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2SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S COMMITMENT TOENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
2.5 Anti-corruption
To promote and develop integrity in business activities, various anti-
corruption initiatives have been created or strengthened:
•after becoming a member in 2014, Schneider Electric became an
active member of Transparency International France;
•over 50% of Schneider Electric African subsidiaries received anti-
corruption compliance certifi cates issued by Ethic Intelligence, for
their activities on the continent: Schneider Electric Egypt & North
East Africa, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Conlog; this is
a major work of Schneider Electric’s fi ght against corruption on
the African continent and distinctive by the depth of its action;
the objective is to have 100% of African subsidiaries certifi ed; this
initiative will be expanded to include other subsidiaries on other
continents;
•to promote integrity and reinforce the message from top
management, a video module has been specially created and
integrated into the new e-learning module dedicated to Our
Principles of Responsibility ;
•the Compliance Department rolled out the new Business Agent
policy and strengthened due diligence;
•specifi c training and educational materials have been developed
for the attention of a certain number of functions, such as
the Purchasing function; the Tender response and project
implementation centers; and the Finance Department;
•communications in the form of Lessons Learned were conducted
with the Country Presidents in cases of alerts detected that
were the subject of investigation in order to explain and give
instructions on how to prevent unethical acts.
Schneider Electric became a member of Transparency International
in September2014 to promote and strengthen integrity in business.
Transparency International is a leading NGO which aims to stop
corruption and promote transparency, responsibility and integrity
at all levels and across all sectors. The Group participates in inter-
company exchanges organized by the NGO.
Schneider Electric actively participates in the Global Compact
working group which brings together companies ranked at the
Advanced level and which addresses many issues, including
anti-corruption. It contributes to the exchange of best practices
organized by the association Cercle Éthique des Affaires and the
fi rm Ethic Intelligence.
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3. Schneider Electric’s commitment
toenvironmental performance
This chapter deals with the environmental impact of the Group’s global supply chain and logistics activities (its «Global Supply Chain»). The
products, services and solutions offered by Schneider Electric which help reduce the environmental impacts of its customers’ activities are
described in part2 (page60 ).
3.1 Overview
Context and aims
Schneider Electric has defi ned a clear 2020 environmental
strategy defi ning 15 priority initiatives and related goals across 6
environmental domains, fully aligned and supporting our Schneider
is On program and our sustainable growth strategy. At Schneider
Electric, e nvironmental considerations go far beyond our efforts
towards the sustained reduction of our footprint on the planet,
as they really embed everything we do, from strategy, R&D,
down to the value we bring to our customers. The tagline of our
Global Environment Day on June4 , 2015, inviting all our 160,000
employees to celebrate their achievements and innovations for
the environment was « A Passion for Green Growth »: it really
summarizes how we see the environment at Schneider Electric.
Briefl y introducing the six domains of our environmental strategy,
our 2015 achievements and key aspirations:
1. CO2 and r esources strategy towards a c limate-compatible
and p lanet-compatible growth path. We have defi ned a CO2
strategy and roadmap (with 2020 and 2030 time horizons),
allowing us to remain «COP21 and +1,5°c compatible» with
a sustained and step-by-step decoupling of our growth journey
and supply chain transformations from climate implications.
Furthermore, through our efforts in R&D and ecoDesign, we
design a broad range of products, services, and solutions
bringing signifi cant CO2 gains to our customers, thus avoiding
millions tons of CO2 in addition to our own supply chain efforts.
Our climate bond issued in October2015 was precisely focused
on the fi nancing of such R&D efforts towards low-CO2 offers for