--- description: Find out why Schneider Electric was selected for the list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Schneider Electric image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt474860fbad651992/698a3dcd096a943bc46add65/time100-companies-Scheider-Electric-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 21, 2023 # Schneider Electric Cutting corporate emissions by Alison Van Houten  Schneider Electric's Schneider Home, an energy management system. Schneider Electric's Schneider Home, an energy management system.Courtesy of Schneider Electric Corporate carbon footprints can be huge, but Schneider Electric’s energy-­management business works with 40% of the _Fortune_ 500, helping massive clients reduce greenhouse-­gas emissions. “We start by helping them understand where they are,” says Steve Wilhite, senior VP of Schneider’s sustainability business. “That’s where a lot of consultants’ work ends, but not ours.” Last year, it helped Walmart accelerate adoption of renewable energy in the megastore’s [supply chain](https://time.com/6112491/supply-chain-shopping/ "undefined"), co­ordinating suppliers to buy into a 12-year wind-power contract. Schneider has also acquired a bevy of software and service providers to help reach its goal of saving clients 800 million tons of CO2 emissions by 2025\. _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285175/schneider-electric-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285175/schneider-electric-3/"},"headline":"Schneider Electric","datePublished":"2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:09:59.984Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285175/schneider-electric-3/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt474860fbad651992/698a3dcd096a943bc46add65/time100-companies-Scheider-Electric-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alison Van Houten","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alison-van-houten/"}],"creator":"Alison Van Houten","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt474860fbad651992/698a3dcd096a943bc46add65/time100-companies-Scheider-Electric-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285175/schneider-electric-3/","name":"Schneider Electric"}}]}] ```