Schneider Electric

Verkor joins race to deliver European battery gigafactory

Company backed by European engineering giants exits stealth mode with plan to deliver French gigafactories

Technology
03 August 2020

Schneider Electric completes expansion of Scarborough green grid plant

The expansion of the site, which produces manufacturing switch gear that will help the UK meet its climate goals, includes a new 1,000 square metre extension and a £1.5 million state-of-the-art paint facility

Facilities
10 June 2020

Is the car industry putting the brakes on the corporate rollout of EVs?

Growing corporate demand for electric vehicles indicates the UK could phase-out new fossil fuel cars by 2030, but trail-blazing EV100 members fear the limited supply of EVs could delay the shift

Automotive
06 February 2020

UK gains four new EV charging 'centres of excellence'

Schneider Electric and Edmundson Electrical open centres of excellence for EV charging in Manchester, West Bromwich, Glasgow, and London

Automotive
18 July 2019

World's cleanest firms enjoy solid growth, even as tariff wars start to bite

Stock value of Clean200 list, which ranks firms according to their clean energy revenues, falls behind fossil fuel benchmark due to solar tariffs and a surge in oil prices

Energy
22 August 2018

Are capital goods firms doing enough to drive the low carbon industrial revolution?

CDP analysis of top 22 capital goods firms, including Siemens, Vestas and Schneider Electric, finds they are pushing the low carbon transition, but performing poorly on supply chain climate disclosure

Supply chain
24 July 2018

France Duty of Vigilance Law one year on: What's changed for French corporates?

Last February the French government passed a law requiring firms to prove vigilance over environmental risks in their supply chains - but has the regulation delivered a step change for CSR or just an avalanche of paperwork?

Risk
13 March 2018

World's greenest companies outperform fossil fuel benchmark by two to one

Clean 200 companies generated total return of 32 per cent over the last 18 months, compared to 15.7 per cent for fossil fuel benchmark index

Management
15 February 2018

Survey: Businesses have 'false sense of security' on low carbon transition

Many companies are taking action to improve energy efficiency, but far fewer are responding to new technologies such as battery storage, microgrids or CHP, new poll finds