In August 2022, the Implementation Plan of Carbon Peak in Industrial Fields jointly issued by three ministries and commissions of the State proposed to "build the development and promotion mechanism of green and low-carbon products, promote the green design of industrial products, and explore the calculation of product carbon footprint in accordance with the requirements of full life cycle management." As a practitioner of ecological design, Schneider Electric has injected green genes into the whole life cycle of products as early as the design and planning stage. "Based on the demand for green products in different industries, Schneider Electric helps customers achieve 'product environmental compliance and environmental information transparency', 'improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon footprint' and 'optimize asset cost' through three green design directions: 'energy-saving and low-carbon design', 'resource recycling design' and 'environmentally friendly design'. Enhance product recycling, ensure user health and safety, avoid environmental and health risks, and differentiate products." In the target determination stage, the design objectives and directions are initially anchored through the three-step approach of "industry green value research", "product environment status evaluation" and "product design requirements analysis". With a clear direction, Schneider Electric will further complete the formulation of the scheme through "selection of design countermeasures" and "evaluation of ecological design schemes", so as to ensure that the products can meet the green demand of its application market and improve the market competitiveness of ecological design products.
It is worth mentioning that eco-design is only one part of Schneider Electric's sustainable development strategy. Through the 2021-2025 Sustainability Impact Index (SSI) Program, Schneider Electric is actively fulfilling its six long-term commitments to address climate change, use resources efficiently, be honest, create equal opportunities, unleash potential across generations, and enable local development. In terms of efficient use of resources, Schneider Electric promises to increase the use of green materials in its products to 50% by 2025. Primary and secondary packaging is 100% recycled cardboard, not single-use plastic.
At the same time, Schneider Electric is also an enabler of sustainable development. By providing digital solutions and comprehensive services that cover the full life cycle of products and assets, Schneider Electric helps industries, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and home furnishing continue to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. From 2018 to the second quarter of 2022, Schneider Electric has helped customers worldwide reduce their carbon emissions by a cumulative 358 million tons. At the same time, in order to promote the overall carbon reduction of the industrial chain, Schneider Electric launched the "Zero Carbon Program" for global suppliers in 2021. By providing technical guidance and consulting services, Schneider Electric will help the world's top 1,000 supplier partners achieve 50% carbon reduction in their operations by 2025, including nearly 200 core suppliers in China.
< /p>Under the requirements of the extensive and profound social and economic changes of "double carbon", enterprises need to practice sustainable development more actively in the whole life cycle from product design, production, delivery to operation and maintenance. Schneider Electric aims to help customers cope with the challenges of environmental protection and low-carbon in domestic and overseas markets and consolidate the foundation of green and safe supply chain through the analysis of green and low-carbon demand in the application industry, the environmental assessment and ecological design of green products and green packaging, the environmental compliance assessment and management of green supply chain and the practice of green business circular economy solutions. And help customers to enhance the green, low-carbon and environmental protection image, and work together with industry partners for a sustainable future.
