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2SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE HEART OF OUR STRATEGY
Sustainable development 1.
attheheart ofour strategy
Social and environmental commitments, governance, reducing Schneider Electric’s corporate commitment means dynamic social
CO2 emissions, launching solutions that respect the planet, social responsibility, based on the Group’s employees:
changes, local and regional positioning, corporate citizenship, principles governing ethics and responsibility;
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ethics, business and poverty –the challenges of sustainable sites and products that respect the environment;
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development have never been as significant to Schneider Electric’s
employee development;
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customers and stakeholders as they are today.
policies that support and develop the communities in which
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The Group is committed to meeting energy challenges while acting Schneider Electric operates.
civically and responsibly at all its locations, with measured progress
plans, based on international standards for corporate social Schneider Electric uses its global Human Resources policies (see
responsibility, whose results are audited and shared openly pages76-90), external commitments (see page53), ethical code of
internally and externally. conduct and the associated professional alert program (see
pages62-65) to strive for the respect of Human Rights in every
Since the Sustainable Development Department was founded aspect: non-discrimination, abolition of forced labor, prohibition of
more than 10years ago, the Group’s commitment to sustainable child labor, freedom of association and the right to collective
development has evolved in line with the Group’s continuing bargaining, health and safety, training, remuneration, social
innovation. The Group’s sustainable development policy initially coverage, etc.
focused on internal issues, teamed with initiatives for the
professional integration of French youth; now it also includes Schneider Electric extends this commitment to civil society through
solutions that help meet today’s main energy challenges (energy its community support and development program (see
efficiency and access to energy) as well as global social pages91-100): the right to decent living standards (access to
responsibility. energy program and Foundation emergency relief programs), the
right to education and training (training program for underprivileged
Schneider Electric’s commitment to offering sustainable and people and integration program in France), local economic
responsible solutions for its customers aims to: development (social investment funds and entrepreneurship
bring products and solutions to the market that waste less
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support).
energy and promote environmentally sound production and Schneider Electric works to share this vision with its partners (see
consumption; pages61-62), starting with its suppliers by encouraging as many of
provide energy to the 1.3billion(1) people who have no access to
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them as possible to sign the United Nations Global Compact and
electricity and provide sustainable economic development. adopt the guidelines of ISO26000.
Source: International Energy Agency – World Energy Outlook 2013.(1)
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