June 8, 2016 – Schneider Electric takes the implementation of ISO 50001 seriously. It’s among a handful of other private sector companies who have committed to a new campaign, launched at the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in California to promote ISO 50001, the global energy management system standard. CEM dubs the Energy Management Campaign a call to action—urging governments, business, industry, and other key partners to use the standard as a transparent mechanism to demonstrate progress towards climate and energy goals. The campaign aims to achieve 50,001 global certifications to ISO 50001 by 2020.

Analysis shows that implementation of ISO 50001 across global commercial and industrial sectors could drive cumulative energy savings of approximately 62 exajoules by 2030, CEM says, saving over $600 billion in energy costs.

In addition to Schneider Electric, Cummins, LG Chem (Ochang Plant), and Samsung Electronics are some of the other names who backed the campaign as well as fifteen CEM members (Canada included).

“To meet the world’s energy, environmental and economic challenges, we must improve how we manage energy on a global scale,” said Jennifer Rumsey, vice-resident and chief technical officer at Cummins Inc. “Cummins is committed to energy efficiency in our facilities and throughout our supply chain as well as through our product innovations. We are honoured to join the Energy Management Campaign because we believe structured energy management and aggressive goals are key to making progress in global energy efficiency.”

The campaign will continue to seek additional commitments until the goal of 50,001 certifications is achieved, it states, and commitments will be tracked on the campaign website, DriveTo50001.org. Energy ministers and partners will report progress during the next Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM8), which will be hosted by China in 2017.

Since the standard’s publication in 2011, CEM says approximately 15,000 facilities worldwide have been certified to ISO 50001. Case studies show that these companies are realizing energy improvements of 10% or more, often through low-cost or no-cost changes to operations.