Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Awards Return for Second Year, Now Open to Customers and Suppliers for Nominations
Schneider Electric is now accepting applications for the second edition of the Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Awards. Introduced in 2022, these awards acknowledge the efforts of Schneider’s partner ecosystem in promoting sustainability and electricity usage. This year, the eligibility has been extended to encompass customers, suppliers, and channel partners. The criteria have been updated to encompass a broader spectrum of initiatives, including the drive towards achieving net-zero goals through electrification and digitalization. Interested parties can submit their entries until November 17, 2023. The global winners will be revealed in April 2024.
The new award categories introduced this year include:
• “Impact to my Customers”: rewarding partners that demonstrate sustainable leadership by enabling their customers to achieve their decarbonization goals.
• “Impact to my Enterprise”: rewarding customers that exhibit sustainability leadership in decarbonizing their own operations.
• “Impact to my Enterprise for Large or Midsize suppliers”: rewarding suppliers that are engaged in the Zero Carbon Project, a Schneider-led initiative aimed at halving the operational carbon emissions of the company’s top 1,000 global suppliers by 2025.
Moreover, Schneider has revamped the awards’ selection criteria to embrace a more holistic approach to sustainability. The emphasis remains on participants’ endeavors to Electrify, Reduce, and Replace, while also considering their actions to Strategize, Digitize, and Decarbonize, thus paving the way for an Electricity 4.0 future. This involves enhancing energy efficiency, adopting digital tools, and other pioneering efforts. Aside from gaining recognition, award recipients stand to gain global visibility, opening up possibilities for new business ventures.
Rohan Kelkar, Executive Vice President of Power Products at Schneider Electric: “In our shared pursuit of accelerating the path to net-zero, we are on a mission together. At Schneider Electric, we are proud to open our annual Sustainability Impact Awards for the second year running to include our customers and suppliers, in addition to our partners. There is power in numbers, and we hope to celebrate and empower our ecosystem of partners to continue embodying positive change within their business operations.”
Sharing his thoughts, Nikhil Pathak, VP, Offer Marketing and Business Development, Schneider Electric India, said, “At Schneider Electric, we put great emphasis on partner enablement and driving our technology thought leadership together. We are thrilled to announce the second year of the Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Awards and are excited to open nominations to our customers and suppliers. We want to recognize those who are making positive impact to drive sustainability, either in their own practices or by supporting their customers on the path to net zero. We look forward to celebrating the achievements of our partners and recognizing their contributions to sustainability.”
How to enter:
Nominations will be accepted from July 24, 2023– Register interest here.
The deadline for submissions is November 17, 2023. All nominations and submissions will be shortlisted for regional finals, before being considered for the global award. The global winner will be announced in April 2024.
The 2023 edition of the Sustainability Impact Awards saw a total of 241 submissions from channel partners around the world, out of which six global winners were awarded for their pioneering innovation and decarbonization efforts.
The 2024 Sustainability Impact Awards continues the momentum of Schneider’s Partnering for Sustainability initiative aimed at empowering Schneider’s extensive partner ecosystem to deliver a more sustainable future. The latest milestone of this was the launch of the Schneider Electric Sustainability School, a free educational resource available for companies worldwide to accelerate their decarbonization journeys.
