Schneider Electric launches Zero Carbon Project

Under the program, Schneider will provide tools and resources to program participants to help them set and achieve their own carbon reduction targets.

Schneider Electric has launched the Zero Carbon Project. Under the new initiative, the company will partner with its top 1,000 suppliers, which represent 70 percent of Schneider’s carbon emissions to halve their operations’ CO₂ emissions by 2025. 

The initiative is part of Schneider’s 2021-2025 sustainability goals and is a concrete step towards limiting the rise in average global temperatures to 1.5°C or less by 2100, as targeted by the Paris Agreement. 

Under the program, Schneider will provide tools and resources to program participants to help them set and achieve their own carbon reduction targets. Suppliers will be first encouraged to quantify their CO₂ emissions using the company’s digital tools. Suppliers will then use that data to set goals and strategies for emissions reduction. Suppliers will also work towards their goals through decarbonisation initiatives such as energy efficiency or renewables. The Zero Carbon Project will enable best practice exchange with peers and partners to access other innovative solutions for decarbonisation. 

The program will be supported by Schneider’s Energy & Sustainability Services division, which has partnered on similar supply chain decarbonisation initiatives with its corporate clients, including Walmart, GSK, and the global Sustainable Apparel Coalition.

“The challenges posed by climate change are something we urgently need to tackle together,” said Olivier Blum, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer. “Schneider aims to reduce scope 3 emissions by 35 percent by 2030 but we can’t make this journey alone and we encourage suppliers to join us as they are an integral part of our ecosystem. We offer to share our expertise and experience with them on how they can decarbonize their operations leveraging our range of Sustainability Consulting Services and digital EcoStruxure^TM or other third-party solutions.”

For many organisations, reducing supply chain emissions can be one of the most challenging aspects of decarbonisation, but also one of the most important priorities, since a majority of organisational emissions can be found in the Scope 3 category (which includes all other indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain). 

“India is an important local manufacturing center for Schneider Electric. We have a large supplier network in India to meet growing customer demands,” said Javed Ahmad, Senior Vice President for GSC International region. “Reducing the carbon footprint in partnership with our suppliers is more crucial than ever as we accelerate our journey towards a climate positive world.”

The company also debuted its corporate Climate Change Advisory and Supply Chain Decarbonisation services in February. 

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