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REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2011 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC62
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S COMMITMENT TOENVIRONMENTALPERFORMANCE
In the Planet & Society Barometer, Schneider Electric has set the
following objectives for 2009-2011:
•to reduce the CO2 equivalent emissions by 30,000 tonnes per
year over the total of scope 1 and2 for the GHG Protocol(1)
(SF6 gas emissions in the industrial sites concerned, and energy
consumption of industrial and supply chain sites and of some
tertiary sites) as well as for a part of scope 3 for the GHG
Protocol(1) (air freight in the long distance freight transport mix(2)).
The objective is to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 15%
over three years on a constant basis compared to 2008. These
reductions are “avoided” emissions due to optimisation efforts,
see calculation methodology on page90 ;
•implement a recovery process for SF6 gas in 10 countries.
The fi rst devices containing SF6 gas sold by Schneider Electric
reached their end-of-life at the start of 2000. The objective is to
develop commercial offers that allow customers to dispose of
their end-of-life, SF6 containing devices, in order to completely
extract the gas and recycle it (see pages55-56 ).
During the period of the One program (2009 -2011), Schneider
Electric saved nearly 162,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. the Group
exceeded the reduction target of 30,000 tonnes per year (i.e.
90,000 tonnes over the three-year period of the program).
The following actions were undertaken to achieve the target:
•the carbon footprint of scopes1 and2, as defi ned in the GHG
Protocol, is calculated monthly, as is the performance of each
site concerned;
•since 2010, the carbon performance has been presented
monthly to the Management Committee of the Global Supply
Chain Management by the Group’s Environmental Director and
the three SERE Directors (SERE – Safety, Environment, Real
Estate);
•since 2010, the CO2 reduction target has been taken into
account for the performance incentives of all Global Supply Chain
Management personnel who receive a bonus;
•in 2011, the reduction of the carbon footprint and the rollout of
Energy Effi ciency Monitoring (see page63 ) were included in the
performance incentives of the Executive Committee member in
charge of Global Supply Chain .
In 2011, Schneider Electric worked on defi ning its new carbon
emission reduction targets for the 2012-2014 period within the
scope of the next Company Program. The Group’s approach is
based on measuring, controlling and reducing CO2 emissions,
starting with the most direct ones upon which the Group has most
impact and greater reliability in terms of metering (these correspond
to scopes 1 and 2 defi ned in the GHG Protocol) followed by more
indirect emissions (corresponding to scope 3 of the GHG Protocol).
Thus, Schneider Electric maintained the target cap of 0.95% of SF6
leakage for the 2012-2014 period and included the new targets in
the Planet & Society Barometer:
•10% savings in energy consumption;
•10% CO2 savings in transport.
Action plans
Actions to reduce SF6 emissions
The performance of the Planet & Society Barometer in CO2 savings
is mainly due to the reduction of SF6 leaks in the production
processes, resulting from:
•mandatory monthly reporting since 2010 rather than twice yearly
in 2009;
•a Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) deployed
for manufacturing processes that involve SF6gas since2010;
•improvements in processes and measurement on certain high
emission sites, particularly the SCFME Libourne site (France), the
largest European site, and the SBLMV Peking site (China), the
Asian site with the highest SF6 consumption.
Note that the emissions reductions for SF6, and therefore of CO2
equivalent, are normalised, i.e. they are calculated at a production
level equivalent to the period from one year to the next.
To obtain the target for the Planet and Society Barometer, industrial
leakage of SF6 gas had to be reduced from a rate of 4% at the end
of 2008 to a rate of 1.2% by the end of 2011 for gas consumed
during production.
The target for 2011 went even further, aiming for 1%. This target
was exceeded with an effective leakage rate of 0.94%.
Energy Savings
In general, Schneider Electric sites are low consumers of energy,
compared with more energy intensive industries. However,
Schneider Electric wishes to set an example in the reduction of
energy consumption by applying its own solutions.
Energy Action program
Approach
Energy Action is a program for the continual reduction in energy
consumption in all of the Group’s sites. The objectives are:
•cutting out waste of electricity, natural gas and oil, and thereby
reducing costs;
•deploying Schneider Electric’s energy effi ciency solutions at its
own sites;
•raising employees’ awareness about new energy effi ciency
solutions and their own contribution to product development.
Around 9% of total Group emissions come from energy
consumption at its sites (according to the carbon footprint of 2012).
Energy effi ciency in the sites, with an objective of a 4% decrease in
2010 compared to 2009 and a 4% decrease in 2011 compared to
2010, helps fulfi l the objective for the reduction of CO2 emissions for
the Planet & Society Barometer.
Since 2005, Schneider Electric has fi xed annual objectives for
reduction and publishes (internally) the energy consumption of each
of its production and logistics sites each year, as part of the Energy
(1) The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the most widely-used international accounting tool for CO2-equivalent emissions. Scope 1
corresponds to greenhouse gas emissions from sources held or controlled by the company. Scope 2 corresponds to emissions for the genera-
tion of electricity consumed by the company. Scope 3 corresponds to all other indirect emissions of the company from sources that it does not
hold or control (transport, use of products and services, etc.).
(2) Long-distance freight includes air freight and maritime freight.