www.se.com Schneider Electric 24 2021 Sustainable Development Report 1 Sustainability at the heart of our strategy 1.5.4 Schneider Electric contribution to standardization With many experts actively participating in international and national standardization bodies, Schneider Electric is making a decisive contribution to the creation and distribution of standards that ensure the safety and reliability of electric facilities and equipment, and address their environmental impacts all along their life cycle to prepare for a better circular economy, support the new energy landscape with the goal of greener energy integration, safer energy delivery and better integration of prosumers, support the digital transformation of the industry and any other customer values. Schneider is very active in international committees, covering also National Committees in US, China, India and historically Europe. CEN (European Standardization Committee), CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) and ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) are the three official European standardization bodies. CEN-CENELEC-ETSI serve as a main contributor of the French electrotechnical institute, which is a founding member of international (IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission) and European (CENELEC) organizations. CEN CEN is an association that brings together the National Standardization Bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for the development of European Standards and other technical documents in relation to various kinds of products, materials, services and processes. CEN supports standardization activities in relation to a wide range of fields and sectors including: air and space, chemicals, construction, consumer products, defence and security, energy, the environment, food and feed, health and safety, healthcare, ICT, machinery, materials, pressure equipment, services, smart living, transport and packaging. CENELEC CENELEC is an association that brings together the National Electrotechnical Committees of 34 European countries. CENELEC prepares voluntary standards in the electrotechnical field, which help facilitate trade between countries, create new markets, cut compliance costs and support the development of a Single European Market. CENELEC supports standardization activities in relation to a wide range of fields and sectors including: Electromagnetic compatibility, Accumulators, primary cells and primary batteries, Insulated wire and cable, Electrical equipment and apparatus, Electronic, electromechanical and electrotechnical supplies, Electric motors and transformers, Lighting equipment and electric lamps, Low Voltage electrical installations material, Electric vehicles railways, smart grid, smart metering, solar (photovoltaic) electricity systems, etc. ETSI ETSI creates globally applicable standards for information and communications technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies. Authorized by the European Union, ETSI implements legislation governing electronic use and other EU initiatives IEC The IEC is a global, not-for-profit membership organization that brings together more than 170 countries and coordinates the work of 20,000 experts globally. The IEC publishes around 10,000 IEC International Standards which together with conformity assessment provide the technical framework that allows governments to build national quality infrastructure and companies of all sizes to buy and sell consistently safe and reliable products in most countries of the world. IEC International Standards serve as the basis for risk and quality management and are used in testing and certification to verify that manufacturer promises are kept. Smart grids and sustainable cities Involved in IEC and CENELEC, at governance and technical levels, Schneider Electric participates actively in the standardization of smart grids, for which it leads the definition of standards and the standardization roadmap within the European smart grids coordination group, as well as the group in charge of standardizing the interfaces between smart buildings and smart grids. • Schneider co-chairs the Smart Energy Grid coordination group of the CEN-CENELEC-ETSI responsible for ensuring availability of an appropriate set of standards for the rollout of smart grids in Europe, as well as supporting the coming new legislative “Clean Energy Package”. • It chairs the group at the IEC level in charge of defining the roadmap of international standards to support the rollout of the Smart Energy sector (smart grids, in addition to interfaces with other energies). This roadmap also includes cybersecurity and resilience, as well as the impact of the IoT. • It chairs and actively contributes to the definition of Prosumer’s electrical installations, installations integrating local production such as PV, wind, storage to ensure they are designed and erected with a high level of safety and efficiency. • It chairs the IEC’s Advisory Committee for Energy Efficiency (ACEE) and chairs the Advisory Committee on Safety (ACOS). Circular economy and product environmental performance Schneider contributed to the European Commission’s Circular Economy package, with CEN-CENELEC-ETSI developed a set of published standards assessing durability, reparability, reusability, recyclability, ability to be remanufactured, etc. which fall within the scope of the EcoDesign directive. Schneider has appointed active experts in each of the working groups. It contributes to the terminology of circular economy being the first step of the digitalization of this topic, and also contributes to the material efficiency within environmentally conscious design, to the life cycle assessment product category rules and specific rules for high and low voltage equipment, and to greenhouse gas emission reduction quantification. Standardization to accelerate environmental transformation Since February 2007, Schneider has represented France on the IEC’s Advisory Committee for Environmental Aspects (ACEA). ACEA works to advise and coordinate the IEC’s efforts to tackle environmental issues.