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INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Green Technology Schneider Electric launches partnership with Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) ///////////////////////////// S chneider Electric, a leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, is pursuing its commitment to help reduce energy poverty and provide universal access to environmentally friendly energy, by entering into a partnership with Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), a global non- profit organisation. The aim is to accelerate progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 on energy. The four-year partnership was signed on www.intelligentcio.com January 23 2018 at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, by Rachel Kyte, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO at Schneider Electric. for everyone everywhere. SDG 7 aims to ‘ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all’ as the prerequisite for child education, quality of life, economic development and effective healthcare systems. The United Nations’ sustainable development agenda sets 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve by 2030 in order to eliminate poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity While one billion inhabitants will continue to rely on dangerous or ‘dirty’ forms of energy by 2030 under current scenarios, SDG 7 aims at closing this gap to reach universal access. SDG 7 also aims to INTELLIGENTCIO 83