Schneider Electric, a leader in energy management and automation, has launched Chapter 3 of its online Sustainability School. The training programme, made available free-of-charge, is designed to empower its channel ecosystem partners to become leaders in sustainability.
Chapter 3 focuses on teaching businesses how to decarbonise and unlock the competitive benefits of sustainability through electrification and digitalisation. Research reported by the World Economic Forum shows that businesses failing to adapt to physical climate risks could lose up to 7% of annual earnings by 2035. This makes the urgency for corporate climate action clear.
Chapter 3 addresses the challenge, offering insights and action points to help organisations stay resilient and profitable in a rapidly changing world.
The Sustainability School, first launched externally in 2023, offers interactive courses focused on helping organisations improve their sustainability performance. The three-part programme meets the growing need for accessible, actionable training on key sustainability topics. Chapters 1 and 2, already available, cover the fundamentals of sustainability and the steps companies can take to build and implement a decarbonisation strategy.
Chapter 3 specifically explores how businesses can drive decarbonisation through enhanced energy efficiency, carbon footprint reduction, and the strategic advantages of sustainability. It presents customised roadmaps for key sectors.
- Power and Buildings: Strategies to limit embodied carbon; tools to measure, monitor, and reduce energy use and emissions through automation; electrification of transportation; modernisation of building systems and electrical infrastructure; and deployment of on-site renewable energy.
- Information Technology (IT): Leveraging digitalisation to collect sustainability data and drive decarbonisation through innovative technology solutions.
- Residential: Reducing home carbon footprints with energy-efficient upgrades, enabling prosumer capabilities, and advancing sustainability in multi-dwelling units (MDUs).
- Industrial automation: Establishing sustainability foundations, making use of variable speed drives and motor management platforms, and designing sustainability-oriented system architectures.
This chapter introduces practical tools and solutions that make sustainable transformation real and mutually beneficial for businesses and their customers. It serves as a launchpad for improving business performance and turning sustainability into a competitive advantage.
Sorouch Kheradmand, Schneider Electric’s Head of Partner Sustainability said: “The next chapter of our Sustainability School marks an important milestone that brings the whole training programme together. In our ongoing commitment to empowering partners and customers on their sustainability journeys, this chapter will give them the insights and tools to enable sustainability practically, in their organisations and for their customers.”
“As the world becomes more digital and electric, one of the ways we can address today’s energy challenges is through our partner ecosystem,” said Frederic Godemel, Schneider Electric’s EVP Energy Management. “Every business, regardless of size, has an important role to play in the energy transition. We aim to help them turn sustainability into a competitive edge – combining environmental and economic sustainability to thrive in a fast-changing world.”
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