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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC58
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2GREEN AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH DRIVING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
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2. Green and responsible growth
driving economic performance
This chapter covers two subjects:
•products and solutions for fighting climate change: energy effi ciency, smart grid, sustainable cities, retrofi t offers for end-of-life
products, etc.;
•business ethics: Group’s Principles of Responsibility, anti-corruption, relations with suppliers and subcontractors.
2.1 Overview
Context and aims
Climate change is one of the main challenges of the 21stcentury.
Schneider Electric works for sectors that account for the majority
of global energy consumption. Energy consumption is not always
optimized, which makes it one of the largest sources of CO2
emissions.
As a global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric’s
products and solutions help reduce energy consumption and CO2
emissions. The Group is therefore developing energy effi ciency
offerings to reduce energy bills by up to 30% for every type of
building. The Group’s offerings also target other areas related to
smart grids and sustainable cities.
Moreover, the Group’s products and solutions are sold worldwide,
either directly to end customers or through partner networks,
therefore without any control over their fi nal destination and end-
of-life processing. To limit the impact of its end-of-life products,
Schneider Electric has established a system to recover equipment
containing SF6, a powerful greenhouse gas.
The Group works in more than 100countries, with heterogeneous
practices, standards and values. Schneider Electric is also
committed to acting responsibly towards all of its stakeholders.
Therefore, the Company has defi ned its Principles of Responsibility
that apply to the entire Group and are based on dedicated
organization and processes. In addition, Schneider Electric is
committed to sharing its vision of sustainable development with the
greatest possible number of its suppliers.
For this section, four key performance indicators have been set in the Planet&Society barometer for the duration of the Schneider is On
program (2015-2017):
Objectives for year-end 2017 2015 2014
1. 100% of new large customer projects with CO2 impact quantifi cation -* -
2. 120,000tons of CO2 avoided through maintenance, retrofi t and end-of-life services 44,777▲-
3. 100% of our recommended suppliers embrace ISO 26000 guidelines 64.7%▲48%
4. All our entities pass our internal Ethics & Responsibility assessment 88%▲-
The 2014 performance serves as a starting value for the Planet&Society barometer of the Schneider is On program between 2015 and 2017.
▲ 2015 audited indicators.
* Results measured from 2016 (measurement tools deployed in 2015).
Please refer to pages104 to 107 for the methodological presentation of indicators and the following pages for the analysis of the results
(pages60-62 for indicator1, 62 for indicator2, 63 for indicator3, and 65 for indicator4).