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The Schneider Electric FoundationClosing the energy gap together

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A Foundation enables us to go further in terms of how we perceive change, how we commit to society and how we develop

a shared vision our employees are proud of. Under the aegis of the Fondation de France, the Schneider  Electric Foundation is concrete proof of the Group’s commitment to building a sustainable future.

To ensure continuity, the Foundation is run separately from the Group, with its own governance and objectives. At the same time, it enables Schneider  Electric to further its leadership by explaining its sustainable development initiatives. And it provides opportunities for employees to donate their skills, time and energy to civil-society organizations.

The Schneider Electric Foundation focuses on training people from modest backgrounds. Courses in energy and entrepreneurship offer young people in particular a foot in the door career-wise, while providing communities with the skills essential to economic development. The Foundation has already trained more than

110,000 budding energy workers and this figure should reach 1 million by 2025, thanks to the support of our employees and numerous non-profit organizations.

Over time, the Foundation has expanded its scope, especially in social innovations, to tackle fuel poverty and help disadvantaged people to access to energy. The Foundation helps social entrepreneurs to develop their business plans, designs tools to measure their social impact, and finds ways to implement them on a wide scale. It also enables Schneider Electric to better understand the world as it evolves and build close links with civil-society organizations, beyond its usual stakeholders. Together, we are co-creating the appropriate solutions for populations on the wrong side of the energy gap.

This objective is particularly meaningful in a context of global energy transition, where each and every one of us needs to consume more wisely.

A company cannot create wealth exclusively for its shareholders. It has responsibilities towards Society, the most important being to pass on our knowledge to young people.

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Gilles Vermot Desroches

Sustainability Senior VP, Schneider Electric

General Delegate, Schneider Electric

Foundation

Henri LachmannFormer CEO, Schneider Electric

Chairman of the Schneider Electric Foundation

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1.1 billion people worldwide still do not have access to electricity*

65 millionindividuals in Europeare living in fuel poverty**

113,439 underprivileged people trained in energy skills

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* World Bank figures** Pour une justice environnementale européenne, le cas de la précarité énergétique, Revue de l’OFCE / Débats et politiques – 120 (2011)

All too many people lack access to electricityAccording to a World Bank report, Progress Toward Sustainable Energy: Global Tracking Framework 2015, 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have access to electricity.In mature economies, many families find themselves in difficulty. According to the French observatory of economic contexts, based on European Commission data, 65 million people, or 13% of European households, are living in fuel poverty, spending a considerable proportion of their incomes on energy.

A negative impact on quality of life and economic developmentPoor access to energy complicates life for these underprivileged populations. A lack of light limits evening activities, especially school activities for children. Access to healthcare is also more difficult. It is estimated that more than half of all hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa run refrigerators on unreliable power, which creates problems for vaccine storage.Economic development also suffers when difficulties in accessing electricity rule out mechanization. In the agrifood business, for example, it is difficult to manage without machines for drying, cooking, pasteurization and refrigeration.In Europe, fuel poverty leads to health problems, in addition to the discomfort of living conditions that are too cold and damp.

A key issue for sustainable developmentThe United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Advisory Group on Energy and Climate identified energy access as one of the keys to reducing poverty. Better access to energy would improve standards of living for underprivileged populations, while facilitating access to healthcare and schooling. It would also boost professional activities, as required for economic development.

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It is our shared responsibility to make access to energy an inalienable right and reduce the energy gap, which impacts all too many people today.

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The Schneider Electric Foundation has historically focused on providing energy training tohelp populations from modest backgrounds find jobs. Created in 1998 under the aegis of the Fondation de France, it has gradually expanded its scope to supporting entrepreneurship and raising awareness of sustainable development. Since 2013, it has also turned its attention to energy poverty in more mature economies, promoting accessible and affordable energy as

a universal and inalienable right. To carry out its work, the Foundation relies on a network of Schneider Electric employees, the 130 delegates in 80 countries who are in charge of managing its projects locally.In addition to an annual endowment of €4 million, the Foundation receives donations from local Schneider Electric subsidiaries and employees, which take the total to around €11 million.

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We want to set up lasting solutions. To tackle fuel poverty in Europe, we are working with Ashoka, a non-profit organization specializing in social innovation, to develop and implement solutions proposed by the 13 winners of the “Social Innovation to tackle Fuel Poverty”

program. We are also lobbying the European Commission to better consider energy poverty issues.In terms of training, the Foundation supports projects that magnify the impact of action carried out, such as the creation of train-the-trainer centers in India and a global network of franchise training centers for recognized names such as France’s ICAM school of engineering.

Going beyond philanthropy to close the energy gap.“

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Schneider Electric’s Access to Energy Program is at the heart of its social responsibility approach, with three main objectives:• Creating and marketing products suited to the target populations• Investing in startups that promote access to energy, through two investment funds• Providing technical training and support for entrepreneurshipThis third area is managed by the Foundation through funding, equipment donations and training content. In 2012, it created Schneider  Electric Teachers, a non-profit organization helping employees and retirees to share their knowledge through volunteering missions.With the help of around 150 partners in more than 30 countries, the Foundation has provided training to more than 110,000 people since 2009 and aims to reach 1 million by 2025.

It also draws on a global network of 30 centers of excellence in technical training, resulting from tripartite collaboration between the Foundation, the French Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research, and the ministry of vocational training in each host country. The four most recent centers opened in South Africa in 2016, following a first successful project in Johannesburg in 2013.

François Milioni, Training and Entrepreneurship Director,

Access to Energy Program, Schneider Electric

The main challenge for our program today is scaling up or finding projects that will increase our impact.For example, we are working on setting up 100 training centers

in India, in partnership with the French and Indian governments and Schneider Electric India.We are engaged in a policy of long-term collaboration with partners able to replicate our efforts, such as Acted, a French NGO. Together, we have equipped a training center in Myanmar and we are looking into replicating this success in Cambodia and Vietnam where Acted is present. We are also working along these lines with Don Bosco Mondo.Another area we are exploring is advocacy. Vocational training for 16-25-year-olds, our key target, is often overlooked, with a low profile in the media and considerably less funding than education or health.Finally, energy entrepreneurship is essential to the development of local economies and youth employment. We support innovative initiatives that promote entrepreneurship and sustainable development, such as training programs in Brazil and Nigeria, and incubators for small businesses in Vietnam.

In July 2015, Magali Herbaut spent two weeks in Douala, Cameroon on a Schneider  Electric Teachers mission to share her skills with young people from underprivileged backgrounds.

What did you bring to these young people?I was in charge of an entrepreneurship module for young people willing to start a business. In Cameroon, I had 41 students, including just one young woman! I had to teach some of them basic math before talking about how to create a business plan: carrying out a market study, managing cash flow, and managing their time (as well as possibly a team).

What were the results?Some of them have since set up a company and launched their activity. A good example is a young Cameroonian who has started his business aimed at electrifying a village in the east of the country through solar power.

What have you taken away from the experience?Given that some of them didn’t even have €10 to start a business, their optimism and resourcefulness was remarkable. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and these young people want to take their fate into their own hands.

Three questions to Magali HerbautVice President Academy Services, Schneider Electric

Training and starting a business in Cameroon Providing out-of-school youths in Douala with access to quality energy training and supporting entrepreneurship

Since 2010, the Foundation has backed the development of short- and long-term vocational training for disadvantaged youths in the Cameroon city of Douala, through numerous partnerships (with CEFOM, CAFRAD, IPD-AC, etc.). Since 2015, the Foundation has also initiated an entrepreneurial task force with partners to help these youths find jobs. Various support processes have been set up, for example with IPD-AC, which has benefited from skills sharing by Schneider  Electric Teachers and has gathered partners such the Orange Foundation in Cameroon and FNE, the National Employment Agency.

I feel that I’m contributing to something useful.

Access to Energy

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Bringing the best to those most in need

I’m in charge of the Access to Energy Program in Asia. We’ve been up and running in India for six years now and three years in Bangladesh. We’re also present now in Myanmar, Vietnam,

Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia and most recently Sri Lanka and Pakistan.Our philosophy is to bring the best to those most in need. We train trainers, which is essential since we really need competent people to help out in the most challenging regions. In particular, we want to train young people from the most underprivileged backgrounds.

The Foundation brings us support in evaluating situations, validating projects and funding.It also provides equipment and training content.I’m convinced we need to engage employees in these activities and encourage them to volunteer to share their expertise and experience in the training sessions.

Training in IndiaThe Schneider Electric India Foundation in collaboration with the Foundation has already provided electrician courses to 52,000 underprivileged young people in 260 training centers nationwide, contributing to equal opportunities in vocational training. Now, through a partnership with the Indian National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and the Power Sector Skill Council (PSSC) led by representatives of the Indian energy sector, The Schneider Electric India Foundation and the Foundation will provide free training materials, set up laboratories and lead train-the-trainer programs in selected vocational skills development centers.Abhimanyu Sahu, Director of Schneider Electric’s Access to Energy Program in Asia Pacific, commented: “We think we can make a strong contribution to the development of skilled labor in electricity, helping India to develop its energy sector autonomously.”

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Training and starting a business in BrazilSupporting entrepreneurship and empowering Brazilian women professionally

In April 2016, the Schneider Electric Foundation and Schneider Electric Brazil launched, in partnership with local organizations such as SENAI and the Ser do Sertao cooperative, an entrepreneurship program for women in Bahia, one of the poorest states in Brazil.17 men and 18 women from 14 different microregions received 160 hours of technical training (in electricity, access to energy, and solar power systems) and 40 hours of entrepreneurial training. A specific entrepreneurship module for women was also developed to raise participants’ awareness and encourage them to launch their own businesses. Brazil has now expanded this initiative to other partner centers, keeping women entrepreneurs at the heart of its program and mobilizing the necessary partners to create a positive ecosystem for new businesses.

Student testimonialJeane, 27, from Juazerio in Bahia, took part in the entrepreneurship program offered by Schneider Electric Brazil and the Foundation.

This training program was a great opportunity for me, since I discovered, step by step, how to develop my own business.

Interview with Ravi BhushanHead of Training Asia, Access to Energy Program, Schneider Electric

What have you taken away from the program?One of the highlights has been

encouraging participants to talk in public, to go meet investors or obtain microcredit. It was really encouraging to see that women were getting involved and that they were sometimes even more courageous than the men when launching into something new. That’s one of our main takeaways from this program.

Why are the groups mixed?The groups are mixed to change mindsets, so men see women in a new light and realize that they too can be electricians!

Two questions to Fabiana GalvaoProject manager, Sustainable Development, Schneider Electric Brazil

Changing mindsets so men realize women too can be electricians!

Where I come from, people think a woman’s place is in the home, taking care of her husband and having children. I’ve found this hard. I think women can be just as competent as men in the workplace, and above

all, I want more from life: I want to have my own opportunities and earn a living. I decided to study, work toward my objectives and achieve my dreams. This training program was a great opportunity for me, since I discovered, step by step, how to develop my own business. It was exactly what I was looking for.I have a fiancé now, but it’s important for me to keep going.I’m going to settle in my region and make electric installation and maintenance my career. I work hard and I’ll do everything possible to reach my objectives.My motto is: where there’s a will, there’s a way!

Samenlevingsopbouw projectHiring out recent equipment to help people reduce their electricity bills and buy more energy-efficient appliances with the savings.

Energy poverty impacts no less than 18.5%* of households in Belgium. Many have outdated, inefficient domestic appliances, and the higher their bills, the less able they are to replace them with more energy-efficient models.Social worker Stefan Goemaere had the unique idea of hiring out new appliances to these people while they save money to buy more efficient ones – a previously inexistent model.He successfully submitted the project to the King Baudouin Foundation and Ashoka Belgium, receiving a nine-day training session in social entrepreneurship. In June 2015, the Schneider  Electric Foundation invited him to Paris to discuss the project with its members, social innovation experts and Schneider Electric employees.Negotiations have since started with a domestic appliance manufacturer to provide money-saving equipment and recycle outdated products. The project should kick off at the beginning of 2017.

Tackling fuel poverty

Fuel poverty is a major concern in most European and North American countries, referring to people being unable to heat their homes comfortably or affordably, whatever the cause (low income and/or high rent and energy bills).

The Schneider  Electric Foundation supports energy-poor families by setting up programs including innovative social action and new tailored solutions.

Creating a suitable ecosystem for every situation, linking business and philanthropy

Since 2013, Schneider Electric has committed to tackling fuel poverty in more mature economies. Drawing on the Foundation, the Group has set up a program similar to its Access to Energy Program, with three main focuses:

• Raising awareness of energy management among energy-poor households and supporting experiments through partnerships with non-profit organizations fighting fuel poverty• Investing in social and charitable enterprises, particularly those focused on social housing for the most excluded populations, high-performance renovations and circular economy• Developing social innovations and solutions suitable to help energy-poor people reduce their bills and live more comfortably

We want to create an ecosystem that is suited to every situation, linking business and philanthropy, with partners from non-profit organizations, companies and the public sector.

13 social innovation projects to fight fuel poverty

In September 2015, the Foundation and Ashoka, a non-profit organization specialized in the development of social entrepreneurship, launched a call for projects. “Social Innovation to Tackle Fuel Poverty” was designed to support promising social innovations aimed at improving living standards in six European countries (Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom). Some 200 projects were studied with a view to revealing new economic models and collaborative practices, and 13 were selected. One example is the Compagnons Bâtisseurs project Soli’Bat for collecting equipment, labor and funding to reduce the costs of the rehabilitation self-help projects supported by the organization. Another is a proposal by the London-based Seasonal Health Interventions Network (SHINE), which offers energy-saving advice to vulnerable people with the aim of reducing the health problems that are all too often associated with fuel poverty.

Implementing social innovations on a wider scale

The winning projects are then accompanied in a six-month acceleration phase with mentoring sessions organized by Ashoka, aimed at helping the entrepreneurs to develop their projects, outline or strengthen their business models and implement their strategies on a wider scale. Through the Schneider  Electric Teachers non-profit organization, the Foundation offers employee skills sharing to suit their various needs. It also ensures that other stakeholders can adopt the social innovations, and find new sources of funding.

Stefan Goemaere,Samenlevingsopbouw project manager

We have worked for four months with Ashoka and Schneider  Electric experts to accelerate the project

and think about how it could be expanded throughout Europe.

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Énergie Solidaire Rounding up electricity bills to the nearest euro to help the energy poor

Enercoop is a French energy provider focused on 100% renewable electricity and a responsible approach. To fight fuel poverty, Enercoop has set up the Énergie Solidaire (“charitable energy”) program. Launched in 2014, this program uses an innovative system of micro-donations on energy bills to support and fund local initiatives for tackling fuel poverty. Currently, Énergie Solidaire is aimed at Enercoop’s 30,000 clients, who are likely to make micro-donations. In the future, it could expand to other energy providers, which would considerably boost the number of donations and make the system more powerful, providing funding for more initiatives.

Ecoserveis Helping energy-poor families to better manage their energy spending

Ecoserveis is a Spanish non-profit organization that helps energy-poor families to make savings on their energy bills. In 2016, it organized two initiatives with Schneider Electric Spain and the Schneider Electric Foundation.The first involved Schneider  Electric providing free equipment to renovate families’ electrical installations in Madrid, Saragossa and Barcelona.One of Ecoserveis’s priorities is to audit household energy consumption and offer advice, for example on improving insulation.The second initiative saw the Foundation funding electrical installation certificates for several hundred families. In Spain, before being able to change a contract with an energy provider, householders may need to produce a “CIE,” a certificate of compliance that must be renewed every 20 years by law. This costs about €100, which is a significant sum for families who already have trouble paying their electricity bills.

Kevin Chaplais, Manager of the Énergie Solidaire program, Enercoop

Kevin Chaplais works for Enercoop, a provider of 100% renewable energy, on its Énergie Solidaire program.

In partnership with Ashoka, the Foundation is helping me work on the communications strategy for my program, on the documents that need to be produced and on how best to communicate to consumers.

We want to create a crowdfunding platform to help people who have made savings to reinvest them in helping energy-poor households.

Cristina RamosProject Manager, Ecoserveis

Schneider  Electric Spain provides us with equipment to renovate electrical installations in energy-poor households.

In addition, the Foundation offers financial support for installing it, and is currently helping us equip our new offices in Madrid to improve working conditions for our volunteers.

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Raising awareness of sustainable development

Low-tech innovations are essential for the future, since they meet basic needs (access to water, food and energy) within the constraints of specific local environments, cultures and

economies. Engineers from Schneider  Electric research centers in India, China and France are contributing their skills to this cause. On the Nomade des Mers expedition to Dakar, Senegal, I helped design and develop a wind turbine from 100% reclaimed materials: PVC tubes, a printer motor, basic electrical components, etc. For under €10, we produced a wind generator that can recharge a mobile phone or motorcycle battery or power a small irrigation system.

Refuge du GoûterEnergy autonomy at an altitude of 3,835 m

Refuge du Goûter, the last stop for climbers ascending Mont Blanc, was inaugurated in 2014. It is the only shelter of its kind worldwide in terms of energy management, with self-sufficient heating, hot water and electricity at any hour. Schneider  Electric technologies are used for the entire electrical installation and the control systems. When closed in winter, the shelter can be controlled remotely to withstand very low temperatures. The Foundation funded the energy equipment as a way to raise awareness of climate change issues.

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research StationThe first “Zero-Emission” polar research station

The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica polar research station can house up to 20 people. It is fully autonomous, producing electricity through solar photovoltaic panels and wind turbines, and heating through solar thermal panels. Funded by the Foundation, the programmable electrical system can instantly adjust the energy produced and consumed for water processing, heating, ventilation, etc. This project demonstrates the ability of reliable, non-polluting technologies to provide high-performance energy in the most extreme conditions.

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Low-tech LabSharing frugal innovation worldwide with Nomade des Mers

Low-tech Lab promotes low-tech innovation that respects people and the environment. Its flagship project is the Nomade des Mers catamaran expedition, launched in February 2016. For three years, this floating laboratory will cross the oceans to meet local populations and co-build technologies to meet their energy needs. Supported by the Foundation, the Nomade des Mers plans to stop in 15 different ports during the first 18 months of its expedition. At each destination, a workshop will be organized on a particular theme: desalination in Morocco, aluminum recycling in South Africa, biogas and wastewater processing using micro-algae in Malaysia.

Energy and climate change are among our planet’s greatest challenges. It is possible to do more with fewer resources, right now. By supporting innovative projects, the Schneider  Electric Foundation aims to help find solutions. It engages in innovative, ambitious and international programs, offering its expertise, particularly in energy management, through donations of equipment and/or skills.

Interview with Franck SerpolletProject coordinator, Schneider Electric Teachers volunteer

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Building on the skills and energies of all stakeholders

Closing the energy gap is a complex challenge that requires diverse expertise and resources.Right from the start, the Foundation has developed an ever-denser network of partners among the various stakeholders. The aim is to combine the required skills, find new funds and draw on powerful resources to invent and promote the best solutions for the largest number of people. Over the last three years, we have followed 180 partners and set up 245 projects. Non-profit organizations that are

active locally have an intimate knowledge of the challenges and the populations involved, as well as the relevant training centers, institutions and their national or supranational capacity to engage significant resources and ramp up projects.

Continually strengthening the network of partners

The Foundation is pursuing its partnership policy to continue following the numerous people involved in different projects.

Increasing cross-functional collaboration with non-profit organizations, institutions and companies

Patricia Benchenna

Foundation and Philanthropy Director,

Schneider Electric

It is crucial for the Foundation to co-build projects with all the relevant stakeholders. Everyone lends their expertise and credibility to invent the best solutions for fighting the energy divide. Non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurs provide their excellent knowledge of the target populations, the Foundation contributes the technical skills of employees from Schneider Electric with other companies, and institutions offer their powerful networks.

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Research fellow

Institute of Energy Economics and

Rational use of energy, University of Stuttgart,

Germany

The Schneider Electric Foundation has raised the profile of my work on fuel poverty.

As a specialist in energy poverty issues in Europe, I focus on integrating this concern into European public policies, in dialogue

with the governments of Member States. The Schneider  Electric Foundation has raised the profile of Energy poverty and vulnerable consumers in the energy sector across the EU: analysis of policies and measures, a report in line with its ambitions and actions. I carried out this study in partnership with Insight-E, a multidisciplinary think tank that informs the European Commission on energy questions.

At the start of 2016, the European Policy Centre launched in Brussels the Energy Poverty Task

Force, with the aim of evaluating the EU’s role in fighting energy poverty. Present at the launch were Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the Energy Union project team), Gilles Vermot Desroches and Patricia Benchenna. This is how I started collaborating with the Schneider  Electric Foundation.

My current doctoral thesis on fuel poverty in Germany, as well as my role coordinating the E-Insight project, could offer an opportunity to further boost cooperation with the Schneider Electric Foundation.

Arnaud Mourot,Co-director, Ashoka

Europe

Strengthening collaboration with the Foundation to assess the economic impact of social innovations

Schneider  Electric is at the cutting edge of fuel poverty and access issues, especially through its

Foundation, which has committed to supporting two Ashoka fellows so they can fully focus on their new innovations. One of them is Vincent Legrand of DORéMI. His plan is to enable retirees on modest incomes to renovate the homes they bought in the 1970s, which have become “thermal sieves.” DORéMI facilitates energy audits, assesses the required investment and finds funding (subsidies, tax incentives, etc.).

We want to deepen this longstanding cooperation, in particular on access to energy programs and measuring the impact of social innovations. It is important to find new business models based on social impacts, such as health benefits. With this in mind, a study was launched in 2016 by the Foundation, Ashoka and Capgemini.

Institutions Non-profit organizations

Xavier Boutin, General Director,

European Institute for Cooperation and Development (IECD)

Our work with the Foundation enables us to go faster and further, since it collaborates with local Schneider Electric subsidiaries to contribute invaluable information on training needs.

The European Institute for Cooperation and Development (IECD) is focused on training young people. We work

with local partners to develop courses that meet their needs. Our partnership with Schneider  Electric started after the 2006 Lebanon War, when we jointly set up Seeds of Hope, an electrotechnical development program, to fulfill major needs in industry, energy and civil engineering.

In addition to Lebanon, Seeds of Hope has been replicated in Morocco, Egypt and Nigeria (2013), as well as Ivory Coast (2016) and soon Vietnam (2017), through a common organization that is adapted to each country. 12 schools now offer this training to about 250 students every year. In 2015, 98% of our students found a job within a year or continued their studies.

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Promoting employee engagementIt is very important for Schneider Electric employees to give their time and a little bit of themselves. Created in 2012 by Schneider Electric and its Foundation, Schneider  Electric Teachers supports and promotes voluntary work by the Group’s employees and retirees through the Foundation’s partners. These volunteers contribute to missions during their holidays, demonstrating their personal engagement. By the end of June 2016, the association had signed up more than 1,200 volunteers and carried out 1,099 missions in 30 countries worldwide, lasting an average of five days.Through basic training in electricity, sales negotiations, industrial automation, communication, marketing and more, Schneider Electric employees pass on the expertise they have developed throughout their careers worldwide.

Matching skills with needsTo ensure a good fit between the training and the needs of the target populations, Schneider  Electric Teachers works in consultation with three main groups of stakeholders:• Volunteers who offer their skills and carry out training• Local partners, non-profit organizations and training organizations who propose missions and look after the volunteers• Local Schneider  Electric subsidiaries, which liaise with the local partners and volunteers, and provide accommodationIn turn, Schneider  Electric Teachers identifies and communicates missions to volunteers and ensures a good match with their skills. It then coordinates the volunteers’ interventions (classes, practical exercises, etc.) and travel.

Delegates

I feel fully supported in my role as a Foundation Delegate.

How are the Foundation’s projects initiated?As Schneider  Electric’s Head of

Sustainable Development for South Africa, I am also a Foundation delegate. My team and I select philanthropic programs that match our sustainable development strategy in South Africa, focusing on access to energy and training. My team is also in charge of selecting the training centers we partner with, in consultation with François Milioni and the Schneider  Electric Foundation.

Who are your preferred partners?We work mainly with NGOs and partners from the education sector, such as vocational training centers and universities. Most recently, we have set up partnerships with private companies.

How do your Schneider Electric colleagues see your role as Foundation delegate?There is a strong culture of commitment in South Africa, which makes me feel fully supported in my role as a delegate. We even have a group of passionate employees who have committed to providing ad-hoc aid on our programs and projects.

Zanelle Dalglish Head of Sustainable

Development, Schneider Electric South

Africa Schneider Electric

Foundation Delegate

A platform for engaging employees

A new multilingual platform will enable all Group employees to apply for volunteer work with Foundation partners, such as missions organized by Schneider  Electric Teachers. The 130 Foundation delegates will manage the platform, focusing on vocational energy training, supporting energy-poor families, raising awareness of sustainable development and entrepreneurship.

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Employees

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Relief aid campaignsRebuilding after natural disastersThe Foundation carries out rebuilding campaigns to boost local efforts in the aftermath of natural disasters. It does this in two ways: by supporting specialized NGOs bringing urgent relief to populations, and by helping to rebuild and rehabilitate technical energy management training centers in the affected areas. The Foundation intervened, for example, after the earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and Japan, and the floods in the Philippines and Pakistan.

John Diksa, Volunteer President,

SOS Attitude

SOS Attitude

SOS Attitude is an NGO that brings relief aid to populations in the event of conflict and natural disasters.

How did an NGO like SOS Attitude start working with Schneider Electric?“Our mission is to provide tents that can shelter one or two families for about a year. Since these tents need lighting, it seemed natural to approach Schneider Electric. We now have solar kits to go with our shelters.”

Foundation delegates:Algeria: Djamila Amnache and Imene Mokhtari Andean zone: Adriana Pulido, Zenaida Rodriguez and Martha Cevallos Argentina: Maria Laura Presas Mirabella and Raul CorreaAustralia: Simon O’DonnellyAustria: Martina WolfBelgium: Yves RoyBelarus: Anna Sokhina and Zhelana Zarutskaya Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia: Mario BazinaBrazil: Denise Lana MolinaBulgaria: Maria NikovskaCanada: Deborah Jackson and Greg Tessaro,Central Africa: René-Pierrot EkoeCentral America: Marco Ortega and Julieta Venegas Chile: Noemi Mena and Soledad MorelChina: Shen-Vidy Xu, Yanwen Shan and Yi ZhangCzech Republic: Lenka LuorioDenmark: Hanne TaarupEast Africa: Naresh MehtaEgypt: Nermin FakoussaFrance: Agnès Joly, Alexandra Berjoan, Alexandre Credoz, Anne Goguillon, Annie Camera, Aurélie Legue-Diruit, Carole Ginfray, Sybille Laplace-Barbier, Carole Guillet, Virginie Zanin, Christine Nouhaud, Claude Vincenti, Damien Vaur, David Boury, David Castillo, Dean Whittaker, Eliane Thamin, Emir Boumediene, Eric Begrand, Hélène Guimbard, Jean-Francois de la Barre, Jean-Luc Piccoli, Jean-Philippe Loneux, Karim Kesraoui, Karima Boumaaza, Laurence Berberian, Loic Buleon, Martine Chapuzet, Nathalie Garcia, Nelly Mikula, Pauline Douspis, Pierre Hirsch, Réjane Ternisien, Sabine Zagar, Sandrine Jaeger, Sylvie Cazzaro, Richard Raspatti, Valérie Escalle, Vincent Desbordes and Virginie Lambert-Brice Georgia: Demna UbilavaGermany: Christiane Flake Greece: Georgia MalamateniouGulf States: Kathleen Thomson

Hungary: Marianna VolgyiIndia: Abhimanyu Sahu and Anurag KapurIndonesia: Arief Dwi KuntjoroIran: Edgard Bou-ChahineIreland: Mark RentzkeItaly: Gianfranco Mereu and Marzio LorenziJapan: Takahiro KanematsuMalaysia: Nastasshea RozarioMexico: Claudia Hernandez and Natshelli Valdez GonzalezMiddle East: Rindala Saghbini and Hiba SibliniMorocco: Imane BejjaNigeria: Anne Ezeh and Viviane Mike-EzeNorth America: Jennifer CurtisNorway: Marit Sjetne AndersenIndian Ocean: Andry Ramaroson, Sabir Noormahomed and Ludovic de SezePakistan: Eruch JamshedPhilippines: Gabriel JoverPoland: Marek PrujszczykPortugal: Ana-Vieira SimoesRomania: Catalina TatarSerbia & Montenegro: Marijana Jovic and Miomira JovanovicSaudi Arabia: Ziad MortajaSlovakia: Jana MalovaSouth Africa: Zanelle Dalglish and Carina Van ZylSouth America: Denise Lana Molina Southeast Asia: Meriem KellouSouth Korea: Su-Mi Paek and Kyung-Deok Kwak Spain: Meritxell ArúsSri Lanka: Rabeendra TilakaratneSweden: Marc NezetTaiwan: Allen LeeThailand: Chartchai PhotivornTunisia: Aziza SoussiTurkey: Elcin Agazade, Serife Oktay and Burcu MunganUnited Kingdom: Sona HathiUnited States: Jennifer Curtis and Jennifer MaloneyWest Africa: Alain Briand

1,200 Schneider Electric Teachers volunteers from present or past missions

The Schneider Electric employees who helped produced this report:Henri Lachmann, Gilles Vermot Desroches, Patricia Benchenna, Véronique Moine, François Milioni, Marie Castella, Marie-Hélène Tournon, Diane Le Goff, Agnès Dallemagne, Leslie Zambelli, Morgane Lasserre, Diane Cadet, Magali Herbaut, Ravi Bhushan, Fabiana Galvao, Stefan Goemaere, Cristina Ramos, Kevin Chaplais, Franck Serpollet, Audrey Dubbins, Arnaud Mourot, Xavier Boutin, Zanelle Dalglish, John Diksa and many others.

Photo credits: ©schneider-electric, ©Minh-Yen Nguyen, ©Yvan Brien Photographies, ©Abdoulaye Ndao / VU’, ©Studio Kalice, ©Isabelle Eshraghi / VU’, Rodrigo Gomez Rovira / VU’, ©Stéphanie Lacombe, ©Gold of Bengal, ©Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Use of Energy (IER), and ©Agence VU’

Cover photo: Schneider Electric Teachers Vietnam, February 2015, ©Minh-Yen Nguyen.

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