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Sustainable development Committed to and on behalf of employees

4. Committed to and on behalf of employees

Overview

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People strategy Our people make Schneider Electric a great company. The Group motivates its employees and promotes involvement by making the most of diversity, supporting professional development, and ensuring safe, healthy working conditions. Its ultimate ambition is to generate higher performance and employee engagement, through world-class people practices that are supported by a global/local and scalable model. Human Resources thus play a key role in supporting the performance and talent development of Schneider Electric in the changing context of its activity. Its growth is characterized by a sustained internationalization, numerous acquisitions, the increase of headcount dedicated to selling solutions and services, while maintaining a share of blue collars close to 50%. All employees are treated equally based on their skills, notably regarding employment, recruitment, talent identification, training, remuneration, health and safety, thanks to common processes and policies. Step Up The profile of the company has changed tremendously in the past 10 years and the same has happened with our external environment. The new “Schneider Electric” we have created over the past 10 years is much bigger, well balanced across geographies and end-markets. It provides a unique portfolio of products, systems, services and software to our customers through different go-to-market channels and consolidating many acquisitions. We have identified that, for this new company, we require a different type of leadership.

We have embarked on an important People transformation during the past few years, which is embedded in our Company Program and we call it ‘Step Up’. Step Up is our People strategy, our common roadmap to transform our leadership and culture in the coming years. Through Step Up, our ambition is to create: E a new Schneider Electric that consistently achieves high growth by innovating for our customers and beating the competition; E a more engaging environment for our employees; E an attractive company for talent through our Employer Value Proposition. All of this while delivering a best-in-class digital experience to our employees, supported by simple and agile processes. Schneider Electric brand values Schneider Electric’s values are the core principles that define the Group and its brand: E straightforward. We are straightforward. We do what we say and we communicate in simple ways. We behave with integrity; E challenge. We challenge ourselves and others to rethink what is expected. We are agile and move at the speed of change; E open. We are open. We value differences. We listen. We learn, connect, collaborate with others; E passionate. We are passionate about our customers, our people, our business and our technology. We are positive in our approach to finding solutions that improve lives; E effective. We are effective. We deliver on promises. We are pragmatic and fast, and we compete to win.

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