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13 Access to Energy<br />
Peter Bakker<br />
President, World Business Council for<br />
Sustainable Development<br />
‘The WBCSD * is proud to<br />
be catalysing company<br />
action through our<br />
Access to Energy Initiative,<br />
co-chaired by<br />
Schneider Electric, GDF<br />
Suex, <strong>and</strong> ERM ** . This<br />
initiative is helping business<br />
<strong>and</strong> other key stakeholders<br />
underst<strong>and</strong> how the<br />
business contribution to<br />
access to energy can be<br />
maximized, leading the<br />
way to further scaling up<br />
of innovation <strong>and</strong> action to<br />
eradicate energy poverty’.<br />
* World Business Council for<br />
Sustainable Development<br />
** Environmental Resources<br />
Management<br />
Providing access to reliable, affordable, <strong>and</strong> clean energy<br />
Through the BipBop Programme – Business, Innovation, <strong>and</strong> People at the<br />
Base of the Pyramid – Schneider Electric is developing access to energy for<br />
those who need it most.<br />
Making the right offer with the right partner<br />
Developing skills to build careers <strong>and</strong><br />
success stories<br />
Training is essential to the success of all our efforts at the<br />
Base of the Pyramid.<br />
> In Brazil, our BipBop effort has addressed the need<br />
for basic residential <strong>electric</strong>ity by training more than<br />
5,000 people in the <strong>electric</strong>al trade<br />
Watch the video of our training efforts in Brazil<br />
In Bangladesh, we partnered with Grameen Shakti to create<br />
affordable renewable energy solutions for people at the<br />
Base of the Pyramid.<br />
> Designed a new version of our In-Diya LED lighting<br />
HOME system to be more robust <strong>and</strong> affordable for<br />
the average local household<br />
Learn more about our renewable energy partnership with<br />
Grameen Shakti with our video<br />
Empowering local economies by fostering<br />
local businesses<br />
The Schneider Electric Energy Access (SEEA) fund supports<br />
entrepreneurial initiatives around access to energy.<br />
> The SEEA Fund supports NICE International BV, which<br />
is creating opportunities for social <strong>and</strong> economic<br />
<strong>development</strong> for one million people in Africa<br />
Learn more about the SEEA Fund with our video<br />
billion people have<br />
no access to energy*<br />
* Source: World Energy Outlook<br />
<strong>2011</strong>, International Energy Agency<br />
number of countries<br />
where BipBop training<br />
programmes take place<br />
A new version of the Solar Home system<br />
has been released by Schneider Electric in<br />
<strong>2012</strong>, featuring new flat LED technology for<br />
more effective lighting power <strong>and</strong> reduced<br />
consumption, <strong>and</strong> a USB plug for mobile<br />
phone charging.<br />
<strong>2011</strong>-<strong>2012</strong> Strategy & Sustainability Highlights In-brief
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