The World Economic Forum has recognised Schneider Electric’s Wuxi factory in China as a Sustainability Lighthouse over its advanced solutions to reduce environmental impact.
Schneider Electric, in a statement, said itnow has the highest number of Sustainability Lighthouses of any company with four of the 25 globally including Hyderabad, India, Lexington, Kentucky and Le Vaudreuil in France.
The statement said the Forum, together with McKinsey & Company, was co-founded the Global Lighthouse Network in 2018.
The statement reads: “It has grown to become a community of 189 production facilities and value chains leveraging cutting-edge Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies for exceptional performance in productivity, supply chain resilience, customer centricity, sustainability, and talent development. These global leaders reaffirm the Network’s role in setting a standard and creating a shared learning journey.
“Schneider Electric’s Wuxi campus is an electronics manufacturing centre that produces key products for the company’s two business units, Energy Management and Industrial Automation. In 2022, the site achieved net zero for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, eight years ahead of its goal.
“Through AI-powered eco-design, a closed-loop CO2 tracking platform with suppliers, machine learning models to improve energy efficiency, and new circular business models developed in partnership with customers, the site has reduced its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 90 per cent Scope 3 emissions by 65 per cent, and water use by 15 per cent, all in two years.”
Quoting Schneider Electric’s Chief Supply Chain Officer, Mourad Tamoud, the statement said: “The Wuxi campus and our other Sustainability Lighthouse facilities across the globe underscore our commitment to our sustainability goals and how essential our supply chain operations are to realising them.”
Quoting Head of the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains at the World Economic Forum, Kiva Allgood, the statement added: “Investing in the right technologies at scale and pace, investing in our people’s development, and engaging with our partners, suppliers, and customers is critical to making progress, not just in sustainability but also in operational efficiency, flexibility, agility, and our customers’ experience in working with us.
“Across our global lighthouse network, digital technologies are revolutionising production ecosystems. From AI-driven control towers to zero-code workflows, Lighthouses exemplify sustainable innovation, setting benchmarks millions can follow to drive transformational change across the entire ecosystem.”
