Connect - Schneider Electric

2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE HEART OF OUR STRATEGY
50
1.6 Global and local external commitments to move forward collectively
List of the Group’s primary sustainable development commitments
Schneider Electric works with different local and international organisations on economic, social and environmental issues to foster sustainable
development in cooperation with various actors from society. In 2011, Schneider Electric confi rmed its commitment and its participation in
discussions on issues related to climate change.
Theme Commitment
Sustainable governance International: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), United Nations Global
Compact.
France: member of the Board of Directors of ORSE (French study centre for corporate social responsibility)
and of the French Global Compact network.
Energy/Energy
effi ciency
Highlights of 2011
International: Alliance to Save Energy (Energy effi ciency), Clinton Climate Initiative (Buildings), Green Grid
(Information Technology), The 2˚C Challenge Communiqué (Corporate Leaders Network for Climate Action, CLN).
France: EpE (Entreprises pour l’Environnement), IFPEB (Institut Français pour la Performance Energétique du
Bâtiment), Pacte Écologique de Nicolas Hulot, Grenelle de l’Environnement.
Diversity France: see page 76 .
Social policy Observatoire Social International
Standardisation With more than 20 experts actively participating in international standardisation bodies, Schneider Electric is
making a decisive contribution to the elaboration of standards that ensure the reliability and transparency of
the work on environmental issues of its offers (UTE, Union technique de l’électricité et de la communication;
CENELEC, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation; IEC, International Electrotechnical
Commission; ISO, International Organisation for Standardisation) .
Schneider Electric plays an active role within AFNOR (French Standards Organisation). It participates in the
working group on sustainable development.
Since February 2007, Schneider Electric has represented France on the IEC’s Advisory Committee for
Environmental Aspects (ACEA). The ACEA works to advise and coordinate the IEC’s efforts to tackle
environmental issues.
Miscellaneous For many years, the Group has also actively supported Association pour le développement du mécénat
industriel et commercial (ADMICAL), a French not-for-profi t organisation involved in corporate sponsorship
issues, and IMS-Entreprendre pour la cité, an association that helps companies implement their corporate
social responsibility policies. Lastly, the Group participates in work conducted by CSR Europe, notably in the
area of occupational health.
Livelihoods: Carbon offset fund for rural
communities
Livelihoods is an investment fund to provide investment partners
with carbon credits that have a high societal value, seeking the best
balance between the value of these credits and the value created in
local communities. In Senegal, for example, 450 villages are already
replanting 7,000 hectares of mangroves, thereby rebuilding their
food-producing ecosystem (fi sh breeding and crop protection).
This project allows 900,000 tonnes of carbon to be stored in
20 years. With a provision of EUR 30 to 50 million, Livelihoods will
invest mainly in 3 program types: restoration and preservation of
natural ecosystems, agroforestry and soil restoration for sustainable
agricultural practises and rural energy access projects that avoid
deforestation. Schneider Electric, CDC Climat and Le Crédit
Agricole are the main investors joining Danone to create this fund.
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2011 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Business solutions for energy access: White paper
for the WBCSD
At the end of 2011 Jean-Pascal Tricoire, with the Chairmen of ERM
and GDF SUEZ, co-signed a white paper for the WBCSD (World
Business Council for Sustainable Development) on the business
solutions to enable energy access for all. This white paper is the
fi rst signifi cant publication from the WBCSD and coincides with
the launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for all in
January 2012 by the United Nations.
Participation in the 17th Conference of the Parties
(COP17)
During the COP17, at the end of 2011 in Durban, South Africa,
Schneider Electric took part in many conferences, notably on
access to energy, energy effi ciency of buildings and on Smart Cities,
in collaboration with the United Nations’ Environmental Program
and the WBCSD.