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Written by Guest Blogger, Kelly Bierman , US Well-Being Manager at Schneider Electric How has your company encouraged you to be healthier?  At Schneider Electric, we strive to create a culture of well-being every day for all employees.  For us well-being is about being healthy, being happy and making the most of our energy at work and at home. As a company we are committed to creating a healthy environment for all our employees, and we are thrilled to share that we have recently been recognized by the American Heart Association’s Workplace Health Achievement Index at the gold level – for the second year in a row. We’re proud to be part of this elite group of organizations recognized for their implementation of quality workplace health programs and culture of health best practices. Earlier this year, Interactive Health also selected Schneider Electric as one of the 2017 Healthiest Companies in America , making this our 3rd year achieving the designation. These awards speak...

Electric utilities provide vital continuous and critical electricity supply to billions of people across the globe. But some areas face extreme weather: floods, high winds, storms, fires, hurricanes or heat waves. These conditions create exceptional challenges for power supply continuity and can result in widespread damage to the power infrastructure and cause severe outages, affecting significant numbers of  electric utilities’  customers. The best way to deal with extreme weather conditions is the creation of a robust power network that improves monitoring and control and automatically responds to any major crisis — enhancing confidence in supply continuity during extreme events. Below are two examples of the challenges electric utilities operating in places with frequent severe weather or environmental events, like...