Taking meaningful action

In this digital economy, Schneider Electric’s global supply chain is evolving to become even more tailored, sustainable, and connected with our Tailored Supply Chain 4.0 strategy, powered by EcoStruxure solutions.

Tailored: We are passionate about our customers’ success, always seeking to provide what they value while leveraging scale and efficiency.

Sustainable: Sustainability is a priority across our supply chain, exemplifying our concern for people and the planet. We optimize resources by developing a circular supply chain with clean and safe facilities powered by renewable energy.

Connected: Our supply chain is digital and smart, powered by EcoStruxure products and solutions. We provide visibility to customers, optimizing end-to-end efficiency and asset reliability.

We continuously work toward a greener supply chain, to protect the environment and decouple our activity from the consumption of natural resources. Flagship programs include delivering energy efficiency from the inside out with our EcoStruxure solutions, powering our facilities with renewable energy, reducing water intensity in water stress areas, and reducing CO2 emissions generated by transportation. We also join hands with our suppliers to extend our environmental ambitions to our partners.

Two years ago, the Paris Climate Agreement gave us all a clear understanding of the need to limit global temperature rise to less than two degrees Celsius to avoid widespread, disastrous ecological problems.

In 2017, Schneider has joined RE100 and EP100 — two global, collaborative initiatives of influential businesses led by The Climate Group and committed to climate action.

RE100: to use 100% renewable electricity by 2030 with an intermediary objective of 80% by 2020. This will be accomplished by on-site renewable energy projects in our premises, long-term power purchase agreement with renewable developers and renewable certificates. 

EP100: to double energy productivity by 2030, against a 2005 baseline, setting an ambitious target to doubling the economic output from every unit of energy consumed. We leverage our Power and Building EcoStruxure to deliver year-on-year energy efficiency.

We drive an ”obsession toward zero waste” across all our facilities globally. Waste minimization, reuse, recycling, and landfill avoidance have become an integral part of our plants’ and distribution centers’ performance scorecards, and we see constant progress. This year, we are proud to have had 130 plants receive the “Toward Zero Waste to Landfill” designation.

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Schneider Electric has rolled out ISO 14001 certification to all its manufacturing and logistics sites comprised of more than 50 employees and to large tertiary sites. All these sites contribute to environmental reporting and therefore to the Group’s environmental targets. The ISO 14001 certification helps implement continuous improvement actions and processes to reduce the main environmental impacts of sites, on energy, waste, VOC, water, etc.

In 2017, 263 sites were certified ISO 14 001.

The new 2018 - 2020 Schneider Sustainability Impact statement includes the following goals:

• 5 pts / 100 increase in average score of ISO 26000 assessments for our strategic suppliers
• 300 suppliers under Human Rights & Environment vigilance received specific on-site assessment
• 100% of sales, procurement, and finance employees trained every year on anti-corruption Supplier Guide Book
• Use 100% of cardboard and pallets for transport packaging from recycled or certified sources by 2020
• 10% CO2 efficiency in transportation

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