{"id":6257,"date":"2011-12-03T14:22:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T13:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=6257"},"modified":"2011-12-09T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T13:31:35","slug":"schneider-electric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2011\/12\/03\/schneider-electric\/","title":{"rendered":"Schneider Electric triumphs at Gigaton Awards ceremony during UN climate change talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneider-electric.us\/documents\/news\/corporate\/cp_gigatonawards_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6260\" title=\"Schneider Electric triumphs at Gigaton Awards ceremony during UN climate change talks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/111209_gigaton1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>The Carbon War Room, The Gigaton Throwdown, and the World Climate Summit today awarded Schneider Electric Gigaton Awards for outstanding business leadership in action to reduce carbon usage, along with Suntech, Tesco, Phillips, Swisscom, and Centrica. The Gigaton Awards are designed to inspire and challenge businesses to run their business in the most carbon efficient way possible. \u201cWe applaud Schneider Electric, 2011 Gigaton winner, for its outstanding efforts that will set the industry standard in corporate carbon reduction and sustainability,\u201d said Jigar Shah, CEO, Carbon War Room. \u201cCarbon War Room looks forward to seeing the ripple effect the winners\u2019 efforts will inspire.\u201d As 2011 Best-In-Class Gigaton Award winner, Schneider Electric was recognized for its leadership in energy efficiency and the development of the smart grid. \u201cCarbon is not only an environmental issue but a business imperative. As the global specialist in energy management, we have been focusing on fostering energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions for our customers, whilst walking the talk by using these solutions in our own sites,\u201d says Gilles Vermot Desroches, Senior VP Sustainable Development for Schneider Electric. \u201cNot only is it a good thing for the planet but also a fantastic business opportunity. We are honoured that the Gigaton Award Academy recognizes our day-to-day efforts towards more sustainability.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneider-electric.us\/documents\/news\/corporate\/cp_gigatonawards_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence | Country: Global | Company: Schneider Electric |  Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneider-electric.us\/documents\/news\/corporate\/cp_gigatonawards_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Schneider Electric<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carbon War Room, The Gigaton Throwdown, and the World Climate Summit today awarded Schneider Electric Gigaton Awards for outstanding business leadership in action to reduce carbon usage, along with Suntech, Tesco, Phillips, Swisscom, and Centrica. The Gigaton Awards are designed to inspire and challenge businesses to run their business in the most carbon efficient&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_post_series":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[327],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-6257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-schneider-electric","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6257"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=6257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}