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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC80
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2COMMITTED TO AND ON BEHALF OFEMPLOYEES
Additional actions for 2015 included:
•continuation of the Global Safety Alert program – the system
to quickly communicate serious events and their associated
corrective actions;
•Global Integrated Management System (IMS - Includes ISO 9001,
ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001) – Certifi cation was received in
Asia Pacifi c in 2014. North America received certifi cation in 2015
and the rest of the world will receive certifi cation in 2017;
•the third year of the Global Safety Standardization deployment
– the program to standardize safety best practices globally; in
2015, fi veinitiatives were approved for standardization – scissors
lift usage, ladder usage, customer worksite activity, LOTO (Lock-
Out Tag-Out), motorized pedestrian PIT (powered industrial
trucks);
•the third year of global implementation of the Annual Safety &
Environmental Assessments (ASEA) – an internal audit system
focused on critical safety and environmental elements that are
applied on a global basis to ensure compliance with standardized
OHS and environmental processes, practices and procedures;
•Leading Proactive Indicators have been integrated into the
Schneider Production System (SPS). The SPS is a tool to
evaluate and drive continuous improvement in our manufacturing
and logistics processes. A review of the safety component of the
SPS has taken place and the next version of SPS has a much
stronger safety component;
•a new release of GlobES (Global Environment and Safety
data management system) has been deployed globally from
September 2015 and enables us to better track and manage
our safety program and to meet or exceed our key performance
indicators;
•in our commercial organisation, 49 Country Presidents
completed 90 customer site safety audits and over 200 safety
communications;
•the DuPont safety cultural assessment survey was rolled out to all
Global Supply Chain sites in EMEA; the program has been used
to identify opportunities to make further improvements in safety
and move towards an interdependent safety culture;
•in 2015, in EMEA, a proactive indicator was added which
measures the number of near misses reported. The target is
to have one near miss reported per fi ve employees; this is very
much in line with the move towards proactive reporting which will
continue in 2016.
Objectives
Schneider Electric uses three primary indicators to measure
Occupational Health & Safety performance. The fi rst of these
indicators is the Medical Incident Rate (MIR) which measures the
number of medical cases permillion hours worked. This measure
allows for an in-depth evaluation of workplace hazards, and the
resulting corrective actions assist in the elimination of recurring
incidents and the prevention of injury. The Group has used the MIR
as a key performance indicator on a global basis since2010 with a
target to reduce the MIR by 10% year on year.
The second and third indicators are the Lost-time Incident Rate
(LTIR) and the Lost-time Day Rate (LTDR). The LTIR measures the
number of medical cases that incur lost-time work days permillion
hours worked. These lost-time cases are indicators of a more
serious type of medical case. The seriousness of these cases is
indicated by the LTDR which measures the number of days lost
due to lost-time medical cases permillion hours worked. Schneider
Electric has used the LTIR and LTDR as key performance indicators
on a global basis since 2012, replacing similar indicators at that
time. Both indicators also have a target reduction of 10% year on
year.
The 2015 results for MIR, LTIR and LTDR are as follows:
•MIR 2014 =1.85; MIR 2015 = 1.53 reduction of 17%;
•LTIR 2014 =0.93; LTIR 2015 = 0.92 reduction of 1%;
•LTDR 2014 = 29.98; LTDR 2015 = 25.10 reduction of 16%.
Certifications
In 2009, Schneider Electric began the implementation of
occupational health and safety management systems that meet or
exceed the requirements of OHSAS 18001 standards. In2011, the
Group revised the requirement to specifi cally include certifi cation to
OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) at 100percent of its manufacturing
and logistics sites (sites with more than 50people and within two
years of creation or acquisition).
Training and Communication
Training and communication are key components of the
Health & Safety program at Schneider Electric. The Group is
committed to Training and communication are key components of
the Health&Safety program at Schneider Electric. The Group is
committed to providing awareness level and task specifi c training
for its employees and contractors to ensure a strong knowledge
base to work safely. In 2013, a new emphasis has been placed
on ensuring all employees receive a minimum of seven hours of
training per year, including OHS related training. New global safety
courses continue to be added to the safety training program and
there are currently 41 safety e-learning courses available. The global
training database is called My Learning Link, which tracks course
requirements and course completions. As the specialists in all
things relating to electrical application, in 2015 we launched a team
of «Edison Experts» to further advance our internal competencies
in electrical safety, contractor safety, customer worksite safety and
Lock-Out Tag-Out.
Communication is vital to an effective global OHS program and
the Group is using many communication methods to share OHS
concerns, best practices, and successes. New communication
opportunities implemented in 2015 include a new Safety,
Environment and Real Estate (SERE) intranet. A new global
quarterly SERE newsletter has the cover story written by one of
the Schneider Electric Senior Leadership team and is distributed
to all employees through the new SERE intranet. Training and
communication have also been improved through the use of
webinars covering safety related training topics, performance
reports, and action plan updates. The Global Safety Lead has
presented several global webinars emphasizing the importance of
proactive activities including near miss reporting.