Schneider Electric is a global technology provider for energy management and automation, which places us in a pivotal spot to help drive the transition towards a sustainable energy system.
While scaling up the production of green energy is crucial, the industry needs to change how energy is used to meet short-term climate targets. Schneider Electric Sweden joined Stockholm Climate Week to explain how we help customers do just that.
On April 19, Schneider Electric Sweden participated in the first-ever Stockholm Climate Week. Valentin Monteiro, Head of Sustainability of Schneider Electric Sweden, opened the session from SPACE Arena in Stockholm with a keynote about our roadmap to drive sustainability and energy efficiency in Schneider Electric and with different customers.
Valentin Monteiro opened Schneider Electric Sweden’s session with a keynote.
Schneider Electric has been recognized as one of the most sustainable companies in the world, and we started our sustainability journey 15 years ago when most people weren’t talking about the climate transition in the same way we do today.
In his keynote, Valentin Monteiro explained that as a big industrial player in the energy sector, Schneider Electric needs to be serious about our sustainability work in order to lead the transition to a net zero future.
“Energy being about 75% of the problem when it comes to GHG emissions, we have a key role to play as a provider of energy management solutions,” Valentin explained.
However, there is a lot of work to do in our own operations and value chains as well: “The full scope of emissions for the entire group of Schneider Electric[...] in 2022 was about 61 million tonnes. That is equivalent to the emissions from a country like Sweden.”
This shows the importance of decarbonizing Schneider Electric as a company, but what is also interesting, says Valentin, is that we are also part of the greater solution: “We see that we [help our customers save and avoid emissions] for a bit more than 90 million tonnes of CO2 last year.”
Our positive impact is currently bigger than our negative impact when it comes to emissions, and we are looking to continue widening this gap as we move to become a net zero company across all our operations, including our upstream (suppliers) and downstream (customers) value chains in the coming decades.
So how can we do this? Through solutions within everything from energy efficiency to digitalization and eco-design, we have a high potential to help our customers reduce their emissions. To expand on this and give some concrete examples, Jenny Larsson, Country President of Schneider Electric Sweden joined the following panel along with some of Schneider Electric’s customers.
Jenny Larsson, Country President of Schneider Electric Sweden, expands on the work that the company is doing to help customers reduce their emissions.
Combining energy efficiency and digitalization to transform how we use energy can be the key to solving both the climate and energy crises, Jenny explained: “Today there is a lot of focus on the supply side, and the transformation that is needed in how we generate electricity… We do not sufficiently address the demand side — how energy is used. 55% of the [potential for reducing] emissions are still on the demand side, so we need to address that.” At Schneider Electric, we are addressing this through electrification as well as digital smart solutions.
We need policymakers and companies to recognize the importance of optimizing energy use to solve the climate crisis, and our role is to continue to educate and provide solutions to do just that. Watch the full session below to learn more and stay tuned to our profile here on We Don’t Have Time, where we will continue to share examples and insights on how we contribute solving our connected climate and energy crises.
https://youtu.be/61bwsSqheBc?t=18923
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Such an important work helping customers avoid emissions. Keep it up and expand it - hopefully exponential!
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Schneider Electric's commitment to driving change in how energy is used contributes to building a more resilient and sustainable future.
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this is excellent work, more organizations should follow the steps
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If one organisation can pull this off, imagine the scale of work that could be accomplished if more companies did it
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This is a great influence to reducing carbon foot print. Well done Schneider!