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IN OCTOBER
2017, SCHNEIDER
ELECTRIC
ANNOUNCED
THAT IT EXCEEDED
ITS BAROMETER
TARGET FOR 2017;
A QUARTER AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE.
• Access to energy as a fundamental
human right: the fight against climate
change will not be effective without
taking into account the needs of 2.3
billion people who have poor access
to energy. Schneider Electric actively
promotes access to energy. Energy
Access Ventures – a fund backed
by Schneider Electric that invests in
growing, entrepreneurial businesses in
sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack
of electrification in the region with new
technology and innovative business
models – has secured commitments of
€54.4 million to provide electricity to 1
million people by 2020.
• Providing new solutions for more
efficient, more liveable and more
sustainable cities: for Schneider Electric, a
sustainable city is an urban centre where
infrastructure and energy go hand in
hand. Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure
enables the company, its partners
and its customers to lead a new world
of energy that is more electric, more
digitised, more decarbonised and more
decentralised. Schneider Electric also uses
its EcoStruxure Power, Building and Grid
solutions to help its own buildings and
data centres to be more resource efficient
and profitable.
• Carbon pricing: the introduction of
robust, clear and predictable carbon
pricing mechanisms, that take into
account specificities across regions,
along with the adoption of ambitious,
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long-term policy frameworks that favour
low carbon solutions and incentivise
innovation are essential to reduce CO2
emissions. Schneider Electric has already
adopted an internal price of carbon
as part of its various programmes to
reduce its CO2 footprint, which include
setting bold energy efficiency targets;
introducing renewable energy projects;
optimising logistical operations, such as
transportation routes and container fill
rates; and eco-design of its products with
CO2 considerations front of mind.
• Raising awareness of sustainability is
crucial for making the world greener:
doing more with less is possible now, but
to successfully face climate change, we
need to involve and change behaviours
across society. Schneider Electric and
its Foundation – under the aegis of
Foundation de France – are committed to
raising awareness amongst its employees,
customers, partners and shareholders
globally. Its aim is to demonstrate that
creativity and innovation are major levers
in acceleration change by offering the
general public new and original means
of action and reflections, mobilising
Gilles Vermot Desroches, Senior Vice
President Sustainability, Schneider Electric
their own creativity. Schneider Electric is
also developing tools such as a Footprint
Calculator that allows users to measure
their demand on natural resources and
assess their personal Earth Overshoot
Day (the calculated illustrative calendar
date on which humanity’s resource
consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s
capacity to regenerate those resources
that year).
• Importance of gender equality for
energy transition: Fiji Presidency of
COP23 will focus on the disproportionate
vulnerability of women and the
approaches that can make them
more resilient. Schneider Electric
supports training and entrepreneurship
programmes for women and has an
objective to have 85% of employees
work in countries with Schneider Electric
gender pay equity.
“Access to energy is a fundamental human
right,” said Gilles Vermot Desroches. “At the
same time, combating climate change cannot
be effective without considering development
problems, which is why we promote
sustainable access to energy worldwide.” n
COMBATING
CLIMATE CHANGE
CANNOT BE
EFFECTIVE
WITHOUT
CONSIDERING
DEVELOPMENT
PROBLEMS,
WHICH IS WHY
WE PROMOTE
SUSTAINABLE
ACCESS TO
ENERGY
WORLDWIDE.
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