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2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT<br />
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE HEART OF OUR STRATEGY<br />
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By aligning itself with the GRI in 2010 and obtaining a score of<br />
B, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> reinforced its extra-fi nancial reporting. A<br />
reference table with these indicators and the indicators proposed<br />
by the GRI is provided on the website: Company > Sustainability<br />
> Sustainable governance.<br />
Our internal basis of preparation: the<br />
Responsibility & Ethics Dynamics (R&ED)<br />
program and Our Principles of Responsibility<br />
The challenges<br />
As a global corporation, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> continuously interacts<br />
with local and international partners. The Group’s borders are<br />
expanding, its environment is constantly changing, and its societal<br />
responsibilities and activities are growing. In this international<br />
context, reprehensible behaviour may be seen when the ethics<br />
inspection and prevention processes are fragile. The Group is<br />
responsible for implementing its resources to support employees in<br />
the event of an ethical dilemma.<br />
The aim of the program<br />
In 2002, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> published a set of guidelines entitled Our<br />
Principles of Responsibility to give all team members a common<br />
reference point. The document outlines the Group’s commitments<br />
to each of its stakeholder groups: the Company’s employees, its<br />
1.4 Global policies<br />
Reference documents are distributed throughout the Group so that<br />
all team members can embrace <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s responsibility<br />
approach and apply it in line with local culture and legislation.<br />
Ethics<br />
The Our Principles of Responsibility document is not only <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong>’s ethics charter; it also constitutes a code of conduct. All of<br />
the Group’s policies stem from it (environment, quality, purchases<br />
and the different social policies). The document is available in 30<br />
languages and is distributed to all employees.<br />
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economic partners (mainly clients and suppliers), shareholders, the<br />
community and the planet.<br />
• In 2009, the Group updated Our Principles of Responsibility to set<br />
out standards on ethics. This document incorporates updated<br />
Group and employee commitments on the following:<br />
• the respect of law, the limits established by each employee to<br />
ensure he or she entirely respects the laws of all the countries in<br />
which <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> works;<br />
• the deontology that all employees must follow in line with the laws<br />
in force in countries where <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> works;<br />
• Group societal responsibility, which all employees must respect<br />
to act responsibly towards society and the planet.<br />
In 2010, the Responsibility & Ethics Dynamics program put these<br />
ambitions into practice by setting up an organisation, procedures<br />
and tools for the Group, so that its employees could:<br />
• provide team members with effective support in their daily actions<br />
and decision-making, primarily through access to the necessary<br />
resources (policies, procedures, tools & best practices);<br />
• help team members identify the appropriate individuals to guide<br />
them in their responsible approach and in each of the areas<br />
covered by the principles;<br />
• know how to notify the authorities of breaches of ethics, with<br />
respect for current laws and regulations.<br />
For more information: see Our Principles of Responsibility page 57 .<br />
Environment<br />
The fi rst version of <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s environmental policy was<br />
published in 1992, changed in 2004 and confi rmed in October 2007.<br />
It aims to improve industrial processes, reinforce product ecodesign<br />
and incorporate Group customers’ concerns for environmental<br />
protection, while providing product and service solutions. It applies<br />
to the Group and is accompanied by global action plans.<br />
Social<br />
The Group’s Human Resources policies cover the following:<br />
diversity, hiring, recruiting, international mobility, training, human<br />
capital development, talent identifi cation, total remuneration, social<br />
benefi ts and health and safety. These apply to the Group and are<br />
accompanied by global processes.