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2013 IN BRIEF
Employees
On January23, 2013, Schneider Electric SA announced the City 2013 prize was awarded at the final, which was held at the
launch of a capital increase reserved for employees under the Group's headquarters, to Alyssa Tricia Eloise Vintola and Lorenz
Group employee savings plan (plan d’épargne salariale). This Ray Payonga from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.
offering, which is in line with the Group’s policy to develop On November21, 2013, Schneider Electric launched the fourth
employee shareholding, is proposed to Group employees in edition of Go Green in the City, a global business case challenge
thirty-four countries, including France. This plan covers around focusing on innovative energy solutions for cities. For the first
90% of the employees of the Group. three, Schneider Electric found tremendous success and strong
Schneider Electric welcomed the 50 student finalists to its interest from students and universities, confirming Schneider
innovative Go Green in the City competition in Paris for the third Electric's growing international appeal.
year running, from June25 to 28, 2013. The Go Green in the
Corporate Social Responsibility
On January25, 2013, Schneider Electric took part in the Global in providing access to energy gained since the launch of its
100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, for the second BipBop program in 2009.
year in a row, ranking 13th, gaining 13 places compared to last On November18, 2013, Schneider Electric employees
year. In the 2013 list, Schneider Electric ranks second among the supported by the Group Foundation mobilized following the
nine French companies and third out of ten in its sector super typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines on November8,
(Industrial – Capital Goods). 2013 to bring their support to affected populations and prepare
On May29, 2013, Schneider Electric announced the launch of a for reconstruction. Schneider Electric has decided to coordinate
program to fight fuel poverty in mature economies. For the its actions toward emergency help and reconstruction and to
Group, the global specialist in energy management, the aim is to launch a EUR250,000 emergency and rebuilding program as
tackle the energy gap by committing to populations at the base well as an international call for donations from its employees.
of the pyramid all over the world. With this program to fight fuel On November20, 2013, the consortium for the MiCROSOL
poverty, Schneider Electric intends to develop, in mature collaborative project inaugurated the demonstrator of its
economies, a similar approach to that already taken by the energy-access solution to support the development of
Group since 2009 promoting access to energy in new bottom-of-the-pyramid (BOP) micro-industries at the Alternative
economies. Energies and Atomic Energy Commission’s (CEA) Cadarache
On August29, 2013, Schneider Electric and the Centre in France. The MiCROSOL project aims to develop a
Philippine-based NGO Gawad Kalinga announced the signing of single, modular standard technology for producing electricity,
a partnership agreement aimed at increasing access to electricity drinking water and heat simultaneously, primarily to benefit
for rural communities in the Philippines. Gawad Kalinga will micro-industries located in rural areas of countries with high
provide social expertise, thanks to its knowledge of the region, levels of sunshine, especially in Africa. It is based on the principle
the needs on the ground and of local stakeholders, and will be of cogeneration of electricity and heat, applying a new approach
able to build social models adapted to the Philippine reality. to a technology that is already widespread – solar
Schneider Electric will contribute with its technological products thermodynamics. The solution focuses its constraints on the
and solutions (developed specifically to meet the needs of design of thermal storage that only uses environmentally-friendly
disadvantaged populations), technical expertise and experience products.
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