group’s health and safety
approach and manages the network of local health and safety
correspondents.
The Diverse Network (France)
Made up of Human Resources managers in France, this Committee
is responsible for promoting diversity awareness in hiring and
employee management. It validates strategy and action plans (see
page 58 ).
In 2007, a dedicated Steering Committee was created in France as
part of the fi rst Group Handicap agreement signed in July2007. The
Committee meets three times a year and comprises the manager
of the Engagement Handicap mission, the Senior Vice-President of
Sustainable Development and two representatives from each of the
fi ve unions that signed the agreement.
Networks
Numerous culture carriers cascade Schneider Electric’s sustainable
development approach throughout the Company.
•Concerning the environment, a network of more than
200 correspondents oversees environmental management
at production, supply chain and administrative sites.
They are supported by an Environmental Director within
the Global SupplyChain Department.
The Strategy & Innovation Department coordinates the deployment
of eco-design policy among product environment managers.
•In the area of social policy, the Executive Vice-President of
each Operating Division or Business is responsible for ensuring
effective human resources management within his or her area,
implementing the One company programme , deploying all human
resources policies (including those covering health and diversity)
and ensuring compliance with Our Principles of Responsibility.
•As for the community, and notably youth opportunities, a
worldwide network of 200 volunteer team members leads
and manages local projects. These correspondents, who are
appointed for two years, are responsible for:
–managing relationships with targeted associations involved in
promoting job opportunities and training. This entails selecting
the organisation , submitting the project to the Foundation for
validation and monitoring the partnership,
–leading campaigns locally.
Improvement plans and indicators
New reporting
As part of the One company programme , each unit determines
improvement paths aligned with both the programme ’s vision and
the unit’s local reality. To ensure overall consistency and measure
performance effectively, the One programme ’s new reporting system
expresses each initiative in terms of strategic goals, target results
and resources. Thirteen of its tracking indicators directly concern
sustainable development and make up the Planet & Society
Barometer.
Planet & Society Barometer
The Barometer tracks these thirteen indicators on a quarterly basis.
The Group scored 3 out of 10 on January1, 2009 and 6 out of 10
on December31, 2009. The goal for 2011 is 8 out 10.
Consolidation
All of the quantitative data, with the exception of the Barometer
indicators provided in this section, have been consolidated using
two Group-wide methods:
•social data: a global human resources scorecard, established
annually over the past ten years based on a bottom-up reporting
process;
•environmental data: reporting tables from the Group
Environmental Affairs Department, based on an annual
manufacturing site survey.
This data is then reconciled with information from accounting and
purchasing reporting systems to ensure consistency.
All Group units are included, except in specifi c identifi ed cases.
Audit
Independent audit fi rm Ernst & Young et Autres verifi es a serie of
environmental, safety and social indicators, in line with the audits
performed in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The fi rm’s analysis showed
that the defi nitions, measurement procedures and data collection
method used by Schneider Electric are relevant, complete, reliable,
neutral and understandable .