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A turning point for sustainability — Jean-Pascal Tricoire Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Fifteen years ago, corporate sustainability Paving the way as the Most Sustainable Corporation was a lonely space. Today it is a mainstream HIS PAST YEAR exposed just how vulnerable we are to unexpected natural events, and made the threat of climate priority. We’ve reached many milestones on T change even more apparent. The good news is that this our journey — but as we look to the future, we realization is spurring change: Sustainability has become a global remain focused on going further and faster. priority across public and private sectors, and with policymakers and individuals alike. At Schneider, this is not new to us — sustainability has been at the core of our business strategy for the past 15 years. Our recognition as the 2021 World’s Most Sustainable Corporation by Corporate Knights is a testament to the dedication of everyone who has joined us on this journey.

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Accelerating our sustainability efforts Impact program introduces six long-term Concrete actions for change all, exists today. And we remain committed to Our long-standing belief is that sustainability commitments set against the United Nations Two disruptions — digitalization and raising the bar for ourselves, our customers cannot be a one-off commitment. That’s why Sustainable Development Goals to accelerate electrification — can address climate change and partners, and the communities around us. us toward a more sustainable future. Taking we reinforce our environmental, social, and and protect our planet’s future. At Schneider, Whether we’re facing crisis or calm, 2020 a broader view on sustainability, our new governance commitments every three years, they are at the heart of our strategy. We create has taught us that when we work together, goals will include empowering local teams to completing our latest set of goals with the technologies and solutions to advance a more we’re stronger for it. That’s what we’re here address solutions within their communities 2018 – 2020 Schneider Sustainability Impact efficient, sustainable, resilient, and inclusive to do: be the digital partner for sustainability and harnessing the power of all generations. program. Even through the trying times brought world for all. We work with customers, partners, and efficiency. by the COVID-19 crisis, we remained focused Our journey to date has seen meaningful governments, and suppliers to deploy these and performed above expected levels. progress, but with the urgency of climate solutions and create a low-carbon future. But our next step is our most ambitious yet. change and the need to create a more The capacity to create a better future, one The 2021 – 2025 Schneider Sustainability inclusive world, we must all do more. that bridges sustainability and progress for

Our journey to date has seen meaningful progress, but with the urgency of climate change and the need to create a more inclusive world, we must all do more.

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Doing our

UR SCHNEIDER Sustainability Impact is a scorecard demonstrating that rapid, disruptive changes for a more Osustainable world are possible across diverse, complex topics. Business has to play a very important role to deliver We are committed to taking urgent action to co-create a brighter future value to the society. The 17 SDGs are the agreed aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), roadmap for companies to do good and to do well in consisting of 17 objectives and measuring our impact with transparency. The SDGs are about protecting the planet, alleviating poverty, and the long term … I encourage companies to consider achieving worldwide peace and justice. the 17 SDGs as a coherent global framework to stimulate their ambition further.” Since 2005, we have updated our SSI every three years. By tracking our sustainability performance and publishing quarterly results, we uphold — Sanda Ojiambo our commitments to the SDGs and industry leadership in corporate social CEO & Executive Director responsibility. Beyond our SSI, we also instill a culture around sustainability U.N. Global Compact through performance incentives for employees and leadership.

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Target Results as of Q4 2020 Beginning Results End 01/2018 Q4 2020 2020 Our megatrends and SDGs Our 21 goals, 2018 – 2020 Overall score out of 10 3 9.32 9

CLIMATE 1. Renewable electricity — 80% ➞ 80%

2. CO2 efficiency in transportation — 8.4% ➞ 10% ™ 3. Million metric tons CO2 saved on our customers’ end thanks to EcoStruxure offers — 134 ➞ 120

4. Increase in turnover for our EcoStruxure Energy & Sustainability Services — 17.6% ➞ 25%

CIRCULAR ™ 5. Sales under our new Green Premium program 30.5% 76.7% ➞➞ 75% ECONOMY 6. Sites labeled toward zero waste to landfill 140 206 200 7. Cardboard and pallets for transport packing from recycled or certified sources 50% 99% ➞ 100% ™ 8. Metric tons of avoided primary resource consumption through ECOFIT , recycling, and take-back programs — 157,588 ➞ 120,000

HEALTH 9. Scored in our Employee Engagement Index 65% 69% ➞ 70% & EQUITY

10. Medical incidents per million hours worked 1.15 0.58 ➞ 0.88 11. Employees have access to a comprehensive well-being at work program 13% 90% 90%

12. Employees are working in countries that have fully deployed our Family Leave policy — 100% ➞ ➞ 100%

13. Workers received 15 hours of learning in the year with 30% digital learning — 90% ➞➞➞ 100% 14. White-collar workers have individual development plans 32% 92% 90% 15. Employees are working in a country with commitment and process in place to achieve gender pay equity 89% 99.6% 95%

ETHICS 16. Increase in average score of ISO 26000 assessment for our strategic suppliers — +6.3 pts +5.5 pts

17. Su ppliers under Human Rights & Environment vigilance received specific on-site assessment — 374 ➞ ➞ 350

18. Sales, procurement, and finance employees trained every year on anti-corruption — 94% ➞ 100%

DEVELOPMENT 19. Turnover of our Access to Energy program — x1.64 ➞➞ x4 20. Underprivileged people trained in energy management 148,145 281,737 400,000

21. Volunteering days thanks to our VolunteerIn global platform — 18,469 ➞ 15,000

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positive world by continuously investing in and developing innovative solutions that deliver immediate and lasting decarbonization in line with our carbon pledge.

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An accelerated climate commitment

As the world contends with the ITH THE EFFECTS of climate change becoming more pandemic, we must also confront the material, industries, communities, and governments are increasingly taking action. More businesses and policymakers greatest challenge of the 21st century: W worldwide are ramping up their decarbonization efforts as they realize the ongoing climate emergency. that climate-sensitive policy is the only path forward. Schneider Electric has been a leading contributor to the fight against climate change for the past 15 years, and our dual emphasis on electrification and digitalization fuels our progress. We deliver solutions for homes, buildings, data centers, industries, and infrastructure that allow us to share the energy and resources of our planet while pursuing a future that’s sustainable, efficient, and resilient.

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Climate-positive ambitions

We’ve assigned a bold We’re on track to target We’re engaging We’ll become meet our validated to our end-to-end value with suppliers carbon neutral in 1.5 °C science- chain: All our products toward a net-zero our operations based target will be carbon neutral supply chain

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Decarbonizing

Sustainability is a must for everyone, and an opportunity to build resilience and efficiency into the future.

VERY DAY, we join our customers and partners on their own decarbonization journeys, delivering digital solutions that help Ethem realize their ambitious efficiency and sustainability goals. STMicroelectronics, a global leader in semiconductor technology, enlisted our expertise to achieve carbon neutrality by 2027. In a three- pronged strategy, we’ll:

Schneider’s support will be instrumental in reaching our • Reduce ST’s overall energy use in its manufacturing and design sites own sustainability targets and in the joint development of • Help procure 100% renewable energy technology, products, and solutions that can benefit the • Implement appropriate carbon capture/sequestration solutions industries we work with and, ultimately, society as a whole.” Over a thousand global companies1 like ST are committed to real climate — Jean-Marc Chery progress through the Science Based Targets initiative. By building on President and CEO the strength of our expertise in Energy & Sustainability Services (ESS), STMicroelectronics and by leveraging our digital innovation in Energy Management and Industrial , we’re able to provide unique insight and support for stronger sustainability performance.

1 Companies taking action, Science Based Targets, 2021

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In line with the acceleration of our sustainability strategy, our Sustainability Business division (announced at the end of 2020) helps our customers advance faster and further on their own sustainable transformation journey through: EcoStruxure Strategic Enterprise Enterprise-wide Energy & procurement efficiency energy and Sustainability programs consulting and sustainability Services including traditional performance data collection, including climate and renewable contracting with integration change mitigation, energy, distributed to measure, into our AI-enabled supply chain energy resources, manage, and EcoStruxure™ decarbonization, microgrids, global reduce energy Resource Advisor environmental, Energy Attribute and resource software platform social, and corporate Certificates, and consumption governance carbon offsets reporting, and sustainability certification Life Is On | Schneider Electric Sustainability Report 2020 – 2021 • 11 Introduction Climate Resources Trust Equal Generations Local Company Overview

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Ranked 1st in our sector

Ranked on the CDP’s “A-list” for the 10th consecutive year Acclaimed by Corporate Knights as the World’s Most Sustainable Corporation

Partnered with the Distinguished as the Solar Impulse 2020 Clean Energy We decarbonize from the inside out, while supporting our customers Foundation Trailblazer in the Climate and communities with proven solutions. See how. Joined the Climate Pledge Coalition Group’s inaugural RE100 Leadership Awards

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As we embark on the next phase of our SSI (2021 – 2025), our progress over the past few years is the foundation on which we build success. Here’s how we improved our goals

Impact #1: 80% renewable electricity Impact #3: 120 million metric tons of CO₂ saved on our customers’ end Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 through our offers 30% 50% 80% Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 51M 89M 134M START 2018 2020 GOAL 0% 80% START 2018 2020 GOAL 0 120M

Impact #2: 10% CO2 efficiency in transportation Impact #4: 25% increased turnover for our EcoStruxure Energy  Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 & Sustainability Services -1.8% 4.1% 8.4% Q4 2018 Q4 2020 Q4 2019 13.8% 17.6% 23.8% START 2018 2020 GOAL 0% 10% START 2018 2020 GOAL 0 25%

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with resources by behaving responsibly and making the most of digital technology to preserve our planet.

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An accelerated

Circular practices that are centered on products using fewer natural resources help protect our planet.

IRCULARITY IS PART of our business model, and now, we’re expanding our environmental commitments to integrate Cbiodiversity — a call to action to combat the accelerating species loss and degradation of the natural world.

Protecting biodiversity means sustainably using resources In 2020, Schneider became the first company to publish its end-to-end © and living within our planet’s boundaries. To keep a livable biodiversity footprint using the new Global Biodiversity Score (GBS ) tool from CDC Biodiversité. By measuring and sharing our results, we’re planet, companies need to measure their impacts and build calling for all companies to adopt ambitious biodiversity strategies, new business models. We are proud to have completed the leveraging best practices from climate science-based targets. Schneider Electric biodiversity footprint assessment with the Global Biodiversity Score. We hope that this work will be a As the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) in source of inspiration for many companies.” October 2021 is expected to raise the global ambition on biodiversity toward no net loss, we have committed to no net biodiversity loss in our — Marc Abadie direct operations by 2030. To strengthen this goal, we’ll continue to align CEO our policies with companies on the forefront of nature conservation. CDC Biodiversité

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circular economy

Circularity promotes resource frugality to protect the planet while driving innovation and adding customer value. Schneider continues to adopt low-impact practices and innovate resource- efficiency enabling technology. Our existing circular commitments have a positive effect on the preservation of biodiversity. To advance our goals, our action plan includes circular offers with minimal environmental harm by: Reducing Reusing Repairing Recycling the use of raw or increasing, by offering via the services we materials when possible, the maintenance and offer in the end-of-life share of recycled modernization phase of products raw materials services for certain ranges of our products

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Green Premium and ECOFIT We’re serious about sustainability. Green Premium ECOFIT Green Premium™ and ECOFIT™ are two ways Our Green Premium program stands for our commitment to deliver Through ECOFIT, recycling, and take-back sustainable products and solutions to customers worldwide. In 2020, programs, by 2020 we avoided 157,000 we show our commitment to a greener future. the main objectives were to: metric tons of primary resource consumption, surpassing our 2020 target by almost 40,000 • Sustain compliance with the especially toward the Substances metric tons. latest regulations of Concern in Products (SCIP) Database for declaration Schneider Electric helped ArcelorMittal • Develop new circular and prolong the lifespan of its equipment by resource performance- • Expand the environmental value refurbishing MV switchgears and dry-type differentiating claims propositions for our customersers in addition to responsibly • Prepare the digitization of recycling oil transformers with EcoStruxure. environmental information, We’ve also embedded new circular value propositions — like the “take- 157,000 back” claim — into the program. For example, customers who purchase metric tons of primary resource one of our APC Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) have access to consumption avoided in 2020 Our Green Premium products, services, and solutions are built with complimentary recycling when the product’s battery reaches end-of-life, sustainability in mind. Offering superior energy efficiency, they help resulting in 8,000 tons of batteries collected globally for recycling in 2020. our customers leave a positive impact on the environment by reducing carbon emissions.

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How the world’s leader in steel cut costs and CO2 with EcoStruxure Circular Certified ArcelorMittal sustainably modernized the electrical system in its Belval facility In 2020, we launched the new Schneider Electric with the help of EcoStruxure for Metals. Circular Certified label, dedicated to the sale and promotion of products from the circular economy in France. European Plastics Pact Schneider became one of few industrial sector The Circulars Accelerator program companies included in the European Plastics Schneider is partnering in the Circulars Pact by committing to double the amount of Accelerator program with Accenture to develop recycled plastics we use in our products circular solutions and connect with early to by 2025. growth-stage entrepreneurs to boost the circular economy.

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Impact #5: 75% of sales under our Green Premium program Impact #7: 100% cardboard and pallets for transport packing from Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 recycled or certified sources 45.7% 55.2% 76.7% Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 62% 96% 99% START 2018 2020 GOAL 30.5% 75% START 2018 2020 GOAL 50% 100%

Impact #6: 200 sites labeled toward zero waste to landfill Impact #8: 120M metric tons of avoided primary resource consumption Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 through ECOFIT, recycling, and take-back programs 178 193 206 Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 43,572M 97,439M 157,588M START 2018 2020 GOAL 140 200 START 2018 2020 GOAL 0 120M

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principles of trust by upholding ourselves and all around us to high social, governance, and ethical standards.

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Trust and S A GLOBAL COMPANY with a local Duty of vigilance sustainability presence, we know every action and Our vigilance plan helps us identify and A decision we make affects someone. prevent potential risks related to human rights, To ensure our ethical compass always points health and safety, and the environment. This in the right direction, we embrace these initiative monitors our own activities as well as programs and principles: those of our suppliers and subcontractors.

We must collaborate for a Principles of Responsibility Digital trust and security more sustainable world, and Our Principles of Responsibility (PoR) Digital trust is a fundamental area of focus collaboration requires a firm encompasses human rights, business for our company. Our PoR embraces this conduct, digital ethics, environmental responsibility, covering cybersecurity, data foundation of trust. It’s the protection, and more. It’s a charter of values protection and privacy, and artificial intelligence. basis for bold ideas — an that guides our progress, empowering At the beginning of 2021, we were once environment that nurtures the employees to take ownership, speak up, and always act with integrity. again named one of the World’s Most Ethical belief that every innovation Companies® by the Ethisphere® Institute2. Ethics and compliance This distinction speaks to our commitment It makes sense this honor comes not long should benefit people and Our ethics and compliance program guides to integrity, as we hold ourselves and our after we were recognized by Corporate our planet. our external business relationships. Through partners to high social, governance, and Knights as the World’s Most Sustainable myriad programs and policies, we’re ethical standards. Corporation — after all, ethical behavior committed to business integrity, whistleblower and sustainability go hand-in-hand: you protection, anti-corruption, and more. can’t have one without the other.”

— Jean-Pascal Tricoire Chairman and CEO 2 ® ® Schneider Electric “Schneider Electric Again Named One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute,” Bloomberg, February 2021.

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Sustainability requires

Three years ago, we began measuring living wages for our employees. Now we’re extending that same level of scrutiny to our strategic suppliers. But a living wage isn’t enough — we go even further with decent work.

UR NEW 2021 – 2025 Sustainability Impact program codifies the importance of reporting anything that conflicts with our principles of trust and includes a new commitment to ensure O 3 100% of our strategic suppliers provide decent work to their employees. We’re the only company in our industry with this type of commitment. The COVID-19 crisis highlighted the need for a safety net to guarantee a minimum income level for employees. From 2021 onward, our While addressing the tough challenges of 2020, we saw commitment to living wages and decent work will be audited annually companies lead — above all other institutions — on with the support of an independent third party. We remain part of the earning the trust of stakeholders through resilience and a leading alliances that advance living wage standards, such as the commitment to ethics and integrity.” Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth, the Organisation for — Timothy Erblich Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Business for CEO Inclusive Growth (B4IG) coalition. 2“Decent Work”, International Labor Organization, 2021. Ethisphere Institute

3 ”Decent Work,” International Labor Organization, 2021.

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We updated our duty of vigilance risk We launched a new matrix to gain better visibility into potential global conflict of human rights risks across our supply chain and interest policy in partner ecosystem. December 2020. 93% Named one of the World’s Ranked 11th among 120 of employees Most Ethical Companies® companies by Grands Prix completed Speak Up: by the Ethisphere® Institute de la Transparence 2020 e-learning (up from 42nd last year) on our PoR. 625 concerns received via Red Line and Green Line 512 concerns investigated Awarded best 2020 Vigilance Plan 237 allegations confirmed by multi-stakeholder French association 139 PoR training Forum pour l’Investissement Responsable sessions were 108 actions taken after investigation organized at the local level.

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Impact #16: 5.5 pts/100 increase in average score of ISO 26000 Impact #18: 100% of sales, procurement, and finance assessment for our strategic suppliers employees trained every year on anti-corruption Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 1.8 pts 3.7 pts 6.3 pts 69% 94% 94%

START 2018 2020 GOAL START 2018 2020 GOAL 0pts 5.5 pts 0% 100%

Impact #17: 350 suppliers under Human Rights & Environment vigilance received specific on-site assessment Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 155 279 374

START 2018 2020 GOAL 0 350

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equal opportunities by ensuring all employees are uniquely valued and work in an inclusive environment to develop and contribute their best.

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Flexible,

The social environment in which we operate has changed significantly since 2005, when we first began tracking our sustainable development progress.

UT ONE THING that hasn’t changed is our fundamental commitment to those who make us who we are. That’s why Bwe constantly consider ways to improve the lives of our employees, their families, and the communities we’re privileged to be part of. Throughout this past year, the concept of equity has proven to be inseparable from true sustainability; without a sense of knowing what’s ethical and equitable, any pursuit of a sustainable future is wasted. As our society was forced to reckon with the realities of a global health crisis, we were also urged to examine how we, either consciously or unconsciously, treat our fellow human beings. From these distinct challenges, a common denominator emerges — we’re better when we work together.

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Coming through,

E TAKE OUR responsibility as a Global Family Leave Policy leading employer seriously. Our 100% of Schneider Electric countries have implemented the Global priority since the beginning of the W Family Leave Policy, which allows employees to manage their unique life COVID-19 pandemic has been to ensure and work by providing time off for the things that matter most. all our employees stay healthy, feel safe, have access to well-being resources for Care leave themselves and their dependents, and know Care leave, a component of the Global Family Leave Policy, was they’re valued. We reaffirmed and enhanced extended from one to two weeks for our employees to care for our existing global benefits for all employees dependents diagnosed with COVID-19. There was a 35% increase in throughout this crisis: care leave requests in 2020. Inclusive healthcare coverage We continue to ensure employees and their dependents have access to inclusive healthcare coverage, such as outpatient care, hospitalization, treatment for chronic conditions, maternity care, elder care, child services, adoption, and more.

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and rewarded

Each year, Schneider employees are asked to provide anonymous feedback through our OneVoice survey. In the context of COVID-19, we added a set of questions regarding the pandemic. As a result of the survey, we implemented a new Global Flexibility@Work policy, offering eligible employees the option of working from home two days per week once local health guidelines allow for employees to return to offices.

100% 68% 40,985 3,729 50,000+ of employees participation people reached managers verbatim surveyed in rate for the via kiosks for received comments June 2020 two-week survey blue-collar dedicated analyzed period workers, of which reports 26,480 were answered

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Investing in In 2020, we launched a global career development platform called Open Talent Market our people, (OTM). Available to all employees, OTM is an AI-driven program that matches internal talent to projects, jobs, and mentors throughout the Schneider organization. This program empowers employees to own their career journey while creating better transparency everywhere around job opportunities and facilitating diverse, global collaboration.

30,000+ 3,000+ 1,400+ employees mentorships opportunities joined initiated sourced

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Strength UCH OF WHAT drives the OTM platform, and also motivates our wider success, is diversity. And to create a culture that M embraces diversity requires an inclusive mindset. That’s why we develop and apply our policies, initiatives, and practices with a clear commitment to equity. Our commitment can be summarized as “equal pay for equal work.” Since 2015, we’ve implemented a Pay Equity Framework, which is a global methodology companies use to identify pay gaps within comparable groups of employees, close those gaps, and prevent them from occurring in the future. Embracing pay equity is one of just many levers we can use to address one of the biggest threats to society: discrimination. In cities around the world, questions of justice and equity became part of the shared story of 2020. In response to racial injustices in the U.S., for example, we launched a rapid response team to analyze what our organization was doing to participate in this crucial social dialog. In addition: • The Schneider Electric Foundation donated $75,000 to the NAACP Through actionable, step-by-step guidance, I motivate • Martin Luther King Jr. Day was added as a paid U.S. holiday starting both employees and leadership to do the hard work to in 2021 make diversity matter for good.” • Schneider U.S. held a forum on racism and allyship with diversity — Michelle Silverthorn speaker Michelle Silverthorn Founder Inclusion Nation Of course, more work needs to be done — and it will be. Through concrete and symbolic actions, we’ll continue to lead by example for the dignity of everyone, everywhere.

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Named one of the Fortune’s World’s Recognized for the 2nd year in Most Admired Companies for the a row by the Financial Times 4th consecutive year (ranked third in the as a Diversity Leader Electronics industry)

Included in the Employee Resource Groups in Distinguished by Bloomberg Gender- more than 30 countries helped Forbes as one of Equality Index for the empower and advance the World’s Best 4th year in a row women in leadership locally Employers 2020

At Schneider Electric, we value differences and believe in equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere.

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goals Impact #9: 70% scored in our Employee Engagement Index Impact #12: 100% of employees are working in countries that have fully deployed our Global Family Leave Policy Q4 2019 Q4 2018 Q4 2020 64% 67% 69% Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 75% 99% 100% START 2018 2020 GOAL 65% 70% START 2018 2020 GOAL 0 100% Impact #10: 0.88 medical incidents per million hours worked Impact #15: 95% of employees are working in a country with Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 commitment and process in place to achieve gender pay equity .94 .79 .58 Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 92% 99% 99.6% START 2018 2020 GOAL 1.15 0.88 START 2018 2020 GOAL 89% 95% Impact #11: 90% of employees have access to a comprehensive Impact #19: x4 turnover in our Access to Energy program well-being at work program Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 x1.31 x1.56 x1.64 20% 47% 90% START 2018 2020 GOAL START 2018 2020 GOAL 1 x4 13% 90%

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the power of all generations by fostering learning, upskilling, and development for each generation, paving the way for the next.

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Today’s efforts build tomorrow’s leaders.

Sustainability is about more than HAT’S WHY OUR sustainability goals go beyond creating a protecting the planet. It means greener world. Learning never stops, and Schneider actively promotes a learning and teaching culture by connecting ongoing learning and development to T tomorrow’s energy leaders with the education, support, and support a more promising future opportunities they deserve. That means: for the next generation. Providing future Connecting Providing sustainability with university underprivileged champions with students people with the skills and training worldwide, energy required to build a providing opportunity, management greener world. and challenging knowledge and them to think bigger. skills, and supporting entrepreneurs.

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Uplifting students

We support local job creation and skills development for people from underprivileged backgrounds to provide energy access for all.

NDONESIA WAS A major focus in 2020 as we worked to revitalize vocational schools and boost I local talent development. We offered training We are accelerating our training programs for young people to vocational teachers and students in energy in a strong effort to give them some of the responsibility in management, building and industrial automation, building their own future. The COVID-19 crisis demonstrates construction, and renewables to meet the high demand that we have a key role to play as education is the historical for talent with digital and entrepreneurship skills. mission of the Schneider Electric Foundation.

— Gilles Vermot Desroches Senior Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Institutional Affairs Schneider Electric

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Education Center of Education for all Excellence partnership Through the European Union’s Women’s This past year, we helped introduce a Schneider helped renovate 184 vocational Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy Center of Excellence (COE) for electricity, school laboratories across Indonesia, project, Schneider provided support and automation, and renewable energy in benefiting more than 5,500 students technical training in solar energy to 7,000 Indonesia. It promotes the professional to date by partnering with the French female entrepreneurs. The initiative is in integration of local youth while modernizing Ministry of Education. partnership with Plan International in Mali, vocational training systems. Senegal, and Niger.

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Remaining learning-

Both internally and externally, we believe in lifelong learning. That’s why one of Schneider’s Core Values is Learn Every Day, and it’s something all employees keep up with on an annual basis. We embed learning and knowledge-sharing opportunities across the organization to ensure sustainable careers and a resilient, future-ready business through a purposeful renewal of skills. Here’s how we connected people with the chance to make a real and lasting difference in 2020:

Education Training Opportunity Education, exposure, We offer We connect people and experience are entrepreneurs and with renewable part of the learning individuals energy energy access for paths available for management improved livelihood, the majority of training, and best and students and Schneider Electric practices and skill- recent graduates roles and beyond. building training with internships, to employees mentoring, and more. and partners.

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My LearningLink Essential learning Digital learning Schneider employees are actively encouraged to All employees are expected to complete Schneider Schneider believes in investing in its people and take responsibility for developing their skills and Essentials, a training package designed to create a preparing them for the future with the right skills. competencies. My LearningLink is Schneider’s global strong culture of common “must-knows” on compliance We implemented an open learning ecosystem with learning platform, integrating: and cultural topics. a digital learning catalog including these and more:

• E-learning In 2020 there were: In 2020, employees were assigned four courses • TED videos in line with business priorities through My LearningLink, up from three assignments in • Webinars • 20,000+ learning 2019. The completion rate for all employees was 94%, • Specialized learning providers for digital awareness modules available • Social learning and the Schneider Essentials campaign will be carried • Software and IT solutions in 13 languages out again in 2021. • Classroom learning In response to the COVID-19 cancellation of classroom • 41,000 employee training, digital hours rose from 44.4% in 2019 to • Assessments visits every month 78% in 2020. • Full certification paths • 200,000 sessions opened per month

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CII-ITC Sustainability Award 28 and IFCCI CSR Conclave & Awards new training centers opened received in 2020 for our for our ongoing commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility The new vocational training program in our France-based high school and apprentice Schneider Go Green results training center marked its first academic 10,000+ year with 70 students. youth trained Actions for women and entrepreneurs The Schneider Go Green case study competition celebrated its 10th in India anniversary. The 2020 winners were Angie Redondo and Jorge Polo • Schneider equipped a women-led cooperative from Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Medellín with a proposal for a in Donvagne, on the Ivory Coast of West sustainable hybrid cooling system for the fishing community in Bojayá. University partnerships Africa, with a 25-kW solar mini grid Schneider’s 2020 university partnership 6,000+ • In Nigeria, Schneider partnered with the Solar program was focused on becoming more households worldwide Sister NGO to have female entrepreneurs digital. The past year also introduced the provided with energy distribute Mobiya solar lanterns 24,463 2,943 172 participants globally students submitted participating Global Virtual Student Experience to support bold ideas countries a strong talent pipeline.

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As we embark on the next phase of our SSI (2021 – 2025), our progress over the past few years is the foundation on which we build Development success. Here’s how we’ve improved our goals

Impact #13: 100% of workers received at least 15 hours of learning, Impact #20: 400,000 underprivileged people trained in energy and 30% of workers’ learning hours are done digitally management Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 57% 62% 90% 196,162 246,268 281,737

START 2018 2020 GOAL START 2018 2020 GOAL 0% 100% 148,145 400,000

Impact #14: 90% of white-collar workers have individual development plans Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 78% 79% 92%

START 2018 2020 GOAL 32% 90%

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local communities by promoting local initiatives and enabling individuals and partners to make sustainability a reality for all.

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Uplifting communities

We believe in taking meaningful action and being mindful of all populations — including countries and societal segments everywhere — to create a fairer, more equal, and more sustainable world.

HIS MEANS EMPOWERING everyone, regardless of origin, Tgender, or socio-economic level, to secure a promising future. The COVID-19 pandemic put the global need for reliable energy in the spotlight. It has underscored clean energy’s importance for effective health services and socio-economic recovery in all communities. That’s why we’re working harder than ever to advance local initiatives through sustainability efforts that empower all people. We aim to make life safer, healthier, and more comfortable while opening new doors for individuals and families worldwide.

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Foundation

For more than 20 years, the Schneider Electric Foundation, under the aegis of Fondation de France, has been deploying Schneider’s philanthropic activities to advance its sustainability commitments and the United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Its main missions are to provide young people the means to build solutions for a better 2020 Foundation achievements: future; help them find their place in society and acquire skills for development; and as of 2020, respond to COVID-19 and a post-COVID world. 20+ 130 160 1,000 €20M 7,000 10,000 years in completed NGO delegates in invested employee electricians financially The Foundation is designed to support local existence projects partners 80 countries in local volunteer hours supported via initiatives that combine education, technology, social innovation, and entrepreneurship. This communities for Habitat for Schneider Electric is done through vocational training for youth Humanity India Foundation and underprivileged populations, as well as entrepreneurial support worldwide.

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Major Foundation initiatives

The Foundation is particularly focused on Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Major initiatives for 2020 in North America included: • Service days and volunteer events for employees to support their community during working hours • A matching gift program to dollar-match employee donations to nonprofits

The Schneider Electric India Foundation (SEIF) advanced corporate social responsibility (CSR) in India by: • Supporting electricity vocational training for 7,804 unemployed youth from underprivileged backgrounds, including 665 women, with 28 new electricity and renewable energy training centers opened Supporting • Offering aid to 6,000 families living in remote rural villages with solar lighting, mobile phone charging equipment, and more with financing and donations to date

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The Foundation launched the Tomorrow Rising Fund in Tomorrow support of vulnerable and exposed populations in April 2020. Rising Tomorrow Rising uses its funds to support these 3R priorities:

Response Recovery Resilience Meeting the needs of low-income people Contributing to the urgent restart of the education Connecting employees and partners with • 74 projects validated in 67 countries system to prepare for the future opportunities to offer their time and skills Seven training centers opened from Q4 2020 to Q2 2021: • 4,773 volunteering days since April 2020 • 1.5M+ beneficiaries • Brazil • 1,000+ digital missions available across countries • 10,000+ donors • Morocco with a Schneider presence • Kenya • €4.1M+ donated • Nepal • Lebanon • Sri Lanka • Malawi

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highlights

Measuring a program’s impact is not Response: #GivingTuesdayNow about monitoring. The challenge is to better Helping 19,000 indigenous families in Brazil’s remote Amazon The Foundation supported the #GivingTuesdayNow initiative in May 2020 understand and to implement a ‘prove communities combat COVID-19 through basic food and personal care as an emergency response to COVID-19’s devastating effects. This Giving and improve’ strategy. By measuring the supplies, digital health centers, and emergency river transportation Tuesday was held in addition to the annual event on December 1, in which Tomorrow Rising campaign’s impact using Schneider also participated. Both are promoted by the United Nations this learning approach, the Foundation can Foundation. #GivingTuesdayNow focused on opportunities for connection do even better moving forward.” Recovery: and kindness to COVID-19 impacted communities and causes, while practicing safe social distancing. — Samia Cordelle Training more than 600 people across three new training centers Consulting Director last year: in Nepal with Don Bosco; Ecuador with the UESMA training In addition, for the December Giving Tuesday event, we organized an KiMSO center and ACTEC; and Morocco with IECD internal Heart to Heart contest. Of many employee-supported projects, 54 won and 24 NGOs received €1,000 from the Foundation.

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As we embark on the next phase of our SSI (2021 – 2025), our progress over the past few years is the foundation on which we build success. Here’s how we improved our goal

Impact #21: 15,000 volunteering days thanks to our VolunteerIn global platform

Q4 2018 Q4 2019 Q4 2020 5,691 11,421 18,469

START 2018 2020 GOAL 0 15,000

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is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all.

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and revenue by Western Europe North America geography 27% 26% 24% 29% Asia Pacific 32% 30% Rest of the world in revenue 17% 15% Percentage of total employees by geography in 2020 Percentage of revenue by geography in 2020

employees in Overall workforce gender balance 100+ countries 33% We believe that our focus on more connected and green products, more digital offerings, and more services — including sustainability services — will enable future growth. adjusted EBITA margin — Hilary Maxson (+20 bps organic) Chief Financial Officer Schneider Electric 67%

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Our executive committee

Jean-Pascal Tricoire  Olivier Blum  Annette Clayton  Hervé Coureil  Philippe Delorme Barbara Frei Chairman & Chief Chief Strategy & Executive Vice President, Chief Governance Officer Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President, Executive Officer Sustainability Officer North America Operations & Secretary General Energy Management Europe Operations

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Peter Herweck Christel Heydemann Emmanuel Lagarrigue  Charise Le Chris Leong Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer Chief Human Resources Chief Marketing Officer Industrial Automation France Operations Officer

Hilary Maxson Luc Rémont Mourad Tamoud Peter Weckesser Yin Zheng Chief Financial Officer Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer Executive Vice President, International Operations Global Supply Chain China Operations Life Is On | Schneider Electric Sustainability Report 2020 – 2021 • 50 Introduction Climate Resources Trust Equal Generations Local Company Overview

and relationships

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Our sustainable value for

Focusing on the welfare of people: Empowering underserved communities • We are committed to gender equality through equal • Our Access to Energy program supports training, opportunities for everyone, everywhere. entrepreneurship, startups, and technologies for the world’s most energy-deprived populations. • 99.6% of our global workforce are covered by our Gender Pay Equity Framework. • 281,737 underprivileged people received vocational training. • We strive to guarantee the highest safety standards and eliminate workplace accidents. To that end, we reduced Delivering return and profits to shareholders medical incidents per million hours worked to 0.58. • Our business model delivers consistent, sustainable, and Achieving sustainability goals with customers strong financial performance and attractive returns. • We help customers reduce their CO2 footprint with • +29% share price growth. EcoStruxure solutions and Energy & Sustainability • €66 billion market capitalization (December 31, 2020). Services. • Proposed Dividend per Share of €2.60, +2% versus 2019. • On average, businesses achieve a 20% reduction in carbon emissions. Prioritizing ethical partnership with suppliers • We enable sustainable performance, providing • As responsible corporate citizens, we uphold the highest comprehensive environmental information for all standards of ethical business conduct to strengthen EcoDesigned Green Premium™ offers. collective trust, cultivate long-term viability, and comply with local regulations. • 77% of our sales in 2020 came from Green Premium™ products. • 374 suppliers under Human Rights & Environment vigilance received specific on-site audits.

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Our accelerated

ECAUSE SUSTAINABILITY is a long-standing commitment for us, we know that it is not a stationary target. As that target Bchanges, we refresh our approach and rethink our strategy, always seeking to push sustainability further — faster. In accelerating our sustainability goals, we aim to empower our customers and partners to do the same, to the benefit of all. Olivier Blum, Schneider Electric’s Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, notes that “The ability and willingness to make the world greener and more equitable is not just a moral responsibility — it makes good business sense, too.”

Our purpose is to Trust Climate Resources empower all to make the most of our energy and resources Equal Generations Local

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sustainability pillars

Act for a climate-positive world Create equal opportunities Be efficient with resources by continuously investing in and developing by ensuring all employees are uniquely valued and by behaving responsibly and making the innovative solutions that deliver immediate and lasting work in an inclusive environment to develop and most of digital technology to preserve decarbonization in line with our carbon pledge. contribute their best. our planet.

Harness the power of all generations Live up to our principles of trust Empower local communities by fostering learning, upskilling, and by upholding ourselves and all around by promoting local initiatives and enabling development for each generation, paving us to high social, governance, and individuals and partners to make the way for the next. ethical standards. sustainability a reality for all.

Life Is On | Schneider Electric Sustainability Report 2020 – 2021 • 54 About this report Acknowledgements This report is intended to engage stakeholders as critical participants in a Our customers, external stakeholders, and agencies / partners: continuous dialogue about energy efficiency and sustainability. You’ll find an Marc Abadie at CDC Biodiversité; ArcelorMittal; Jean-Marc Chery overview of Schneider Electric’s achievements and goals related to current at STMicroelectronics; Samia Cordelle at KiMSO; Timothy Erblich business strategy and our ongoing commitment to sustainable development. at Ethisphere Institute; Sanda Ojiambo at U.N. Global Compact; Our goal is to provide transparent, comprehensive, and succinct information Michelle Silverthorn at Inclusion Nation. Thank you to all Schneider about Schneider Electric, incorporating the concerns of all internal Electric teams who contributed to this report. and external stakeholders. This report was guided by four international frameworks for corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting information: the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI); the U.N. Global Compact; the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC); and the ISO 26000 standard.

The report is available in English and French, and there is a digital version: sdreport.se.com

The Registration Document filed with France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is available by request on the Finance page of our corporate website: se.com/company.

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