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1OVERVIEW OF THE GROUP’S STRATEGY, MARKETS AND BUSINESSES
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC STRATEGY AND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
Schneider Electric strategy 1.
andmarket opportunities
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation with operations in over 100countries,
leverages its portfolio to help customers make their ecosystem safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable.
Urbanization, industrialization and digitization continue to shape our lives as new economies are built and established
economies are rebuilt and transformed. At the same time, the quest for economic growth and development is
straining our planet’s resources. As a leader in energy management and automation, the vision of Schneider Electric
is to help its customers achieve more with less resources in a more connected, distributed and smart world and
where the need for energy will continue to increase. Schneider Electric strives to help its customers achieve the most
efficient and sustainable use of their resources, assets, processes and infrastructures with innovative technologies,
solutions and services.
Our mission 1.1
The vision of Schneider Electric is to help its customers achieve reliable: guarantee ultra-secure, ultra-pure and
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more with less resources made possible by technology in a world uninterrupted power especially for critical applications,
that will become more connected, more distributed, smart and
efficient: deliver solutions adapted to the specific needs of
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where the need for energy will continue to increase.
each market that simplify customers’ life and improve their
efficiency and productivity, and
As the global technology specialist in energy management and
sustainable: help customers build a sustainable future by
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automation, Schneider Electric’s mission is to:
using less of their resources and minimizing the impact on
develop best-in-class technology and solutions for its customers
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to make their ecosystem: support the digital transformation of its customers.
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safe: protect people and assets,
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Megatrends in our environment are creating opportunities 1.2
Urbanization, industrialization and digitization continue to shape All over the world, cities need to become smarter: more efficient,
our lives as new economies are built and established economies more liveable and more sustainable. This means:
are rebuilt and transformed. These three megatrends will create improving the efficiency of the city’s underlying urban
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many new opportunities for Schneider Electric. infrastructures from electricity grid, to water distribution system,
Urbanization
to public transportation systems, services… and exchange of
data and information across departments;
becoming a better place to live, work and play;
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Cities today contain 50% of the world’s population, consume 75% reducing its environmental impact – lower carbon footprint,
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of global energy consumption and give off 80% of greenhouse gas reduce energy consumption and urban regeneration
emissions. And cities are growing: by 2050, they will be home to So what cities need today are solutions to their most acute
70% of the world’s population. Cities face urban challenges of pain-points that: deliver the services and savings that constituents
unprecedented scale: scarcity of resources such as energy and deserve; provide visible, measurable results that promote
water, environmental pressure and pollution, aging and overloaded attractiveness; and have a low upfront investment, because cities
infrastructure, traffic congestion; and security concerns. across the world need to balance their budget.
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