www.se.com Schneider Electric 2 2021 Sustainable Development Report 2021 Sustainable Development Report IMPACT Company A changemaker for sustainability For over 15 years, sustainability has been at the core of Schneider Electric’s transformation journey. The Group is now a world corporate leader in sustainability and a key enabler for all stakeholders in its ecosystem to accelerate their own energy efficiency and sustainability transition. With this experience, comes a strong belief that what makes Schneider Electric stand out today and tomorrow is that it is an impact company. Schneider Electric is an impact company, a company which lives by a unique sustainability strategy and operating model, built to deliver positive impacts in the long-run. It entails a responsibility to share learnings and keep raising the bar. An impact company seeks to address the needs of all stakeholders in its ecosystem, from employees to supply chain partners, customers, as well as local communities and institutions. To deliver sustainability in its entire value chain, it must combine a solid profitability with leading practice on all Environmental, Social and Governance dimensions. It means that an impact company has inherently aligned and integrated its purpose and its business mission to ensure its corporate value delivers on sustainability needs and ambitions. The company’s operating model is set up to impact on all of the above at global and local levels. Its culture builds on strong and practiced values with the right talent and processes to be a leading purpose-led company. An Impact model recognized in external ratings 1. Performance the foundation for doing good 2. All Stakeholders in our ecosystem 3. All ESG dimensions 4. Business digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency 5. Model & Culture set up for global and local impact Our Guiding Principles “ Companies need to have a net positive mindset where they can benefit from solving the world’s problems instead of creating them. This restorative mindset is aligned with Schneider Electric’s impact company model that can be a true driver for change.” Bertrand Piccard Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation