London, UK is Agreement, and following COP23, President of France Emmanuel Macron is organising the milestone summit to convene those involved in public and private finance to deliver ambitious and achievable actions that will contribute to limiting global warming and its impact.
Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric said:
To mark the occasion of the One Planet Summit, Schneider Electric is accelerating its ambition and commitments for climate that supports the company
1. Before 2020, outline a specific trajectory based on the assumption that Earth will breach the 250 per cent in absolute value by 2050 compared to 2015.
2. Achieve for 2030, and add to, the 10 commitments presented at COP21 in 2015 in order to build carbon neutrality within Schneider Electric
3. Starting today take action and, to ensure full transparency, monitor whether Schneider Electric has achieved its targets through the quarterly publication of its Planet & Society barometer and in connection with major open coalitions. These commitments are accelerating the results already obtained and disseminated through Schneider Electric
The One Planet Summit will also see Tricoire and other Schneider Electric executives collaborate with other sustainability leaders on how to deliver tangible actions on the most pressing global sustainability challenges across a series of events and roundtables (see above). Schneider Electric will also announce several new commitments that will maintain the company
the emission of up to 25 million tons of CO2 over a 20-year span.
As a global leader at the crossroads of the energy transition and the digital transition, Schneider Electric is focusing on intelligent control, active distribution management and energy consumption. Schneider Electric is committed to bringing solutions to market that will increase the flexibility of both industrial production and all energy fields and applications.
Schneider Electricectric also intends to innovate to help the one billion people on the planet who do not have access to energy and the 10 per cent of inhabitants facing energy insecurity, by developing affordable and reliable low-carbon solutions.
Schneider Electric agenda at the One Planet Summit and its side-events: http://www.realwire.com/realResource.asp?rid=49122042920171211&ReleaseID=46972&d=w&name=Events.jpg
Updates announced to 2015 commitments and progress achieved to date: http://www.realwire.com/realResource.asp?rid=49122042920171211&ReleaseID=46972&d=w&name=Updates.jpg