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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC100
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, AN ECO-CITIZEN COMPANY
implementing innovative and exemplary smart networks within
the environmental domain;
•the ability to build together, to break down barriers;
B y forging links with NGO partners, Schneider Electric develops
solutions that will serve the project by extending its scope,
adapting to needs and to different ways of collaborating that are
new and original;
•setting an example for employees, but also for the wider
community.
Faced with our planet’s issues and particularly the challenges
posed by energy resources, Schneider Electric always wants to
aim higher: through its ambitious initiatives that may sometimes
seem idealistic, these adventurous solutions show that it is
possible to meet the challenges.
Spotlight on COP21
At COP21, which was held in Paris from November 30 to
December15, 2015, the Foundation created important partnerships
with two main objectives:
•Co-create innovative solutions:
–Social innovation to fi ght fuel poverty-Europe (France, Great
Britain, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic): announcement
of 14 winners of a European request for proposals with Ashoka
to identify social entrepreneurs working to fi ght fuel poverty,
–Place to B - Paris and World: a site in Paris where the way of
discussing climate change and its solutions is changed,
–Caire Game - World: a game to reduce one’s individual carbon
footprint;
•Raise awareness among as many people as possible:
–Arche de Noé Climat - France: 140 animals traveling through
France in order to build French people’s awareness of climate
change,
–Lumières d’Afriques - France: an exhibition of 54 African artists
focusing on the importance of light and energy in Africa,
–Our Life 21 - World: a web series that gives citizens of the
world a voice, allowing them to share their vision of life in 2050,
–COY (Conference of Youth): France, Morocco: a COP for
young people held three days before COP Paris and on every
continent.
The Schneider Electric Teachers NGO
Since the Schneider Electric Foundation was created in1998, it has
placed Group employee involvement at the heart of its work. Either
Foundation delegates or employee volunteers are the link between
the Company, the Foundation and the supported organizations.
Since 2012, the NGO Schneider Electric Teachers was created to
organize volunteer missions benefi ting the Foundation’s partners.
Schneider Electric and its Foundation wish to go even further to
support the voluntary participation of current and retired Schneider
Electric employees in the Foundation’s programs:
•teaching programs and professional training programs for access
to energy;
•support of families affected by fuel poverty. In 2015, 418 projects
were carried out. Since the creation of Schneider Electric
Teachers, 878 projects have been completed .
Governance
The Schneider Electric Teachers association lodged its bylaws with
the prefecture in France in February2012. Its board is composed
of former Schneider Electric directors and members of the
Sustainable Development Department involved in the Access to
Energy program. The latter includes: Christian Wiest (President),
Dominique Devinat (Vice-President), François Milioni (Secretary,
Head of Training Program), Christophe Poline (Treasurer, Head of
SEEA Social Welfare Investment Fund), Emir Boumediene (member,
representing volunteers), Bernard Lancian (member, representing
partners), Gilles Vermot Desroches (member, Sustainable
Development Manager). The board met seven times in 2015, and
one General Meeting was held in December2015.
After less than two years in existence, 41 partners in 25 countries
had joined the initiative. The community of volunteers included more
than 900 people.
Operations and players
This is a shared contribution between the Foundation, Schneider
Electric entities and employees/retirees for the benefi t of non-profi t
structures that are partners of the Foundation:
•the employees/retirees volunteer their time and make their skills
available;
•the partners look for skills to support their activities, specify their
needs and support volunteers in carrying out their mission;
•the Schneider Electric Teachers association coordinates,
connects and organizes the process and covers costs related to
carrying out missions;
•the Schneider Electric entities host the volunteers when the
mission takes place outside their country of residence.
The missions
The missions are mainly:
•missions involving job training and teaching facilities or entities
that participate in fi ghting energy poverty (courses, assistance,
practical works, equipment installation, fi nding of an occupation,
instructor training, optimization of standards, etc.);
•volunteer missions with associations and entrepreneurs:
–that have benefi ted from the support of the Schneider Electric
Energy Access social welfare investment fund, or
–that have been established following training (management
audit, fi nance, communications, fi nancing research,
management, Human Resources, engineering, etc.).
To learn more, see: www.fondation.schneider-electric.com and
www.teachers.schneider-electric.org