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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S COMMITMENT TOENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
The Energy Effi ciency and Solutions Department, part of Strategy
and Innovation Management, is responsible for the EEM (Energy
Effi ciency Monitoring, see page 67) action plan.
Up to the end of 2010, two departments were responsible for the
Group’s environmental policies:
•one responsible for the “green” product and solution policy and
reporting to the Strategy and Innovation Management;
•the other responsible for “green” sites policy and the application
of directives controlling the use of hazardous substances (REACH
and RoHS – see pages 68-69) and reporting to the Global Supply
Chain Management.
At the start of 2011, these two departments were merged into
one single Environment Department, part of Global Supply Chain
Management. The Director of the Environment is ranked below
the Senior Vice President of the Global Supply Chain Management
(member of the Group’s Executive Committee). This department
establishes and deploys environmental policies and programs. It is
responsible for a network of environmental managers. These include:
•for product management: environmental managers in each
business who are responsible for integrating environmental
concerns in lineup management, environmental representatives
who are responsible for assessing the impact on marketing,
and environmental specialists with expertise in integrating
environmental aspects into product design;
•for site management: environmental managers in each major
region, environmental managers in large countries with signifi cant
business volume, and environmental managers in each plant or
supply chain centre. In 2010, the organisation within Global Supply
Chain Management changed from a corporate only leadership
to a regional organisation (North America, Asia-Pacifi c, Europe-
Middle East, Africa and South America). Three SERE (Safety,
Environment, Real Estate) directors were appointed. Each one is
responsible for implementing the Group’s policies in these fi elds
for all sites within their geographical area and for reporting on
improvement plans. There is a meeting of the three directors
every quarter to ensure coherence in the Security, Environment
and Real-Estate policies for the entire Group. To implement this
policy, the SERE directors lead a network of more than 200
managers responsible for the environmental management of
industrial, logistic, and administrative sites.
These networks have access to a wide range of management and
experience sharing resources including directives, application guides,
an intranet site, and databases.
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