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2SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
The virtualization goal for the end of 2014 is to be greater than aligning Air/Sea Ratio targets with Inventory Management teams
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80percent across the entire region covering 25 sites. to ensure common goals (EMEA);
In Asia Pacific, customized power option settings have been
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collaborative processes internally and externally: with the Sales
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deployed for over 15,000 PC’s providing over 160tons of CO2Forecast team to anticipate logistic implications of specific
per year savings. A major infrastructure transformation project is events; with the Projects team to promote sea shipment (Brazil);
aiming at further virtualizing up to 70% by the end 2015. with the suppliers to anticipate any demand increase; and to
quickly go back to sea shipping mode after a period of shortage;
In Iberian, South American and North African regions, optimized
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with the final customer who can accept an economical shipping
power option settings have resulted in over 460tons per year of way in case of huge and no forecasted demand (Brazil); with the
CO2 savings for over 12,500 PC’s, 1,400 printers and 1,000 forwarder who can alert in case of unusual volume requested to
Wintel servers. be shipped by air.
Migration of over 120,000 PC’s from Windows XP to Windows
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Short distance freight
7, started in 2013 to be completed in 2014, will enable more
advanced energy management with the built in client In2013, the performance on ground transportation is positive; total
management features. CO2 emissions on road decreased by 6.5%. The cumulative
Actions to reduce emissions linked to freight
reduction is 4%.
Starting in the second semester of 2013 in our mature markets,
Target at Group level
consolidation of our volumes on a few strategic logistics service
providers equipped with transport optimization functionalities will
In the framework of the three-year Connect company program and secure another reduction potential for the next 3 years and start to
the Planet&Society Barometer, reducing emissions in freight deliver measurable results by end 2014.
transport has been the subject of a particular monitoring and was
applied to the entire Group in2012. A goal of a relative reduction in In BRIC countries, implementation of Transport management
emissions of 3.5% during the first year was validated, with the systems (TMS) tools which aims to also optimize the transport
target of achieving a reduction of 10% over three years. network are currently implemented and will deliver full CO2
reduction benefits in 2014.
At end of 2013, reduction in CO2 emissions linked to freight
exceeded the target and reached 16.7% compared to 2011, Local initiatives have also been conducted in some countries such
thanks to the optimization of long distance freight modes (data as: clubbing of dispatches resulting in Full Truck Loads (FTL)
covers 78% of paid transportation). instead of Express (LTL) mode (India); Direct to Customer program,
increase in the number of direct shipments to large customers
The program contributed to save 180,000 tons of CO2 and more (Netherlands to UK and Germany); improvement in packaging to
than 7 million euro since end-2011, while the investment required maximize shipment size and therefore increase load factor
was closed to zero (no special equipment was required, and a (Netherlands); use of correct capacity vehicles that flexes with
professionalization of the staff on the program was conducted). Schneider Electric sales volume variation (Australia); moving as
Since 2011, raw emissions have decreased despite an increase in much traffic from road to short sea and road (Europe to Russia);
2013 due to the rise of volume shipped. elimination of Sea-Road solution from Barcelona to Jordan (via
Lebanon) by implementing direct sea flow between Spain and
Long distance freight
Jordan (Aqaba port); load schedule optimization by reducing the
Our Air/Sea tool, that determines the standard transport mode delivery frequency (Rectiphase in France, Barcelona in Spain).
according to an ABC/FMR analysis, is applied worldwide and helps
Participation in several key initiatives
to be permanently aware of what the combined economical &
environmental optimum is. In road transport, which produces the most significant portion of
Schneider Electric’s emissions, the Group continues to play an
In2013, air freight tonnage represents 13.8% of joint air and sea active role in the Green Freight Europe initiative. Today, more than
tonnage, against 13.3% in 2012, 17.9% in2011 and 20% in2010. 100shippers and major logistics multinationals are involved in this
The cumulative reduction in CO2 emissions in this area is 31%. initiative that aims to promote a European framework to address
In parallel, starting in the second semester of 2013, a US initiative the issue of CO2 transport emissions. Schneider Electric is
for a switch from domestic air freight to road/rail transport mode particularly involved in the working groups in charge of the
delivered the first benefits in at the end of 2013 and will be tracked development of a tool for reporting carbon dioxide emissions on a
through 2014. simple shared basis.
Other local initiatives have been conducted, such as: Schneider Electric is also actively involved in the French Shippers’
Association where it is presiding the Transport&Environment
implementing a manager’s approval workflow to challenge the
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Commission strongly committed to sustainable development in
decision of air usage (India, Dubai);
transport.
validating that only the Supply Chain Manager is allowed to
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change the shipping mode (Israel);
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