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2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT<br />
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE HEART OF OUR STRATEGY<br />
50<br />
1.6 Global and local external commitments to move forward collectively<br />
List of the Group’s primary sustainable development commitments<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> works with different local and international organisations on economic, social and environmental issues to foster sustainable<br />
development in cooperation with various actors from society. In 2011, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> confi rmed its commitment and its participation in<br />
discussions on issues related to climate change.<br />
Theme Commitment<br />
Sustainable governance International: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), United Nations Global<br />
Compact.<br />
France: member of the Board of Directors of ORSE (French study centre for corporate social responsibility)<br />
and of the French Global Compact network.<br />
Energy/Energy<br />
effi ciency<br />
Highlights of 2011<br />
International: Alliance to Save Energy (Energy effi ciency), Clinton Climate Initiative (Buildings), Green Grid<br />
(Information Technology), The 2˚C Challenge Communiqué (Corporate Leaders Network for Climate Action, CLN).<br />
France: EpE (Entreprises pour l’Environnement), IFPEB (Institut Français pour la Performance Energétique du<br />
Bâtiment), Pacte Écologique de Nicolas Hulot, Grenelle de l’Environnement.<br />
Diversity France: see page 76 .<br />
Social policy Observatoire Social International<br />
Standardisation With more than 20 experts actively participating in international standardisation bodies, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> is<br />
making a decisive contribution to the elaboration of standards that ensure the reliability and transparency of<br />
the work on environmental issues of its offers (UTE, Union technique de l’électricité et de la communication;<br />
CENELEC, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation; IEC, International Electrotechnical<br />
Commission; ISO, International Organisation for Standardisation) .<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> plays an active role within AFNOR (French Standards Organisation). It participates in the<br />
working group on sustainable development.<br />
Since February 2007, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has represented France on the IEC’s Advisory Committee for<br />
Environmental Aspects (ACEA). The ACEA works to advise and coordinate the IEC’s efforts to tackle<br />
environmental issues.<br />
Miscellaneous For many years, the Group has also actively supported Association pour le développement du mécénat<br />
industriel et commercial (ADMICAL), a French not-for-profi t organisation involved in corporate sponsorship<br />
issues, and IMS-Entreprendre pour la cité, an association that helps companies implement their corporate<br />
social responsibility policies. Lastly, the Group participates in work conducted by CSR Europe, notably in the<br />
area of occupational health.<br />
Livelihoods: Carbon offset fund for rural<br />
communities<br />
Livelihoods is an investment fund to provide investment partners<br />
with carbon credits that have a high societal value, seeking the best<br />
balance between the value of these credits and the value created in<br />
local communities. In Senegal, for example, 450 villages are already<br />
replanting 7,000 hectares of mangroves, thereby rebuilding their<br />
food-producing ecosystem (fi sh breeding and crop protection).<br />
This project allows 900,000 tonnes of carbon to be stored in<br />
20 years. With a provision of EUR 30 to 50 million, Livelihoods will<br />
invest mainly in 3 program types: restoration and preservation of<br />
natural ecosystems, agroforestry and soil restoration for sustainable<br />
agricultural practises and rural energy access projects that avoid<br />
deforestation. <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>, CDC Climat and Le Crédit<br />
Agricole are the main investors joining Danone to create this fund.<br />
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2011 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC<br />
Business solutions for energy access: White paper<br />
for the WBCSD<br />
At the end of 2011 Jean-Pascal Tricoire, with the Chairmen of ERM<br />
and GDF SUEZ, co-signed a white paper for the WBCSD (World<br />
Business Council for Sustainable Development) on the business<br />
solutions to enable energy access for all. This white paper is the<br />
fi rst signifi cant publication from the WBCSD and coincides with<br />
the launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for all in<br />
January 2012 by the United Nations.<br />
Participation in the 17th Conference of the Parties<br />
(COP17)<br />
During the COP17, at the end of 2011 in Durban, South Africa,<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> took part in many conferences, notably on<br />
access to energy, energy effi ciency of buildings and on Smart Cities,<br />
in collaboration with the United Nations’ Environmental Program<br />
and the WBCSD.