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With the health of its employees and users of its products as a priority, Schneider Electric undertakes to go down the road of eliminating dangerous and sensitive substances, beyond what is demanded by regulations. Context
Legislation in the field is one of the most abundant. You can quote namely for the EU, regulations 76/769/EEC (related to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations), RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals).
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Schneider Electric’s commitment
This problem features among Schneider Electric’s priorities; it includes 4 main objectives, complying beyond the demands of legislation:
- anticipating future usage regulations or restrictions,
- helping our customers to respect current or future legislation,
- promoting the measure within the electrical industry,
- removing these substances from its processes and products.
Method
The management of dangerous substances consists of firstly preparing a list of Schneider Electric’s own dangerous and sensitive substances, based on market concerns. Put in two categories, Forbidden Substances and Substances to be declared, it takes into account legal requirements, customer questions, competition obligations and even strong tendencies in the supply chain. The management of dangerous substances is broken into 2 specific programmes; RoHS and REACH, implemented within the whole of the Group.All business operations are put to use (purchases, logistics, industry,communication, etc.).
