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Accelerating sustainability for all

Sustainability is at the core of our purpose, culture and business as we accelerate our contributions to a sustainable and inclusive world.

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Our corporate sustainability strategy

Schneider Sustainability Impact 2021-2025

Concrete and ambitious targets for sustainable impact in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals.

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Schneider Electric Net-Zero commitment

Our Net-Zero targets are validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative. We have 3 milestones leading to Net-Zero across our value chain by 2050.

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Schneider Electric biodiversity pledge

We commit to no net biodiversity loss in our operations by 2030 to preserve natural ecosystems and resources.

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Our 6 long-term commitments

See how we are leading the way to accelerate sustainable progress for our customers, employees, partners, and communities everywhere.

Climate

Progressing fast to net-zero in our operations, with partners and for customers.

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Resources

Advancing circularity and preserving our planet’s riches and biodiversity.

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Trust

Upholding stakeholders to social, governance, and ethical standards.

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Equal

Supporting diversity and inclusion at work and those with no access to energy.

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Generations

Upskilling and developing everyone across generations to contribute and thrive.

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Local

Empowering local teams and partners to lead and deliver grassroots impact.

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Sustainability insights

Featured blogs and white papers

Guide to assessing product sustainability

This white paper clarifies global eco-label standards and how to interpret environmental declarations.

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Three transformations drive our climate action

Why tackling the demand side of the energy equation is key to keeping global warming in check.

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The 2030 imperative

From our latest research here are three solutions to adopt immediately and get back on track to meeting the 1.5 trajectory.

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Four steps to decarbonisation

A useful and practical outline of the process organisations can undertake to properly tackle decarbonisation.

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Pure air to fight climate change

Why alternatives to SF₆ and other greenhouse gases are essential to carbon reduction.

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No more biodiversity loss

A fact-based approach to measuring, setting targets and halting biodiversity loss.

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Focus on short-term measures

BNEF asks our Chief Strategy and sustainability Officer about how to accelerate climate actions.

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All generations matter

Our fact-based approach to measuring, setting targets and halting biodiversity loss.

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Our Sustainability Research Institute’s latest modelling

Towards net-zero buildings

A framework toward net-zero Buildings to accelerate the investment needed to deliver a greener urban built environment.

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Guide to sustainability metrics for data centres

This framework proposes categories and metrics for Beginning, Advanced, and Leading data centre operators.

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Back to 2050

Why accelerating the modernisation of our global economy is the key to taking us to net-zero?

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Cracking the energy efficiency case in buildings

Discover the way to decarbonise faster and embrace modern solutions to crack modern issues.

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Electric vehicle smart charging in buildings

Deploying smart EV charging technology in buildings provides huge benefits and is vital for decarbonising transport.

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Realising the potential of customer-sited solar

Address customer-sited solar and storage from a policy and regulatory point of view to enable sustainable growth.

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Urban transformations: integrated energy solutions

Real solutions leverage efficiency and electrification to decarbonise our transport systems and build environments.

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Building heat decarbonisation

We assess what it would take to decarbonise building heating globally and overcome existing roadblocks.

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Digital economy and climate impact

Is the IT sector's electricity consumption out of control? We model electricity demand for the sector through to 2030.

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Fit for 55 package

We explore 10 policy ideas to make the EU’s new 55% CO₂ reduction target a reality.

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Beyond the scope of climate pledges

Learn about the means to accelerate the energy transition and how private-public partnerships are playing a key role.

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Be an Impact Maker

Meaningful impact takes an ecosystem of people, communities, suppliers, customers, and partners — and it needs to happen at every stage of the lifecycle.

Turn ambition into action

Engaging our supply chain on The Zero Carbon Project

Learn how we help top 1,000 suppliers deliver on their sustainable 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.

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