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2SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
METHODOLOGY AND AUDIT OF INDICATORS
75% of our product revenues achieved with Green
a volume of sales supported by the experience of a specialist in
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Premium
energy management.
The indicator incorporates country results after six months in the
A Green Premium product is defined by the following four criteria: EcoXperts program (annually from January2012).
an Environmental Product Profile available online;
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1 million households at the Base of the Pyramid have
an End-of-Life Instruction available online;
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access to energy
the list of substances of concern according to the European
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regulation REACH available online; The indicator accounts for all sales of products and solutions that
the observance of the thresholds imposed by the RoHS EU
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provide access to energy for underprivileged people that were
Directive on hazardous substances. developed within the Access to Energy program:
The product is a tangible one (solutions, services, software, etc., products: lamps (In-Diya and Mobiya TS102S) and lighting
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are out of the scope). products, power control systems, individual solar systems,
inverters for CFL lamps, meters (BEC23 range);
The indicator measures the share of sales made with a Green
Premium offer from sales figures for the year n-1. All Activities solutions: battery charging stations, solar water pumping
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involved in energy management are included in the program. The systems, micro-solar power stations for off-grid electricity
North America Partner offers defined as NEMA are exempt even if generation (Villasol and VillaSmart).
a dedicated program aims at speeding up the RoHS compliance of The Base of the Pyramid is the socio-economic segment of the
those offers. In the same way, Medium Voltage offers world population with the lowest incomes. This population is
(Infrastructure Unit) are also exempt to take into account Areva defined in the indicator from a geographic perspective and
integration and the migration toward RoHS compliant offers. business model perspective: the population living in non-OECD
This indicator was audited by Ernst&Young. countries; accessing products and solutions through
non-traditional distribution channels, appropriate marketing or a
10% energy consumption savings
project approach developed by dedicated sales forces.
For products, the rule of one product per household was
The goal is to reduce energy consumption each year established. For solutions, the number of households is determined
(2012-2013-2014) by 3.3%, using Schneider Electric solutions. from the project specification documents. Batteries and solar cells
The program is available for all Schneider Electric sites, and are not included in the indicator because they are always
focuses on sites larger than 5,000m². Global Supply Chain accompanied by charge controllers or central energy management
Management is the internal client, and the Energy & Sustainability systems (to avoid double counting); the same applies to battery
Services teams are the internal provider. charging stations and solar water pumping systems because they
In2014, the program addressed Schneider Electric’s 280most are for community use.
energy intensive sites. In case of acquisition, the sites concerned This indicator was audited by Ernst&Young.
are included in the program the following year.
90% of our recommended suppliers embrace
The «energy savings» are calculated by comparing the actual
consumption of the site with its modeled theoretical consumption;
ISO26000 guidelines
a model for each site is built to take climatic variations and
changes in production into account. The objective is to motivate «recommended» Group suppliers to
roll out and monitor improvement plans conforming to ISO26000.
All energy consumptions that can be modeled are taken into An assessment of recommended suppliers is carried out by a third
account and converted into MWh. party. Suppliers whose assessments are too low are excluded
This indicator was audited by Ernst&Young. from the indicator. The assessments are monitored by Business
Review with the Schneider Electric buyers, with a view to
+7points of growth revenue with EcoXperts above
continuous improvement according to the guidelines of ISO26000.
Group growth revenue
The total number of recommended suppliers to take into account
for the year is fixed at the beginning of the year. The number of
The objective is, through «EcoXperts» partners selected by
recommended suppliers evaluated during the year is stopped
Schneider Electric, to develop energy efficiency and renewable
atJanuary31 n+1 in order to take into account the assessments
energy activities suitable for small and medium-sized buildings.
on December31 of the previous year.
Schneider Electric aims to outperform Group growth by seven
The sustainable development goals have become one of the seven
points with the EcoXperts activities, measured quarterly
pillars used to measure supplier performance since2011; this has
year-to-date.
the particular advantage of allowing the highest-performing
The program provides end users access to: suppliers to become a ‘recommended’, or for the best suppliers,
a network of local partners accredited by Schneider Electric;
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’preferred’, Group supplier.
energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions based on
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This indicator was audited by Ernst&Young.
tested, validated and documented architectures;
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