Unlocking $700 Billion: How data-driven sustainability can revolutionize the Consumer Packaged Goods industry

Credit to Author: David Cooper| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:44:00 +0000

According to a report by the World Economic Forum, upstream food loss and downstream waste amount to roughly $700 billion in industrialized countries. McKinsey & Company found that operational efficiency gaps for pharmaceutical manufacturers amount to a value of at least $65 billion. Optimizing sustainability…

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The next generation of industrial automation: How software-defined automation is accelerating agility, efficiency, and innovation

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 22:00:00 +0000

With recent developments in software-defined automation (SDA) and Universal Automation rapidly transforming the traditional industrial automation model, the shift to open software-centric methodologies and tools is now well underway and closed, manufacturer-dependant options are fast becoming a thing of the past. This new way of…

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When innovative tech meets highly engaged employees: Green IT initiatives for IMPACT

Credit to Author: Elizabeth Hackenson| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:35:10 +0000

Measuring and optimizing the environmental footprint of business IT systems is more important than ever due to the tremendous acceleration of digitization we’ve witnessed in recent years.  At Schneider Electric, we’ve created a holistic Green IT program consisting of four pillars that aim to assess,…

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Beyond the EU EED – Sustainability Regulations Impacting the Data Centre IT Infrastructure of CIOs

Credit to Author: Alison Matte| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

I highlighted the European Union’s Energy Efficiency Directive and its impact on CIOs, data centre owners, and operator in my last blog. This directive is part of a growing web of sustainability regulations facing the data centre industry, which I will focus on here. In the…

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EcoStruxure IT Continues to Deliver on its Promise to Modernize DCIM updates

Credit to Author: Bjarke Fenger| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

I am happy to share that 2023 was an exceptional year for us with strong improvements to our EcoStruxure IT software portfolio and growth in revenue and customers. There were also challenges as we are still recovering from the effects of Covid and witnessing changes…

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MV equipment sustainability depends on environmentally conscious design values

Credit to Author: Thierry Cormenier| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:33:47 +0000

Climate change action is more urgent than ever. We all can focus on ways to cut carbon emissions in both how we live and the products we use. For medium voltage (MV) equipment and their installations, this requires contributing to sustainable development goals, encouraging a…

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The power of local impacts to accelerate sustainable transformation

Credit to Author: Guest Blogger| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:27:34 +0000

Sustainability is at the center of Schneider Electric’s purpose, business priorities and commitments. Our Schneider Sustainability Impact Program was launched in 2018 as a holistic action plan serving to mobilize company-wide efforts and concrete initiatives that contribute to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) progress and…

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How digital twins drive more environmentally conscious medium- and low-voltage equipment design

Credit to Author: Thierry Cormenier| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:21:21 +0000

It’s time for all medium and low voltage business stakeholders to address their carbon footprint. Today, electrical equipment manufacturers, contractors, panel builders, specifiers, and end users are taking the carbon footprint of their production lines and projects more seriously than ever. Indeed, striving for net-zero…

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