Schneider Electric, a global specialist in digital transformation in energy management and automation, has announced an update on its Sustainability Impact Index (SSI) program for 2021-2025. According to the plan, Schneider Electric’s 2022 annual target of 4.70 points, as of the third quarter has reached a cumulative score of 4.54 points, a series of results prove that Schneider Electric is firmly implementing the long-term commitment to sustainable development, demonstrating its leadership in combating climate change.

With the end of the New York Climate Week and the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), global attention to climate change is once again on the rise. Gwenaelle Avice-Huet, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at Schneider Electric, also attended COP 27 to share Schneider Electric’s insights on sustainability and its expertise and recommendations to empower the industry to accelerate its move to “net zero carbon.”

The recent partnership between Schneider Electric and MSCI, the world’s leading provider of ESG data, in the area of carbon reduction further demonstrates Schneider Electric’s commitment to the Sustainable Impact principle and its commitment to be the best ESG practitioner and a leading enabler of sustainability.

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Q3 Sustainability highlights

Schneider Electric achieved a number of outstanding sustainability results in the third quarter of 2022, including:

Schneider Electric’s Net Zero Carbon Commitment Roadmap has been certified by the Scientific Carbon Target Initiative (SBTi) as one of the first companies in the world to achieve this certification.

In the famous ESG rating agency Standard & Poor’s Global “2022 Corporate Sustainability Assessment” obtained 89 points (out of 100 points), the industry leading level.

Since 2018, it has helped customers worldwide save and avoid 400 million tons of carbon emissions, and it is more than halfway to helping customers reduce carbon emissions by 800 million tons in 2025.

In its third quarter report, Schneider Electric detailed more results and highlights from the 2021-2025 Sustainability Impact Index (SSI) Program:

“Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Index (SSI) Program 2021-2025” Results and highlights for the third quarter of 2022

Gwenaelle Avice-Huet, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at Schneider Electric, said: “The global climate situation is increasingly urgent, and sustainability is the key to solving it. We should not only focus on short-term interests, but also on the common future of mankind. Companies are pushing for sustainability not only to meet climate goals, but also for their own good. Schneider Electric’s results show that companies practicing sustainability can not only drive change across ecosystems, but also better protect our planet.”