What is Schneider Electric’s Sustainability Impact Progress?

Global energy technology company Schneider Electric has reached the conclusion of its Schneider Sustainability Impact (SSI) 2021-2025 programme.

It has published its 2025 results, reporting progress across climate, social and governance areas.

The ending of this chapter in the company’s journey marks a period of growth and long-term ambition creating measurable results.

The 2025 highlights

In 2025, Schneider Electric reached 862 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions saved and avoided for its customers.

This is due to its solutions and services that it provides, helping the company surpass its 2025 ambition of reaching 800 Mt.

It has also set up 176 waste-to-resources sites in order to limit dependence on waste-to-energy solutions for a more sustainable future.

Through these sites, Schneider Electric promotes high-quality local waste management strategies that focus on reduction, reuse and recycling.

During 2025, 100% of its sites adopted local biodiversity conservation and restoration programmes, meeting its target.

“Schneider Sustainability Impact 2021-2025 has been a transformative journey,” says Olivier Blum, CEO of Schneider Electric. “For more than 20 years, sustainability has been rooted in our identity and driven our journey forward.

“By combining innovation, partnerships and accountability, we have delivered progress against key sustainability metrics across our operations and our ecosystem.

“These results reinforce our belief that sustainability is a powerful driver of both performance and positive impact.”

The Schneider Sustainability Impact

As of the end of Q4 2025, the SSI achieved an overall score of 8.86 out of 10.

The SSI is Schneider Electric’s continuous improvement process, aiming to deliver outstanding sustainability performance in line with its business strategy.

It converts the performance against each KPI to a score on a 10-point scale as a measure of Schneider’s progress on its sustainability goals.

The company has continued to contribute to a fair and inclusive energy transition, through its Access to Energy initiative which was first launched in 2009.

Through this project, Schneider Electric has impacted more than 61 million people by the end of 2025 by expanding access to clean, reliable and affordable energy for underserved communities, surpassing its original ambition of 50 million people.

Since 2021, the company has brought more than 500 local sustainability initiatives to the countries where it operates.

Amy Haddon, Head of Global Marketing & Communications at SE Advisory Services, writes on LinkedIn: “I am so proud of the accomplishments Schneider Electric made in sustainability from 2021-2025.

“But this is a race with no end – here’s to the next chapter in our Schneider Sustainability Impact programme!”

Schneider’s sustainability commitments

Schneider Electric’s 2025 achievements follow its long-term sustainability commitments.

It is guided by its two main principles:

• Do well to do good and vice versa
  
• Bringing everyone along.

It aims to act for a climate-positive world through investing in and developing solutions that deliver decarbonisation at scale.

Schneider also aims to make the most of digital technologies in order to protect the planet, promoting resource efficiency in its operations and beyond.

Esther Finidori, Chief Sustainability Officer at Schneider Electric, says: “Closing SSI 2021-2025 is a milestone, not a finish line. What remains is the collective capacity we’ve built with our people, customers and suppliers, and the discipline to deliver concrete results and meaningful impact.

“As we move toward 2030, our compass is clear: we’ll leverage technology and innovation for progress, bring others along, learn and share what works to scale impact while continuously striving to do the right thing.

“At Schneider Electric, we’re convinced that advancing energy technology can help power progress for all.”