Schneider is the ‘world’s most sustainable corporation’
Lighting and electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric has been named the World’s Most Sustainable Corporation 2025 by Corporate Knights and is the only company to rank first in the Global 100 twice.
Schneider Electric previously topped the annual list of the most sustainable publicly listed companies in 2021. The company says that the unique achievement underlines its commitment to delivering the best environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance possible
‘For many years now, sustainability has been at the heart of what Schneider Electric does,’ company CEO Olivier Blum told the press. ‘It’s the driving force that shapes our business decisions and inspires our employees’.
Some of its strong scores were for efforts to decouple its energy consumption and carbon emissions from its business growth, and its strong investment in sustainable research and development.
Corporate Knights also called out the link between executive pay incentives and Schneider Electric’s sustainability performance and ESG ratings.
‘Schneider Electric’s position at the top of the Global 100 index is remarkable. No other company has accomplished this twice,’ said Toby Heaps, Corporate Knights’ CEO. ‘This success stems from Schneider’s broad impact that goes beyond its own sustainability efforts. Schneider provides the technology to enhance energy efficiency, support decarbonisation and help other companies in their sustainable transitions.’
Compiled by the Canadian media and research company, Corporate Knights, the annual Global 100 index is based on publicly disclosed, quantitative data related to resources, employees, suppliers, sustainable revenues, and investment.
The Global 100 methodology uses fixed and variable key performance indicators to rank companies among their peers. Schneider Electric has been part of the Global 100 every year for the past 14 years and in the top 10 seven times – a record for its electrical equipment manufacturing peer group.
Being awarded this title in both 2021 and 2025 coincides with the beginning and end of the five-year period of the latest Schneider Sustainability Impact programme.
The programme measures the company’s progress across a range of transformative ESG targets set for the end of 2025 and helps it to maintain a focus on achieving both its global and local ambitions.
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