15 Life Is On | Schneider Electric www.se.com 2021 Resources Report 3.2 G roup policy Schneider Electric strives to distinguish itself through innovative green offers as mentioned in the Environment Policy. This ambition is articulated through: • D esigning energy-efficient, low CO 2 , serviceable, and safe offers; • H elping customers improve their environmental performance; • P roviding digital environmental information on offers. To reach such ambitions, Schneider is committed to: • I nvest in R&D to create energy-efficient and environment- friendly solutions; • C reate new eco-designed products and solutions and develop lifecycle thinking; • I nvent circular offers and business models, through products that can be reused, repaired, retrofitted, refurbished, and recycled, as well as through end-of-life services; • P rovide transparent and digitized information on the environmental information and benefits of offers; • D eliver continuous improvement in product stewardship through the Green Premium ™ portfolio. 3.3 G reen Premium ™ Launched in 2008, Schneider Electric’s Green Premium ™ program was created to provide its customers with more sustainable products and to be transparent with environmental information. Since then, Green Premium ™ has been the absolute warranty for the Group to deliver products that comply with RoHS and REACH regulations as well as being perfectly transparent by delivering environmental disclosures and end-of-life instructions. The program has evolved over the last few years to integrate Schneider’s EcoDesign Way ™ process as well as green value propositions for an enhanced differentiation. As an example, Schneider embedded new durability value propositions such as the “take-back” program in Green Premium ™ . Customers who have purchased one of the APC Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS) have access to complimentary recycling when the battery in the product reaches its end of usable life. In 2021, this service collected around 14,000 tonnes of batteries globally for recycling. In 2021, the main objectives for the Green Premium ™ program were to: • E nsure compliance with the latest regulations within an even more demanding context; • D evelop new environmental claims within products for higher performance and a clearer differentiation; • P repare the digitization of environmental information and ease data sharing with partners; • P repare the future of product stewardship for the years to come by developing competencies within the Company. Schneider Electric is redefining the program that will encompass three pillars in 2022: Trust, Transparency, and Performance: • Tr ust means for Schneider to continue to be transparent with customers providing RoHS and REACH substance information and going beyond regulations by applying the same rules regardless of the geographies. That is and will remain the core of the Green Premium ™ program. • T ransparency is the warranty from Schneider to disclose in a digital way the environmental impacts of its products, their end-of-life treatment, as well as any environment-related attribute meaningful for customers. This is crucial in the Group’s strategy, as the first step for improvement is measurement and quantification. • Pe rformance is Schneider’s commitment to deliver products with reduced environmental impact. Performance can take several forms: − U sage of lower impact materials (i.e., recycled plastics); − E nhanced product recyclability to reduce waste and loss of critical raw materials; − E nergy efficient products with at least 10% of improved energy efficiency with respect to the market average or to previous generations; − I mproved durability and the ability to function as required under defined conditions of use, maintenance, and repair, until a final limiting state is reached (which should be at least 5% higher than market average); − T he ability to provide SF 6 -free products; − Repair parts of products easily. G reen Premium ™ information, inc luding conform ity declaration, Product Environmental Profiles (PEP), and End of Life Instructions, are digitally available 24/7 for customers in the technical data sheet of the online catalog, in the mySchneider mobile app, and on the “Check a P roduct” w ebsite a t https://checkaproduct.se.com/. Digital environment disclosure (PEP) Lower Impact Materials Recyclability Circularity Profiles to provide guidance on responsible product end-of-life treatments Energy efficiency Durability Transparent environment attributes (ie. Mercury-/Lead-/PVC-free) Sustainable packaging SF 6 -free Reparability Transparency Minimal use of hazardous substances in, and beyond, compliance with regulations (RoHS, REACH). Tr ust Performance