helping mining companies with their sustainability strategies

Solutions for Sustainability in Mining

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The mining industry has come under tremendous pressure to improve its social,

developmental, and environmental performance. Like other parts of the corporate

world, it is now routinely expected to perform at ever-higher standards of stewardship,

going well beyond simply achieving the best rate of return for shareholders. Being

constantly scrutinized by the market and society in general, and increasingly required

to be more and more transparent, mining enterprises have to proactively improve their

commitment and performance regarding sustainability.

The key to success is achieved through the development and integration of practices that reduce their environmental impact, such as:

• Reducing water and energy consumption

• Minimising land disturbances and waste production

• Preventing soil, water, and air pollution at their sites

• Enabling successful mine closure and reclamation

A path toward sustainable mining

Achieving the Social Licence to Operate

In practice, the Social Licence to Operate arises from the community’s perception of a mining project or company. It is granted by the local community. It is intangible, informal, nonpermanent, and dynamic. It has to be earned and then maintained. It is an expression of the quality of a ‘relationship’.

Environment People Communities

Social Licence to Operate

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Helping mining companies with their sustainability strategies Schneider Electric™ has a proven record of leading

companies to thriving sustainability programmes across

economic, environmental, and social dimensions. As

a global leader in sustainability services, we provide

an end-to-end solution that truly sets us apart from

others and integrates strategies, technologies, and

implementation capabilities.

Our approach helps mining companies accelerate their business performance.

• Environmental metrics (tracking and reporting)

• Corporate sustainability reporting

• Carbon disclosure project support — Investor, Water and Supply Chain

• Sustainability site assessment (and gap analysis: strategy vs. execution)

• Supply chain sustainability — GHG emissions, water, waste disclosure

• Conflict minerals compliance

• GHG emissions management

• Life cycle analysis (carbon footprint)

Mining enterprises require comprehensive

solutions that integrate energy and

sustainability data into a single, global view.


Energy managementImplementing energy and cost reduction measures

is not extremely difficult as long as you establish

accountability for their results and have the ability to

track their progress.

As the global leader in energy management, Schneider Electric looks at energy differently. We start by developing a comprehensive energy strategy that treats improvements as a continuous process that goes beyond sporadic actions that only produce a one-time benefit.

Our energy action plan is your long-term roadmap

to energy savings and efficiency.


Environmental management

Environmental management is necessary at every stage of the mine life cycle in

order to ensure that the local environment is protected every step of the way, and

Schneider Electric can provide the services, expertise, and technologies to help

you address many of your environmental strategies:

• Real time software for data acquisition and alerts (air quality, dust, noise, water)

• Data management/telemetry/field sensor integration network

• Weather monitoring

• Environmental reports

• Mobile inspection technologies

• Business Process Management (BPM) tools (procedures/incidents)

Water management

The water cycle in mining is complex and needs to

be aligned with the mine life cycle. To create a

successful water management strategy, procedures,

best practices, and technologies can be leveraged

to achieve successful water management during the

operations phase:

• Water awareness (visibility under production context/benchmarking)

• Optimisation

• Water monitoring (quality, flow, levels)

• Water balances

• Data collection, management, and reporting

• Analytics

• Advanced weather tools


Renewable energySchneider Electric is committed to helping mining companies use energy wisely, and

as part of that commitment we can provide cost-effective renewable energy solutions.

We leverage our expertise, experience, and life cycle services, from the initial

feasibility study all the way through to project execution and sustainability, for every

renewable energy project we undertake.

Secure a sustainable future

• Reduce carbon footprint by cutting down on harmful emissions and greenhouse gases

• Improve relationships with local communities

• Promote facilities that could be a legacy asset for local communities after mine closure

• Create awareness of renewable and energy efficiency in general

Bottom line improvement

• Include revenue streams from carbon credits and carbon trading

• Reduce electrical costs or even generate revenue by selling energy surplus,especially in remote locations

• Mitigate anticipated increases in energy costs, offset future carbon taxes, and reduce dependence on volatile fuel prices and unreliable supplies

Increase energy security

• Reduce dependency on single energy sources

• Can be used as a back-up for weak grid

• Suitable for increasing remote (off-grid) projects


Partner with Schneider Electric for community development


Let Schneider Electric help you succeed when working with the community

Schneider Electric BipBop programme

1.3 billion people in the world have no access to energy. That is the equivalent of the population of the United States and Europe combined.

Schneider Electric accepts this challenge by providing needed equipment, financial resources, and skills where they are most needed through the BipBop programme (Business, Innovation & People at the Base of the Pyramid), a programme aimed at eradicating fuel poverty and enabling the economic and social development of affected countries.

BipBop focuses its efforts on three complementary initiatives:

Sustainability affects

more than just the

physical environment

— it affects every person

in the community.


Business Manage a socially driven investment fund to financially support companies dedicated to the electrical business at the Base of the Pyramid

Base of the Pyramid Expression commonly used to define the populations with the lowest income in a country

People Train young people from the Base of the Pyramid in energy management related skills and sponsor them

Innovation Build adequate offers/solutions and business models to be a champion in the access to energy field for the Baseof the Pyramid

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Let Schneider Electric help you succeed when working with the community

The case for evolving the mining industry has never

been stronger. As demand for natural resources

continues to grow, mining companies face

complex challenges in meeting that demand

while maintaining their licence to operate through

strengthening local communities and reducing

their impact on the environment.

The Development Partner Framework is a bold, new approach for mining companies to build sustainable, long-term value by repositioning themselves from isolated actors to regional development partners.

Schneider Electric is a founding member of the initiative behind this movement, known as the KIN Catalyst: Mining Company of the Future.

KIN is a cross-sector collaboration between leaders from mining companies,

contractors, suppliers, researchers, academics, nonprofits, and representatives

from indigenous communities.


Ranked 9th by Corporate Knights in the 2015 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World.

Named a leader in the Verdantix 2013 Green Quadrant Energy Management Software (Global) report.

2014, “Schneider Electric Continues Its Reign As Leader of Energy Supply Management,” Verdantix Green Quadrant Energy Management Software (Global) Report.

September 2015

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