Schneider Electric

Founded in 1836

CEO: Peter Herweck

Founded in 1836, Schneider Electric's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. The company drives digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centres, infrastructure and industries. Schneider Electric is the most local of global companies. Additionally, it advocates open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about the business’s shared meaningful purpose, inclusive and empowered values.

Sustainability is at the heart of Schneider Electric. To demonstrate this, it has six key commitments: the business pledges to act for a climate-positive world, be efficient with resources, live up to its principles of trust, create equal opportunities, harness the power of all generations, and empower local communities.

The business has also helped 1,000 suppliers deliver on their climate-positive goal to reduce CO2 emissions by half by 2025. Through Schneider Electric’s dedicated decarbonisation programme that offers training, expert support, tools, and solutions, its partners get everything they need to accelerate their business.

DE&I is also a top priority for Schneider Electric. In fact, its 130,000 employees span five generations, 182 nationalities and 108 countries. And, as of December 2022, 34% of the company were women. This includes 41% in the executive committee, 45% in the board of directors, 42% in all new hires, 27% in frontline managers, and 28% in senior leadership positions. Finally, in an 2022 internal engagement survey, 77% of employees stated that they felt fairly treated, regardless of individual differences.

Schneider Electric was also recognised as the world’s most sustainable company in 2021 by Corporate Knights Global 100 Index.