Recently, Schneider Electric, a digital transformation expert in the field of global energy management and automation, announced the latest progress of the “2021-2025 sustainable development impact index (SSI) plan” in the third quarter of 2021. Its SSI score in the third quarter is 3.65, and it is expected to achieve the annual target of 3.75 by the fourth quarter.

As a long-term advocate, practitioner and enabler of global sustainable development, Schneider Electric was rated as the top 100 global sustainable development enterprises by the enterprise jazz in 2021, and actively fulfilled its commitments in six aspects of “coping with climate change, making efficient use of resources, adhering to honesty and trustworthiness, creating equal opportunities, releasing potential across generations and enabling local development”, Accelerate the realization of its sustainable development strategy.

At present, climate change is becoming more and more serious, and it is urgent to reverse this trend. The latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC) points out that global warming is expected to increase the temperature by 1.5 ℃ from 2028 to 2035 compared with the pre industrialization level, about 10 years ahead of the previous warning. In addition, the 15th Conference of the parties to the United Nations Convention on biological diversity was held in Kunming in mid October (COP15) and the 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (cop26) recently held in Glasgow, UK, have highly emphasized the urgency of mitigating the climate crisis.

In dealing with climate change, Schneider Electric has already taken action and achieved remarkable results. Schneider Electric Sustainable Development Research Institute stressed in the report “top priorities in 2030: race against time” recently released that the world urgently needs to use green energy management and green intelligent manufacturing technology to accelerate the process of carbon emission reduction in construction, transportation and industry. By using digital technology, Schneider Electric has made outstanding contributions to coping with climate change and biodiversity crisis. Its solutions have been included in the “world economic forum net zero carbon city solution toolbox” and the “100 day possibility” online platform of global footprint network.

In the future, Schneider Electric will continue to expand its global sustainable development consulting business, join hands with partners from a broader ecological field, actively respond to climate change and implement the process of carbon emission reduction. For example, by supporting the deployment of solar panels and on-site wind turbines, and realizing energy sharing and coordination with the microgrid of adjacent communities by technical means, the intelligence of Schneider Electric’s smart office park in Grenoble, France, has greatly improved energy efficiency. The park covers an area of 26000 square meters and has 5000 employees, but its annual power consumption per square meter is only 37 kwh, about one tenth of the average energy consumption level of buildings in Europe. Recently, Schneider Electric announced to further deepen its strategic partnership with VELUX, Alfa Laval and DuPont in the field of sustainable development. In addition, Schneider Electric successfully launched the global supplier “zero carbon plan” this year to help the top 1000 major suppliers reduce their carbon emissions by half by 2025.

At the same time, Schneider Electric pays full attention to the long-term commitment of “crossing generations and releasing potential”, which creates rich opportunities for each generation to learn, improve skills and realize development. At present, Schneider Electric has provided training for more than 300000 young people in the field of energy management, including the recent education cooperation project for poor children in Bangladesh.

The results and highlights of the “2021-2025 Schneider Electric sustainable development impact index (SSI) plan” in the third quarter of 2021 include:

Olivier Blum, chief strategy and sustainable development officer of Schneider Electric, said: “It is everyone’s bounden responsibility to mitigate the climate change crisis, and enterprises play a vital role in this process. We must accelerate action to reverse the trend of climate warming and reduce negative impacts. As a long-term advocate, practitioner and enabler of sustainable development, Schneider Electric will fully rely on the advantages of digital technology and sustainable experience to empower customers and partners As a partner, accelerate towards a greener and low-carbon future. “