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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE HEART OF OUR STRATEGY
Engaging all employees in sustainability: the
ways through which they can get involved into
sustainability-related activities. The community is moderated by a
Sustainability fellows community
central team within the corporate Sustainable Development
Given Schneider Electric business and level of responsibility, the Department and relayed by local employees in their entity and/or
company reckons that all of its employees should be aware of country. From simple posts of polls on the Spice platform to ask
major sustainability stakes and ambassadors of its sustainability employees on their inputs on company's policies or achievements
story. To achieve this goal, a new initiative has been launched in to quarterly webradios focusing on sustainability performance and
January2013: The Sustainability Fellows. Relying on the newly specific topics, the Sustainability Fellows grew from a few hundred
created internal social media platform “Spice”, the community's people early 2013 to 5,500 at the end of the year. The objective is
objective is to make all employees aware of what sustainability is, to reach 10,000 people by the end of 2014.
what the main stakes linked with this topic are, inside and outside
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The implementation of this community demonstrated that
the company, and what Schneider Electric commitment in this employees are willing to attend some events or give some of their
field is. The ultimate goal is to make sure that employees can use time. The first measurement also showed that Employee
the sustainability efforts to make a positive impression in their Engagement Index is 5 points higher for Sustainability Fellows
interactions with various stakeholders, share their views to than the average of the company, and recommendation score 10
improve company's policies and actions, and also be aware of the points higher.
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