The SchneiderElectric

Foundation
Closing the energy gap together

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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.
Former CEO, SchneiderElectric
Chairman of the SchneiderElectric Foundation
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 Groups commitment to building a
sustainable future.
To ensure continuity, the Foundation is run
separately from the Group, with its own governance
Gilles Vermot and objectives. At the same time, it enables
Desroches Schneider Electric to further its leadership by
Sustainability Senior VP, explaining its sustainable development initiatives.
SchneiderElectric And it provides opportunities for employees
General Delegate, to donate their skills, time and energy to civil-
SchneiderElectric society organizations.
Foundation
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
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Henri Lachmann
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 SchneiderElectric 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.
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by increasing cross- 130 delegates

functional collaboration
with non-profit
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and companies.
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245 projects
supported over
the past three
years

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 Closing the energy gap is
a key challenge for a sustainable
Society
All too many people lack access to electricity
According to a World Bank report, Progress Toward Sustainable Energy:
Global Tracking Framework 2015, 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have
It is our shared access to electricity.
In mature economies, many families find themselves in difficulty. According
responsibility to the French observatory of economic contexts, based on European
Commission data, 65 million people, or 13% of European households, are
to make access living in fuel poverty, spending a considerable proportion of their incomes
on energy.
to energy an
inalienable right and A negative impact on quality of life and economic development
Poor access to energy complicates life for these underprivileged
reduce the energy populations. A lack of light limits evening activities, especially school
activities for children. Access to healthcare is also more difficult. It is
gap, which impacts estimated that more than half of all hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa run
refrigerators on unreliable power, which creates problems for vaccine
all too many people storage.
Economic development also suffers when difficulties in accessing
today. 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 development

The United Nations Secretary-Generals 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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Worldwide, the SchneiderElectric
Foundation commits to finding
sustainable energy access
solutions
The SchneiderElectric Foundation has historically
focused on providing energy training to
help 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
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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
SchneiderElectric subsidiaries and employees,
which take the total to around 11 million.

Going beyond philanthropy

to close the energy gap.

W
e 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
Patricia Benchenna solutions proposed by the 13 winners of the Social Innovation to tackle Fuel Poverty
Foundation and program. We are also lobbying the European Commission to better consider energy poverty issues.
Philanthropy Director, In terms of training, the Foundation supports projects that magnify the impact of action carried out,
SchneiderElectric
such as the creation of train-the-trainer centers in India and a global network of franchise training
centers for recognized names such as Frances ICAM school of engineering.

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 Access
to Energy
Franois Milioni,
Training and Entrepreneurship Director,
Access to Energy Program,
SchneiderElectric
T
he 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
SchneiderElectric 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.
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SchneiderElectrics 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
entrepreneurship
This 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.
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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.
Three questions to Magali Herbaut
Vice President Academy Services,
Schneider Electric
I feel that Im contributing
to something useful.
I
n 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 didnt even have 10 to start a business, their
optimism and resourcefulness was remarkable. Where theres a will,
theres a way, and these young people want to take their fate into their
own hands.
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 Two questions to
Fabiana Galvao
Project manager,

Training and starting Sustainable

Development,
SchneiderElectric Brazil

a business in Brazil Changing mindsets so men

realize women too can be
Supporting entrepreneurship and empowering Brazilian
electricians!
Training
women professionally

W
In April 2016, the SchneiderElectric Foundation and SchneiderElectric hat have you taken away from the
Brazil launched, in partnership with local organizations such as SENAI
and the Ser do Sertao cooperative, an entrepreneurship program for
program?
One of the highlights has been
women in Bahia, one of the poorest states in Brazil. encouraging participants to talk in public, to go
17 men and 18 women from 14 different microregions received 160 meet investors or obtain microcredit. It was really
hours of technical training (in electricity, access to energy, and solar encouraging to see that women were getting
power systems) and 40 hours of entrepreneurial training. involved and that they were sometimes even
A specific entrepreneurship module for women was also developed more courageous than the men when launching
in India
The Schneider Electric India Foundation in
collaboration with the Foundation has already
provided electrician courses to 52,000
underprivileged young people in 260 training
Interview with Ravi Bhushan
Head of Training Asia,
Access to Energy Program,
Schneider Electric
Bringing the best to those most in need

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 testimonial
into something new. Thats 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!
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
Electrics Access to Energy Program in Asia
I
m in charge of the Access to Energy Program in Asia. Weve
been up and running in India for six years now and three years
in Bangladesh. Were 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.

W
Jeane, 27, from Juazerio in Bahia, took
part in the entrepreneurship program
offered by SchneiderElectric 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.
here I come from, people think a womans place is in the home, taking Pacific, commented: We think we can make It also provides equipment and training content.
care of her husband and having children. Ive found this hard. I think a strong contribution to the development of Im convinced we need to engage employees in these activities
women can be just as competent as men in the workplace, and above skilled labor in electricity, helping India to and encourage them to volunteer to share their expertise and
all, I want more from life: I want to have my own opportunities and earn a living. develop its energy sector autonomously. experience in the training sessions.
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 fianc now, but its important for me to keep going.
Im going to settle in my region and make electric installation and maintenance
my career. I work hard and Ill do everything possible to reach my objectives.
My motto is: where theres a will, theres a way!

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 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, SchneiderElectric 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.
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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 Btisseurs
project SoliBat 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.
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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.
* King Baudouin Foundation, The Energy Poverty Barometer, November 2015
Samenlevingsopbouw
project
Hiring 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
SchneiderElectric 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.
Stefan Goemaere,
Samenlevingsopbouw project manager
W
e 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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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 SchneiderElectric Spain and the SchneiderElectric
Foundation.
The first involved Schneider Electric providing free equipment to
renovate families electrical installations in Madrid, Saragossa and
Barcelona.
One of Ecoserveiss 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.
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Cristina Ramos
Project Manager,
Ecoserveis
S
chneider 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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nergie 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 nergie 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, nergie
Solidaire is aimed at Enercoops 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.
Kevin Chaplais,
Manager of the nergie Solidaire program,
Enercoop
K
evin Chaplais works for Enercoop, a provider of 100%
renewable energy, on its nergie 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.
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 Raising
awareness
of sustainable
development
Energy and climate change are among our planets 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 Serpollet
Project coordinator,
Schneider Electric Teachers volunteer
L
ow-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.
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Low-tech Lab
Energy autonomy at an altitude of 3,835 m
Sharing 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.
Lowtechlab.org
up to 20 people. It is fully autonomous, producing electricity through
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Refuge du Goter
Refuge du Goter, 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
Station
The first Zero-Emission polar research station
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica polar research station can house
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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 Increasing cross-functional collaboration with non-profit organizations,
institutions and companies
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
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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.
It is crucial for the Foundation to co-build projects with all
the relevant stakeholders. Everyone lends their expertise and
Continually strengthening the network of
partners credibility to invent the best solutions for fighting the energy
divide. Non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurs
The Foundation is pursuing its partnership
policy to continue following the numerous
people involved in different projects. Patricia Benchenna
Foundation and
Philanthropy Director,
SchneiderElectric
provide their excellent knowledge of the target populations,
the Foundation contributes the technical skills of employees
from SchneiderElectric with other companies, and institutions
offer their powerful networks.
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 Institutions
Audrey Dubbins,
Research fellow
Institute of Energy
Economics and
The SchneiderElectric Foundation has raised the profile of my
work on fuel poverty.
A
Rational use of energy,
University of Stuttgart, s a specialist in energy poverty issues in
Germany 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
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Non-profit
organizations
Strengthening collaboration with the Foundation to assess the
economic impact of social innovations
S
chneider Electric is at the cutting We want to deepen this longstanding
edge of fuel poverty and access cooperation, in particular on access to
issues, especially through its energy programs and measuring the impact
Foundation, which has committed to of social innovations. It is important to find
supporting two Ashoka fellows so they can new business models based on social
Arnaud Mourot,
Co-director, Ashoka
Europe
fully focus on their new innovations. One
of them is Vincent Legrand of DORMI.
His plan is to enable retirees on modest
incomes to renovate the homes they bought
in the 1970s, which have become thermal
sieves. DORMI facilitates energy audits,
the Foundation, Ashoka and Capgemini.
impacts, such as health benefits. With this
in mind, a study was launched in 2016 by
Force, with the aim of evaluating the EUs role assesses the required investment and finds
in fighting energy poverty. Present at the launch funding (subsidies, tax incentives, etc.).
were Maro efovi (Vice-President of the
European Commission in charge of the Energy
Union project team), Gilles Vermot Desroches
T
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
SchneiderElectric Foundation.
Our work with the Foundation enables us to go faster
and further, since it collaborates with local SchneiderElectric
subsidiaries to contribute invaluable information on
training needs.
he European Institute for Cooperation
and Development (IECD) is focused
on training young people. We work
In addition to Lebanon, Seeds of Hope
has been replicated in Morocco, Egypt
and Nigeria (2013), as well as Ivory Coast
with local partners to develop courses that (2016) and soon Vietnam (2017), through
meet their needs. Our partnership with a common organization that is adapted
Schneider Electric started after the 2006 to each country. 12 schools now offer this
Xavier Boutin, Lebanon War, when we jointly set up Seeds training to about 250 students every year.
General Director, of Hope, an electrotechnical development In 2015, 98% of our students found a job
European Institute program, to fulfill major needs in industry, within a year or continued their studies.
for Cooperation and energy and civil engineering.
Development (IECD)
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 Employees
Delegates
I feel fully supported in my role as a Foundation
Zanelle Dalglish Delegate.
Head of Sustainable
H
Development,
SchneiderElectric South
ow are the Foundations projects
Africa initiated?
SchneiderElectric As Schneider Electrics Head of There is a strong culture of commitment
Foundation Delegate 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 Franois 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.
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How do your SchneiderElectric colleagues
see your role as Foundation delegate?
end of June 2016, the association had signed up more than 1,200
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.
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SchneiderElectric Teachers
Promoting employee engagement
It is very important for SchneiderElectric employees to give their time
and a little bit of themselves. Created in 2012 by SchneiderElectric and
A platform for engaging
its Foundation, Schneider Electric Teachers supports and promotes employees
voluntary work by the Groups employees and retirees through the
Foundations partners. These volunteers contribute to missions during A new multilingual platform will enable all
their holidays, demonstrating their personal engagement. By the Group employees to apply for volunteer work
with Foundation partners, such as missions
volunteers and carried out 1,099 missions in 30 countries worldwide, organized by Schneider Electric Teachers.
lasting an average of five days. The 130 Foundation delegates will manage
Through basic training in electricity, sales negotiations, industrial the platform, focusing on vocational energy
automation, communication, marketing and more, SchneiderElectric training, supporting energy-poor families, raising
employees pass on the expertise they have developed throughout awareness of sustainable development and
their careers worldwide. entrepreneurship.
Matching skills with needs
To 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 accommodation
In 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.
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Foundation delegates:
Algeria: Djamila Amnache and Imene Mokhtari
Andean zone: Adriana Pulido, Zenaida Rodriguez and
Martha Cevallos
Argentina: Maria Laura Presas Mirabella and Raul
Correa
Australia: Simon ODonnelly
Austria: Martina Wolf
Belgium: Yves Roy
Belarus: Anna Sokhina and Zhelana Zarutskaya
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia: Mario
Bazina
Brazil: Denise Lana Molina
Bulgaria: Maria Nikovska
Canada: Deborah Jackson and Greg Tessaro,
Central Africa: Ren-Pierrot Ekoe
Central America: Marco Ortega and Julieta Venegas
Chile: Noemi Mena and Soledad Morel
China: Shen-Vidy Xu, Yanwen Shan and Yi Zhang
Hungary: Marianna Volgyi
India: Abhimanyu Sahu and Anurag Kapur
Indonesia: Arief Dwi Kuntjoro
Iran: Edgard Bou-Chahine
Ireland: Mark Rentzke
Italy: Gianfranco Mereu and Marzio Lorenzi
Japan: Takahiro Kanematsu
Malaysia: Nastasshea Rozario
Mexico: Claudia Hernandez and Natshelli Valdez
Gonzalez
Middle East: Rindala Saghbini and Hiba Siblini
Morocco: Imane Bejja
Nigeria: Anne Ezeh and Viviane Mike-Eze
North America: Jennifer Curtis
Norway: Marit Sjetne Andersen
Indian Ocean: Andry Ramaroson, Sabir Noormahomed
and Ludovic de Seze
Pakistan: Eruch Jamshed
Philippines: Gabriel Jover

Relief aid Czech Republic: Lenka Luorio

Denmark: Hanne Taarup
East Africa: Naresh Mehta
Poland: Marek Prujszczyk
Portugal: Ana-Vieira Simoes
Romania: Catalina Tatar

campaigns
Rebuilding after natural disasters
The Foundation carries out rebuilding
campaigns to boost local efforts in the
aftermath of natural disasters. It does this in
Egypt: Nermin Fakoussa
John Diksa, France: Agns Joly, Alexandra Berjoan, Alexandre
Volunteer President, Credoz, Anne Goguillon, Annie Camera, Aurlie
SOS Attitude Legue-Diruit, Carole Ginfray, Sybille Laplace-Barbier,
Carole Guillet, Virginie Zanin, Christine Nouhaud,
Claude Vincenti, Damien Vaur, David Boury, David
SOS Attitude Castillo, Dean Whittaker, Eliane Thamin, Emir
Boumediene, Eric Begrand, Hlne Guimbard, Jean-
Francois de la Barre, Jean-Luc Piccoli, Jean-Philippe
Serbia & Montenegro: Marijana Jovic and Miomira
Jovanovic
Saudi Arabia: Ziad Mortaja
Slovakia: Jana Malova
South Africa: Zanelle Dalglish and Carina Van Zyl
South America: Denise Lana Molina
Southeast Asia: Meriem Kellou
South Korea: Su-Mi Paek and Kyung-Deok Kwak
Spain: Meritxell Ars

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.
S
Loneux, Karim Kesraoui, Karima Boumaaza, Laurence Sri Lanka: Rabeendra Tilakaratne
OS Attitude is an NGO that brings relief aid to populations Berberian, Loic Buleon, Martine Chapuzet, Nathalie Sweden: Marc Nezet
in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Garcia, Nelly Mikula, Pauline Douspis, Pierre Hirsch, Taiwan: Allen Lee
Rjane Ternisien, Sabine Zagar, Sandrine Jaeger, Thailand: Chartchai Photivorn
How did an NGO like SOS Attitude start working with Sylvie Cazzaro, Richard Raspatti, Valrie Escalle, Tunisia: Aziza Soussi
Vincent Desbordes and Virginie Lambert-Brice Turkey: Elcin Agazade, Serife Oktay and Burcu
SchneiderElectric? Georgia: Demna Ubilava Mungan
Our mission is to provide tents that can shelter one or two Germany: Christiane Flake United Kingdom: Sona Hathi
families for about a year. Since these tents need lighting, it Greece: Georgia Malamateniou United States: Jennifer Curtis and Jennifer Maloney
seemed natural to approach SchneiderElectric. We now have Gulf States: Kathleen Thomson West Africa: Alain Briand
solar kits to go with our shelters.
1,200 Schneider Electric Teachers volunteers from present or past missions

The SchneiderElectric employees who helped produced this report:

Henri Lachmann, Gilles Vermot Desroches, Patricia Benchenna, Vronique Moine, Franois Milioni, Marie Castella,
Marie-Hlne Tournon, Diane Le Goff, Agns 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, Stphanie Lacombe, Gold of Bengal,
Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Use of Energy (IER), and Agence VU

Cover photo: SchneiderElectric Teachers Vietnam, February 2015, Minh-Yen Nguyen.

Thanks to the commitment of non-profit organizations, institutions and Copywriting: The Message Company

companies, the Foundation is transforming human energy into concrete, Design: LElan Cratif
long-term action for a better future.
Thank you to everyone who helps to achieve this goal.

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