Engaging our supply chain on The Zero Carbon Project
Learn how we help top 1,000 suppliers deliver on their climate-positive goal to reduce CO2 emissions by half by 2025. Through our dedicated decarbonisation programme that offers training, expert support, tools, and solutions, our partners get everything they need to accelerate their business.
Our partners and customers inspire us every day to find new ways to empower all to do more with less. We are honoured to be recognised and awarded globally and locally in areas of sustainability, trustworthiness, reliability, and safety.
2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development
The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are focused on protecting the planet, alleviating poverty, and achieving worldwide peace and justice. The Schneider Sustainability Impact and Essentials are transformation tools, aligned to all SDGs. They promote rapid, disruptive changes to heighten our sustainability performance, and uphold industry leadership in corporate social responsibility.
No poverty
Schneider Electric operates with the conviction that human well-being comes first. Therefore, we believe that decent wage and development opportunities enable employees within the company and communities around it to live a fulfilling life and thrive.
50 million
people provided with access to green electricity by 2025 (100 million by 2030)
We place human health and well-being at the core of our actions. Food is a basic need and a necessity for livelihood. Underserved populations are at the margin of society, and we know we all have a part to play to protect their livelihood.
50 million
people provided with access to green electricity by 2025 (100 million by 2030)
Our commitment to prioritising people everywhere orients us to view well-being holistically – as physical, mental, social, and emotional — and to develop programmes that support all our stakeholders to manage their unique life and work.
100%
of our strategic suppliers provide decent work to their employees by 2025
Sustainability goals go beyond creating a greener world. Learning never stops, and we actively promote a learning and teaching culture by connecting tomorrow’s energy leaders with the education, support, and opportunities they deserve.
the number of opportunities for the next generation by 2025
Gender equality
Schneider Electric believes in equality between all genders. As such, the long-lasting difference in society’s treatment of men and women is a challenge we face and rise to as we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion fosters sustainable development.
50/40/30%
women hired (50%), front-line manager (40%), and leaders (30%) by 2025
We take great care in ensuring our operations don’t impact biodiversity and water quality. We take action to protect this scarce resource in our sites and develop water and wastewater solutions.
100%
of sites in water-stressed areas build a dedicated strategy and action plan by 2025
We provide solutions for clean, reliable, and efficient energy consumption to our customers, and are committed to help people in underserved areas gain access to green and reliable electricity.
50 million
people provided with access to green electricity by 2025 (100 million by 2030)
Schneider Electric is certain that sustainability requires decent work and opportunities to allow a prosperous development for all its stakeholders. It is our commitment to trust, equality, and opportunities for all generations, that drives us.
100%
of our strategic suppliers provide decent work to their employees by 2025
Schneider Electric’s identity and legacy drive the company towards perpetual innovation and mobilisation to make its infrastructures and products modern and up to date with its commitment to sustainability.
We are devoted to empowering and positively impacting all employees, customers, and communities. We hope to bring everyone together on the same level of equality, thus allowing everyone to strive individually and collectively.
50/40/30%
women hired (50%), front-line manager (40%), and leaders (30%) by 2025
We offer sustainable solutions in urban areas with smarter homes and buildings. We also act for communities by giving them access to sustainable energy and by transforming our global commitments into local realities.
100%
of country and zone presidents set local commitments impacting their communities
At Schneider Electric, we believe that circularity is the key to for sustainability. In fact, using fewer resources and producing higher quality products is the ideal combination to ensure safety for employees, consumers, and the environment.
As we strive to be an impactful company, our climate strategy addresses all our stakeholders, from employees to supply chain partners, customers, as well as local communities, and shows there are ways for companies to “do good while doing well”.
800M tonnes
of saved and avoided CO2 emissions delivered to our customers by 2025
Resources are essential to our business; preserving them does not only make good business sense but is also the right thing to do. Our “one planet compatibility” mindset, drives our actions to protect marine life.
100%
of our packaging free from single-use plastic, using recycled cardboard by 2025
Schneider Electric is committed to using fewer natural resources, living within our planet's means, and advancing our biodiversity strategy. We align with like-minded partners to prioritise conservation and help create a more sustainable world.
Sustainability is a job for all; the urgency of the situation is impossible to ignore. All hands must be on deck and it is crucial to establish frameworks, programmes, and infrastructure, thus allowing a just and peaceful development.
+10pts
confidence of our employees to report unethical conduct by 2025
Schneider Electric is a global company that aims to foster cooperation amongst all its stakeholders to create an environment of trust and prosperity to support better lives for everyone.
4,000
suppliers assessed under our "Vigilance Programme" by 2025
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How can we create a sustainable and inclusive world through a comprehensive corporate sustainability strategy?
Schneider Electric leads the way as a sustainable company through digital transformation and next-generation automation by following a corporate sustainability strategy with decarbonisation goals at its core. As an Impact company, Schneider Electric is committed to engaging with sustainability on all fronts, including climate, resources, gender diversity, and inclusion. Schneider Electric is leading the net-zero transition and is ready to bridge business resilience and sustainability for its partners by helping them set up innovative corporate sustainability strategies that make the most of available energy, resources, and people. Our Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Programme (SSI) focuses on achieving Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) targets as well as carbon neutrality by 2025, boosting our efforts toward fighting climate change and social inequality, and fulfilling local commitments. We partner with our customers and suppliers to deploy services and solutions that deliver energy efficiency and sustainability and drive them towards reduced carbon emissions. Our innovation portfolio helps us move toward a climate-positive world through continuous investments and developments in reliable and green energy for immediate and lasting carbon neutral operations in line with our carbon pledge.
We are committed to preserving natural ecosystems and resources on our planet by upholding our customers’ trust through high social, governance, and ethical standards to prevent biodiversity loss. We believe in creating equal opportunities by ensuring that uniqueness is valued, and the work environment is inclusive. We believe in fostering learning, upskilling, and development for each generation paving for the next. We have a purpose of empowering local communities by promoting local initiatives and enabling individuals and partners to make sustainability a reality for all. Our experts, well-versed in global, corporate sustainability initiatives, including carbon reduction programmes, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and supply chain initiatives, enable our clients to a pathway to net-zero and climate leadership.
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