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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S COMMITMENT TOENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Energy Action program
Schneider Energy Action is a program for the continual reduction in
energy consumption in all of the Group’s sites. The objectives are:
•reducing the Group’s CO2 footprint, as part of our ambitions for
continued reductions in greenhouse gases and in line with our
COP21 commitments;
•reducing all forms of energy consumption (electricity, heat, gas,
oil), and thereby lowering costs;
•deploying Schneider Electric’s energy effi ciency solutions at its
own sites;
•demonstrating Schneider Electric’s expertise to its customers;
•raising employees’ awareness about new energy effi ciency
solutions and how they can contribute themselves to their
optimal use or even their future improvements.
Around 10% of total Group emissions come from energy
consumption at its sites (according to the carbon footprint). Since
2005, Schneider Electric has fi xed annual objectives for reduction
and publishes (internally) the energy consumption of each of its
production and logistics sites each year, as part of the Schneider
Energy Action program.
During previous company programs One (2009-2011) and Connect
(2012-2014), the Group set itself the goal of achieving a reduction
in its energy consumption of 10% (on each program), i.e. a total of
20% in six years.
At the end of 2014, the goal was achieved and exceeded thanks to
a 10% reduction over the 2009-2011 period, and a 13% reduction
over the 2012-2014 period.
In 2015, the new company program Schneider is On was launched
and the goal to reduce energy consumption was renewed with an
identical objective of a 10% reduction during the period from 2015
to 2017, despite a level of consumption of already reduced sharply
over many years.
The 2015-2017 company program, Schneider is On, includes the
following objectives:
•reduction of energy consumption by 10% over three years
compared to 2014;
•deployment of certifi cation for energy management systems in
accordance with standard ISO 50001 for 150 industrial sites (i.e.
a major part of the Group’s industrial scope) by 2017;
•identifi cation of opportunities to reduce energy consumption over
all sites as a result of the Energy Action audits;
•promotion of renewable energy adoption on our own sites (mainly
solar), integrating Schneider Electric solutions, and purchasing
renewable energy when it is available locally.
The Schneider Energy Action program uses Schneider Electric
energy service activities to identify opportunities in key areas which
are HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning), certain
equipment (such as air compressors), lighting and specifi c industrial
processes.
Many initiatives and awareness campaigns are implemented
internally to improve understanding of the short and long-term
benefi ts of energy effi ciency. There is also a dedicated Intranet site
that provides information on progress and the results obtained as
part of Schneider Energy Action.
At the end of 2015, this program enabled the following achievements:
•4.5% reduction in consumption compared to 2014 was achieved
(climate and level of production standardized) for the 218sites
with the highest consumption, covering 82% of the total energy
consumption published by the Group; this result is in line with
the overall objective, exceeding by 1 point the target given for
2015 (3.5%);
•91 sites are ISO 50001 certifi ed in line with the 2017 objective
of 150;
•about 3.5 million euro and 47 million kWh were saved in 2015,
thanks to the 4.5% energy savings;
•about 3.4million euro was invested, of which 3million in capital
costs and 0.4million in operating costs.
Note: Energy consumption and bills are managed in Energy
Operation and Resource Advisor respectively.
Energy Operation and Resource Advisor are software suites that
are part of the Schneider Electric StruxureWare platform, which
helps customers in any market segment and across all geographic
areas to maximize their business performance while conserving
their resources, including energy. Energy Operation is applied at the
operations level and Resource Advisor is applied at the company
level.
Resource Advisor provides secure access to data, reports and
summaries to drive energy effi ciency programs.
Energy Operation provides a data visualization and analysis
application that aggregates volumes of raw energy data into
actionable information. As a cloud-based software as a service
(SaaS) model, it provides reduced solution cost, increased
data storage capacity, and a fl exible and mobile energy solution
enhanced by Schneider Electric expert services.
The Green IT program
Green IT is a worldwide program to reduce the electrical consumption
of Schneider Electric’s IT infrastructure (data centers, servers and
IT devices). It addresses all phases of the life cycle of IT devices
and involves a close partnership with the Group’s equipment and
services suppliers, so as to also help reduce their carbon footprint.
Main objectives of this initiative are:
•to optimize the number of data centers and their energy
management features, using Schneider Electric products and
solutions;
•to ensure the continuous training of the IT teams, implementation
of continuous improvement plans and best practices to reduce
the use of electricity of all IT devices from the data centers to the
end user;
•to optimize and reduce the Group’s server footprint by
virtualization and or by leveraging virtual private and/ or public
clouds where appropriate.