www.se.com Schneider Electric 96 2021 Sustainable Development Report 4 Being efficient with Resources The Group’s environmental reporting scope and targets are based on all ISO 14001 sites. Environment reporting metrics include energy consumption, Scope 1 and 2 CO 2 emissions, waste generation, water consumption, and VOC emissions at ISO 14001 sites. Schneider Electric also leverages ISO 50001 certification to drive energy excellence, focusing on the highest energy-consuming sites. ISO 50001 certification is complementary to ISO 14001 certification and enables us to define and sustain robust energy governance. With the support of this certification, the sites are equipped to understand and reduce their energy footprint. The Group aims to ISO 50001-certify all sites consuming over 5 GWh per year. By the end of 2021, 140 sites were certified ISO 50001. 4.2.5 Waste to Resources In 2021, global challenges with supply chains, material shortages, and increased visibility towards waste pollution such as ocean plastics have reaffirmed what Schneider Electric has known and strived towards for years: the depletion of the Earth’s resources in the current linear take-make-dispose models of resource consumption are not economically or environmentally sustainable and must be replaced with circular economy models. In its previous program, Towards Zero Waste to Landfill, the Group put a strong emphasis on diverting waste from the landfills through alternative solutions. The Group achieved 206 sites meeting its stringent requirements of 99% metal waste recovery, 97% non- metal waste recovery, and 100% hazardous waste recovery using the best available handling/treatment options available locally. This helped the Group to achieve 96% waste recovery across its operations overall. 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2030 94% 95% 95% 96% 96% 100% 100% Waste Recovery Performance NAM Europe APAC Rest of the World Target 200 ‘Waste-to-Resource’ sites Schneider Electric is driven to maximize the value of its resources, considering waste as a resource and ensuring its waste stays within a circular system. Beyond avoiding landfill and looking at traditional recycling solutions, Schneider strives to move up the waste hierarchy and find reduce and reuse solutions for its resources. Resources SSE #9 200 120 Baseline 2025 target 2021 Progress 0 100 126 In its new program, ‘Waste-to-Resource’, Schneider pushes even further with its waste recovery ambitions. Sites now must achieve 99% recovery for all non-hazardous waste and still achieve 100% hazardous waste recovery using the best available handling/ treatment options locally. Additionally, to promote and emphasize the importance of circular economy, ‘Waste-to-Resource’ sites will not be allowed to use waste-to-energy solutions for more than 10% of their waste. This provides an opportunity for sites to work collaboratively within their internal supply chains, along with external suppliers and waste management providers to find innovative reduce, reuse, and recycle solutions. ‘Waste-to-Resource’ ambition at Schneider: maximising value recovered from waste in sites Waste to Energy <10% Landfill <1% >90% Reduce, Reuse, Recycle