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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ATTHEHEART OF OUR STRATEGY
Planet&Society Barometer 2012-2014
The Planet&Society Barometer 2012-2014 is part of the Connect
company program. It comprises 14 key performance indicators
scored out of10. These 14 indicators replace the 13objectives
for the 2009-2011 period. The average of the scores, with each
indicator weighted equally, provides the global performance of the
Barometer. Departments directly affected by the improvement plans
(Human Resources, Environment, Access to Energy, etc.), each
represented by a project leader, implement measures to achieve
the objectives of the plans. This project leader works directly with
local managers in their respective areas.
The table above shows Schneider Electric’s sustainable
development performance in 2012. When the barometer was
launched on January1, 2012 the global score was 3.00/10. At the
end of2012, the Company had exceeded its target of 3.85/10 and
had attained 6.42 .
For the 2009-2011 period, all the indicators achieved their target
of 8/10. Seven indicators even achieved 10/10 (CO2 emissions,
ISO 14001 certifi cation, energy effi ciency, access to energy,
accident rate, Company’s employee recommendation score and
energy management training).
For each company program, the Group defi nes a new
Planet&Society Barometer. The improvement plans are elaborated
following an internal exercise to identify sustainability issues based
on external inputs, primarily the assessments and ratings received,
and a consultation with the departments directly concerned by the
improvement plans. The Sustainable Development Department
presents the draft version of the Planet&Society Barometer to the
Executive Sustainability Committee for approval before the launch
of the company program.
Four cases may be included from one Barometer to the next:
•the improvement plans are maintained in the Barometer and their
targets are renewed or increased. This is the case in2012-2014
with Green Premium, with the number of households connected
at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) and with the number of people
at the BoP trained in energy management;
•the improvement plans change. This is the case with indicators
that have reached a threshold. They are replaced by more
ambitious indicators and continue to be monitored internally:
reductions in CO2 emissions, for2012-2014, are divided into two
separate indicators (CO2 in transport and energy consumption(1));
purchasing, with a change of benchmark (from the Global
Compact to ISO26000(2)); the security indicator with a passage
from frequency of accidents to the Medical Incident Rate(3); the
Company’s employee recommendation score, which is replaced
by the employee engagement index, an international index(4);
•the improvement plans are removed from the Barometer. This
is also the case with indicators that have reached a threshold,
they also continue to be monitored internally: the SF6 leakage
rate (which was included in the CO2 emissions reduction indicator
in2009-2011); the rate of staff working on ISO14001 sites(5); the
number of countries that have established an SF6 gas recovery
pathway(6); employees trained in energy management solutions,
and the number of entrepreneurs supported in the creation of
their activities in the fi eld of energy management;
•improvement plans that respond to new stakes are implemented.
This is the case in2012-2014 with the EcoXperts program, with
the 300sites recognized as “Cool Sites”, with women making up
30% of the talent pool, with the annual training day for everyone,
and with the 300 volunteering missions via the “Schneider Electric
Teachers” NGO.
Communicating the results of
thePlanet&Society Barometer
Since2009, the Planet&Society Barometer has been published
through the following channels:
•the website www.schneider-electric.com/barometer, expanded
in2011 to include an interactive tool;
•the Planet & Society Barometer newsletter, which informs the
main Schneider Electric stakeholders about the previous quarter’s
performance and achievements. The newsletter is e-mailed to a
continuously updated list;
•on the Group’s Intranet, the performance of the Planet&Society
Barometer, which refl ects value creation for the stakeholders, is
listed next to the Schneider Electric share price, which refl ects
value creation for shareholders.
Since 2012, quarterly conference calls have been organized to
present the results of the Barometer to concerned investors and the
specialized press. The extra-fi nancial annual results are presented
together with the Group’s fi nancial results in order to demonstrate
our commitment to making sustainable development part of the
Company’s long-term strategy. In February 2013, Jean-Pascal
Tricoire and Emmanuel Babeau presented Schneider Electric’s
2012 fi nancial and extra-fi nancial results.
The publication of objectives and quarterly results is a way
for Schneider Electric to engage with its internal and external
stakeholders with regard to the objectives, to publicly disclose its
sustainable development issues through the choice of indicators,
and to share progress made or diffi culties encountered in a
transparent manner.
(1) In2009-2011, the CO2 emissions reduction indicator had exceeded its target. It included emissions reductions from transport, energy
consumption and leakage of SF6. The SF6 leakage rate, which had far exceeded its goal and reached a threshold, continues to be monitored
internally with a goal of maintaining that level.
(2) The Global Compact will continue to be promoted within suppliers.
(3) The accident frequency rate had exceeded its 2009-2011 target and continues to be monitored internally below a more standard international
indicator, the LTIR (Lost Time Injury Rate).
(4) The recommendation score (ENPS – Employee Net Promoter Score) continues to be monitored internally.
(5) The Group achieved its goal of gaining ISO14001 certifi cation for all industrial and logistics sites with more than 50people and for the large
services sites. This program continues to be monitored internally with the same objective.
(6) This program, launched with the Planet&Society Barometer 2009-2011, continues to be monitored internally with new objectives
(10countries in2012 and 12countries in2013).