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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Main achievements in 2010
Training in Energy-Related Professions
(see the Access to Energy Program > Education page 83) Costa Rica: Colegio Tecnico Don Bosco (Don Bosco Technical School)
Supporting the implementation of electrical occupational
training by equipping laboratories and getting employees
involved in various school activities.
Egypt: Galal Fahmy Specialised Technical School
As part of an agreement with the Egyptian Ministry of
National Education, supporting this school’s professional
training for our profession (several sections: electrical renovation
of the laboratory, training teachers, youth program for recent
graduates, etc.).
Sending Emergency Relief Chile: Program Established Following the Earthquake
• young people from the Professional Training Center CEDUC
Lebu, which is supported by the Foundation, supplied electricity
to 550 houses;
• installation of electricity in elementary schools.
Pakistan: Program Established Following the Flood
• participation in cholera prevention programs;
• collection and transportation of 3 tons of necessary raw
materials;
• identifi cation of two reconstruction/renovation projects for
professional training centers (in progress).
Haiti: Program Established Following the Earthquake
• support for two emergency relief programs (Dominican Red
Cross and Association Fraternité Universelle);
• implementation of a professional training program partnered
with the French and Haitian Ministries of Education, the NGO
Aide et Action, and the University of Quisqueya with the goal of
educating 2,000 young people by the end of 2012.
Supporting Sustainable Development Awareness. • Sponsor of the ICM Brain and Spine Institute;
• Pursuing partnership with the International Polar Foundation
for the “zero-emission” scientifi c research station called the
Princess Elisabeth Antarctica;
• Financing an INES (Institut National de l’Energie Solaire) project
for the 2010 Solar Decathlon.
Initiatives in North America
American culture gives a lot of importance to community
involvement. Schneider Electric North America has the following
commitments:
•One of the Schneider Electric/Square D Foundation’s fl agship
programs is the “matching gift program”, through which the
Company matches employee donations to the associations of
their choice. In 2009, the Company matched 2,578 donations in
North America, compared with 2,674 in 2010;
•Pelco by Schneider Electric, the group entity specialised in
building security and video surveillance, is developing a program
called Pelco Community Partnership Program which encourages
employees to get involved and volunteer in selected associations
for up to 40 hours per employee per year;
•Every year, APC by Schneider Electric implements a program
called Community Impact which gathers employees from
the head offi ce and others to support local associations with
community service (donating or recycling computer equipment,
assisting handicapped people, etc.).
To support innovative projects that raise awareness
regarding sustainable development.
By supporting innovative projects, the Schneider Electric Foundation
voluntarily helps raise awareness to different parties participating
in the challenges of climate change. The company invests in
emblematic and international programs by making its knowledge,
notably in energy systems management, available through donations
in resources and/or knowledge.
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