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1.5 An organisation structured through networks
Overall operation
The Sustainable Development Department
The Sustainable Development Department, created in 2002, is part
of the Strategy & Innovation Department since 2008. It has the
following responsibilities:
• defi ning Schneider Electric’s sustainable development strategy
and rolling out action plans at Group level with the concerned
entities;
• conceiving and steering Schneider Electric’s innovative
community projects to ensure continuing improvements in the
Group’s performance in this area.
In 2010, the Sustainable Development Department was adapted
to better meet the Company’s present and future challenges, as
well as the requirements of stakeholders. It is organised around four
areas:
• ethics, steering the Responsibility & Ethics Dynamics program
(see page 57 );
• societal responsibility, with the Schneider Electric Foundation as
well as insertion and expansion programs (see pages 85 to 89 );
• access to energy, responsible for the BipBop program
(see pages 81 to 85 );
• supporting and developing the Group’s performance, in particular
by steering the Planet & Society Barometer and the strategy and
sustainable development report (see pages 46 to 47 ).
Supervisory Board
Following James Ross, Cathy Kopp has been responsible for
offi cially presenting the sustainable development issues to the
Supervisory Board since 2010. She also plays the part of internal
advisor for sustainable development: Cathy Kopp analysed the
Group’s sustainable development policies and programs in 2011,
interviewing various managers. A restitution to the Supervisory
Board is expected in 2012.
SERE organisation – Safety, Environment & Real Estate
(see page 61 ).
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE HEART OF OUR STRATEGY
Human Resources organisation
(see page 70 ).
Energy Efficiency and Solutions Experts
(for the offer)
Within the Strategy and Innovation Department, the Energy
Effi ciency and Solutions team rolls out and supports the Company’s
and its employees’transition from a product-based approach to a
solution-based approach.
To achieve this, Schneider Electric works with a network of 15,000
employees, comprised of certifi ed solution sales and marketing
teams and supported by technical experts and over 60 Solution
Centres aligned to supporting customers in local geographies and
key global end user segments, where our solution architects are
developing the solutions its customers want today and designing
the solutions of tomorrow
Cross-functional committees
There are three bodies made up of members from the Group’s
entities who work on sustainable development directly or remotely.
These specifi c committees guide and monitor the action plans for
their area of expertise.
The Executive Sustainability Committee
Since 2010, the three members of the Executive Committee
in charge of global Human Resources, Global Supply Chain
Management and Strategy and Innovation, meet every quarter with
the Sustainable Development Director to monitor and steer the
Group’s action plans in this area.
The Strategic Sustainability Committee
It was created in 2008 and is chaired by the Sustainable
Development Director. Its representatives are from the following
programs and functions: health and safety, diversity, societal
innovation, environmental management, sustainable RoHS and
REACH programs, purchasing, supply chain, ethics, access to
energy program, communication and relations with stakeholders.
The Ethics Committees
(See page 58 ).
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