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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
GREEN AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH DRIVING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Schneider Electric believes that the global implementation of a
Achievements in 2014 and outlook for 2015
digital strategy must reconcile economic objectives and respect for Program rollout continued along various axes:
fundamental human rights, including the right to protection of
personal data and privacy. A Data Privacy & Digital Committee, continued communication and awareness raising actions, for the
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composed of Department Directors (Purchasing, IT, Security, first time with the organization of R&ED Days, two days
Human Resources, Marketing, Legal, Audit, etc.) and Business dedicated to ethics and responsibility, which took place on
Directors, was established to provide global governance of December9 and 10, 2014 - the International Anti-Corruption
personal data and to ensure that this fundamental right is Day and Human Rights Day, respectively. Using the slogan
respected in all digital projects. «Iam R&EDy to say yes» as a starting point, five pilot countries
(France, Mexico, South Africa, Russia, China) organized
Policies in areas of high political risk
conferences and workshops around these topics. This event
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was a resounding success and met with strong interest from
employees, and will be repeated on a larger scale in 2015;
As a global and responsible company, Schneider Electric has strict
policies and practices in areas identified as high-risk and its the continuation of the training program for new entrants, with a
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operations, in these areas, have been significantly reduced or special mention for employees from Invensys, which is currently
eliminated. The Group strictly respects all applicable embargos and being integrated into the Company, with over 5,000people
regulations. It prohibits «Dual Use Goods» – products which trained;
potentially could be used for sensitive applications such as the continuation of implementing simple measures to enable
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military. It screens the parties it engages with against applicable employees to understand ethical dilemmas in an operational
denied parties lists to ensure it does not support or fund activities context and to help them position themselves above the risk
unintentionally. It restricts its business to activities that help the level to which they may be exposed. For 2015, the goal is to
countries improve their electrical distribution infrastructure. continue building the educational kits and to ensure their
deployment to the managers and their teams;
Award for excellence 2014
the network of Principles of Responsibility Advisors was
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expanded in 2014 and now has about thirty members, allocated
The Group is proud to have been included in The Ethisphere by function and region, which enables employees to have a
Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies 2014 index for the minimum of two advisors available. The roles and responsibilities
fourth year in a row (and in 2015 for the fifth year). of these advisors have also been revised and made more
operational in order to ensure that the program is properly
Schneider Electric is among 144international companies deployed. For 2015, the objective is to teach this narrower
recognized for their ethical commitment and behavior. The network by organizing quarterly meetings to share best
performance measure looks at the existence and consistency of practices and establish preventive actions.
governance, the reputation and influence of the Company, the
Focus will be given to two actions in 2015:
quality of actions promoting citizenship and social responsibility,
and the culture and actions promoting ethics. This recognition is the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on
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reassuring for the Group as it implements the Business and Human Rights (known as the «Ruggie
Responsibility&Ethics Dynamics program. Principles»), including improving reasonable efforts undertaken
to identify, prevent and mitigate the impacts of the Group’s
activities on Human Rights.
intensifying anti-corruption measures of all kinds in the regions
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that are most exposed to this risk.
Anti-corruption 2.5
Approach and action plans ensure that all policies comply with Our Principles of3.
Responsibility;
The Responsibility & Ethics Committee, chaired by the Chief
inform employees of new standards and procedures;4.
Financial Officer & Deputy Chief Executive Officer, reiterated the
implement monitoring and audit systems;5.
Group’s strong, unambiguous commitment to anti-corruption
in the event of a breach of the ethics principles, take the6.
measures of all forms as part of its business activities, including a
corrective measures necessary, including imposing penalties
series of actions to:
and the consolidation of procedures.
identify high level employees to monitor the rollout of the1.
The Group has a significant portion of its business in countries
Responsibility&Ethics Dynamics program in all the functions
considered highly vulnerable to corruption by Transparency
and regions of the Group;
International. Consequently, a targeted prevention plan is being
define best practices to prevent illegal actions, strengthen2.
rolled out.
management’s major role and promote use of the
professional alert system;
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