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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 101
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, AN ECO-CITIZEN COMPANY
Highlights of 2015 for the Schneider Electric Foundation
December -
Participation
in COP21
September - Member
of the Belgian Energy Poverty Institute
November - Energy Poverty
white paper publication
July - Launching of calls
for Ashoka energy
poverty projects
August - Professional Training
white paper publication
March - Participation
in 20 years of Unis-Cité
June - Signing of the WWF
energy efficiency partnership
April - Launching of Mobiya
Product Sharing operation
October - Commitment
First Communities days,
employees mobilization campaign
January - Commitment
Finalisation of mobilization
campaign for Typhoon
Haiyan - Philippines
May - Commitment
300 missions with Schneider
Electric Teachers
Initiatives in North America
The North American culture confers a particular importance on
commitment to the community. Schneider Electric North America
has the following commitments:
•Matching Gift program is one of the fl agship programs of the
Schneider Electric North America Foundation. It consists of
matching the donations from employees for associations of
their choice. In 2015, the Schneider Electric North America
Foundation accordingly contributed USD4 million in fi nancing
to various charitable associations working with communities
through matching the donations of employees.
•Thanks to the volunteer efforts of thousands of employees
in North America, large contributions were made to Habitat
for Humanity, United Way and the American Red Cross. The
Schneider Electric North America Foundation also forms other
partnerships in communities in which Schneider Electric is
established in North America.
Initiatives in India
Schneider Electric India is committed to promoting development
among underprivileged people through various projects. In 2008
Schneider Electric India created a Foundation to carry out all
Corporate Social Responsibility activities in the country. The
Schneider Electric India Foundation devotes itself to the following
areas as a priority:
•education: development of skills among young people without
jobs who have left school and college; scholarships for deserving
students coming from the most underprivileged social classes;
training of school children in energy saving and environmental
protection;
•entrepreneurship: support of young people trained under
the Schneider Electric Energy Access program with a view to
founding a business;
•entrepreneurship: support of young people trained in the context
of the Schneider Electric Energy Access program so that they
can fi nd a job;
•electrifi cation: electrifi cation of underprivileged households in
remote areas;
•emergency support: restoration of the electricity grid after a
natural catastrophe.
The Schneider Electric India Foundation works in partnership with
more than 30 NGO’s and with the involvement of the employees
and commercial partners of Schneider Electric.
Accomplishments of the Schneider Electric India Foundation from
2009 through 2015:
•250 electrician training centers in 21 Indian states;
•training of 52,000 unemployed young people;
•95 academic scholarships;
•243 volunteer missions with Schneider Electric Teachers;
•27,639 schoolchildren registered in the Conserve My Planet
program.
These initiatives are consolidated at the level of the Schneider
Electric Foundation and are taken into account in the different
reports and indicators.