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2SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, AN ECO-CITIZEN COMPANY
Highlights of2013 for the Schneider Electric Foundation
November
Philippines –
Emergency
and Rebuilding
programme
October
Nigeria/France –
Opening of the Isaac Boro
training center in Grenoble
September
Japan - Installation
of the pedagogical solutions
February
Schneider Electric
teachers missions
in Brazil
June
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May
Launch of the fighting
fuel poverty programme
Initiatives in North America
American culture places a lot of importance on community APC by Schneider Electric implements a program every year
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involvement. Schneider Electric North America has the following called Community Impact which gathers employees from the
commitments: head office and others to support local associations with
community service (donating or recycling computer equipment,
one of the flagship programs of the Schneider Electric
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assisting handicapped people,etc.).
Foundation North America is the “matching gift program”, The most significant commitments in the United States, Canada
through which the company matches employee donations to the and Mexico, in terms of funding, product donations and employee
organizations of their choice. In2013, the North America involvement, were focused on: Habitat for Humanity, Red Cross,
Foundation provided USD3.5 million of funding to various American Hearth Association, American Cancer Society, National
charitable and community organizations, employee match and Safety Council, and Junior Achievement.
employee giving programs, and to programs in which
employees worked significant hours of volunteer service; These initiatives are consolidated at the level of the Schneider
Pelco by Schneider Electric, the Group entity specialized in
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Electric Foundation and are taken into account in the different
building security and video surveillance, is developing a program reports and indicators.
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;
Territorial positioning and impact on economic and social development 5.3
Wherever it operates, Schneider Electric makes a strong
Business creation in France – Support for
commitment to community partners and civil society through
business creation with Schneider Initiatives
positioning itself in a way that is indispensable for a global
Entrepreneurs (SIE)
enterprise that wants to keep in touch with the employment pool of
its industrial facilities. Numerous projects under way and on the
Approach and action plans
drawing board demonstrate Schneider Electric’s desire to be
engaged, notably in the area of employment, and to contribute fully For more than 20years, Schneider Electric has supported
to local economic development. employee projects in France to create businesses or buy going
concerns through Schneider Initiatives Entrepreneurs (SIE), a
dedicated structure demonstrating the Group’s commitment to
promoting entrepreneurship, promoting actions to support local
economic development, proposing and supporting employees in
reliable career paths that are external to the Group.
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