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2 Sustainable development

Schneider Electric, an eco-citizen company

Raising awareness about sustainable development Energy and climate change are at the heart of the issues facing our planet. Doing more with fewer resources is now possible. By supporting innovative projects, the Schneider Electric Foundation voluntarily helps raise awareness among different stakeholders participating in the challenges of climate change. The Company invests in emblematic and international programs by making its knowledge, notably in energy systems management, available through donations in resources and/or knowledge. Through its projects and the commitment of its employees, the Schneider Electric Foundation wants to emphasize: E the desire to contribute and provide solutions. Safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green energy management solutions are now available and operational, even in the most extreme conditions. Through its Foundation and alongside the International Polar Foundation, as well as the Fédération française des clubs alpins et de montagne in the framework of the new Refuge du Goûter , Schneider Electric contributes to implementing innovative and exemplary smart networks within the environmental domain; E the ability to build together, to break down barriers. By forging links with NGO partners, Schneider Electric develops solutions that will serve the project by extending its scope, adapting to needs and to different ways of collaborating that are new and original; The Foundation is supporting Gold of Bengal’s Low-tech Lab project through the Nomades des Mers expedition and the Low-Tech Tour. For 3 years, a catamaran has crossed the oceans to reach out to local populations and co-construct technologies tailored to their energy needs. At each destination, a workshop is organized on a particular theme: desalination in Morocco, aluminum recycling in South Africa, biogas and even wastewater treatment using microalgae; E setting an example for employees, but also for the wider community. Faced with our planet’s issues and particularly the challenges posed by energy resources, Schneider Electric always wants to aim higher: through its ambitious initiatives that may sometimes seem idealistic, these adventurous solutions show that it is possible to meet the challenges. Spotlight on COP23 At COP23 held in Bonn from November 6 to 17, 2017, the Foundation forged an important partnership with Art of Change 21 and Creative Klima. Throughout COP23, Creative Klima offered exhibitions, conferences, workshops, debates, awards, music programming and many festivities just a few hundred meters from the International Conference Center, on the MS Beethoven Township boat on the banks of the Rhine and the French Institute Bonn. Creative Klima brought together major players, French and international, in the fields of social entrepreneurship, energy, culture and climate: the association Art of Change 21, the international NGO Ashoka, the French Institute Bonn, Atelier 21 and its initiatives Paleo-Energetic and Solar Sound System, conference of the International Weather and Climate Forum, exhibition of the paleo- energetic frieze for a chronological journey in the history of energy

innovations, musical programming by the Solar Sound System, workshop and ceremony of the European Award “Social Innovation to Tackle Fuel Poverty” with Ashoka, conference of the Schneider Electric Foundation with the French climatologist Jean Jouzel and Gilles Vermot Desroches, general delegate of the Schneider Electric Foundation, mask creation workshop on the topic of air pollution and climate with Maskbook by Art of Change 21, etc. The aim of Creative Klima was to demonstrate that creativity and innovation are major levers of transition dynamics and to offer the general public innovative and original means of action and reflection, mobilizing their own creativity and stories of life. Schneider Electric Teachers NGO Since the Schneider Electric Foundation was created in 1998, it has placed Group employee involvement at the heart of its work. Either Foundation delegates or employee volunteers are the link between the Company, the Foundation and the supported organizations. Since 2012, the NGO Schneider Electric Teachers was created to organize volunteer missions benefiting the Foundation’s partners. Schneider Electric and its Foundation wish to go even further to support the voluntary participation of current and retired Schneider Electric employees: E for the benefit of the Foundation’s partners: E teaching programs and vocational training programs for access to energy, E support of families affected by fuel poverty; E for the benefit of social entrepreneurs supported through the Schneider Electric Energy Access (SEEA) investment fund. Since the creation of Schneider Electric Teachers, 1,347 missions have been completed. Governance The Schneider Electric Teachers association lodged its by-laws with the prefecture in France in February 2012. Its board is composed of former Schneider Electric directors and members of the Sustainable Development Department involved in the Access to Energy program. The latter includes: Olivier Blum (President), Michel Crochon (Vice- President), François Milioni (Secretary, head of Training Program), Christophe Poline (Treasurer, head of SEEA Social Welfare Investment Fund), Emir Boumediene (member, representing volunteers), Gilles Vermot Desroches (member, Sustainable Development Manager). The board met 5 times in 2017, and a General Meeting was held in December 2017. After less than 5 years in existence, 180 partners in 80 countries had joined the initiative. The community of volunteers included close to 1,900 people. Operations and players This is a shared contribution between the Foundation, Schneider Electric entities and employees/retirees for the benefit of non-profit structures that are partners of the Foundation: E the employees/retirees volunteer their time and make their skills available; E the partners look for skills to support their activities, specify their needs and support volunteers in carrying out their mission;

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