Xavier Houot's guest appearances

Xavier Houot

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Saving Tomorrows Planet

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It’s easy enough to talk about ESG in the board room, at a town hall, even on a podcast. The tough part is making it real, *comme on dit.*  Which brings us to today’s guest, Xavier Houot, Senior Vice President of Sustainable Business and Operations at Schneider Electric—an organization that was recently named the world’s most sustainable corporation. In a spirited dialogue with Elaina Shekhter, EPAM’s Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Houot explains Schneider Electric’s comprehensive and holistic approach to ESG. “We start with looking at the challenges outside of ourselves,” says Houot, adding that Schneider Electric views itself “from an outside-in perspective.” They consider the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. They compare themselves with the best performers in each category of ESG—the best on safety, the best on circularity—and of course they consider their performance in relation to their performance of the previous six months. “It's not very important to please ourselves saying we are better than we were [six months before]…. If we are better but it's not enough, that frankly doesn't make the world a better place.”Houot and Shekhter’s conversation swerves in a variety of interesting directions: Straight into Schneider Electric’s Zero Carbon Project, over toward building the business case for sustainability, and high up into the issue of organizational leadership, with informative excursions into the challenges of measurement, the role of partnerships, and the meaning of COP26.  Most importantly, they take a *realistic* approach to ESG. Shekhter, for instance, insists on keeping it real when she asks: “How do you know that decarbonization is the right focus?” and Houot responds with full and informed candor. To hear the answer, and many other important points about ESG, click the link below.Host: Alison KotinEngineer: Kyp PilalasProducer: Ken Gordon

It’s easy enough to talk about ESG in the board room, at a town hall, even on a podcast. The tough part is making it real, *comme on dit.* Which brings us to today’s guest, Xavier Houot, Senior Vice President of Sustainable Business and Operations at Schneider Electric—an organization that was recently named the world’s most sustainable corporation. In a spirited dialogue with Elaina Shekhter, EPAM’s Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Houot explains Schneider Electric’s comprehensive and holistic approach to ESG. “We start with looking at the challenges outside of ourselves,” says Houot, adding that Schneider Electric views itself “from an outside-in perspective.” They consider the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. They compare themselves with the best performers in each category of ESG—the best on safety, the best on circularity—and of course they consider their performance in relation to their performance of the previous six months. “It's not very important to please ourselves saying we are better than we were [six months before]…. If we are better but it's not enough, that frankly doesn't make the world a better place.” Houot and Shekhter’s conversation swerves in a variety of interesting directions: Straight into Schneider Electric’s Zero Carbon Project, over toward building the business case for sustainability, and high up into the issue of organizational leadership, with informative excursions into the challenges of measurement, the role of partnerships, and the meaning of COP26. Most importantly, they take a *realistic* approach to ESG. Shekhter, for instance, insists on keeping it real when she asks: “How do you know that decarbonization is the right focus?” and Houot responds with full and informed candor. To hear the answer, and many other important points about ESG, click the link below. Host: Alison Kotin Engineer: Kyp Pilalas Producer: Ken Gordon

The Resonance Test 71: Xavier Houot of Schneider Electric

In this episode, Xavier and Jeremy discuss the opportunity for a more energy-efficient future. Xavier reveals some shocking truths about where energy is currently being lost and shares the incredible sustainability-focused work the team at Schneider Electric are doing.  Xavier is a true expert when it comes to energy efficiency and this podcast covers some key areas of improvement such as workplace buildings, data centres and household usage. Xavier and Jeremy also touch on the advancement of technology and how it can be implemented to make for a more sustainable tomorrow. More about Xavier – Xavier is currently the Senior Vice President, Sustainable Business and Operations at Schneider Electric. His background contains 27 years of experience within strategy and management consulting as well as sustainable strategies and transformations. For the past 15 years, his focus has been on the design and implementation of sustainable growth strategies.  For further information please visit the Schneider Electric website at: Website - https://www.se.com/uk/en/To connect with Xavier:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavier-houot-baba34/More about Jeremy -  Your host, Jeremy Schwartz, is a CEO, family man and adventurer. With a career spanning The Body Shop, L’Oreal, Coca-Cola and Pandora he knows the power of corporations to do good. Founder of this podcast, he is set on a mission to talk to pioneering people, around the world, taking action to save the planet.Jeremy's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyschwartz2021-ceo-cooSaving Tomorrow's Planet website: www.savingtomorrowsplanet.comThanks for listening - Please like, subscribe and share this podcast!  

In this episode, Xavier and Jeremy discuss the opportunity for a more energy-efficient future. Xavier reveals some shocking truths about where energy is currently being lost and shares the incredible sustainability-focused work the team at Schneider Electric are doing.  Xavier is a true expert when it comes to energy efficiency and this podcast covers some key areas of improvement such as workplace buildings, data centres and household usage. Xavier and Jeremy also touch on the advancement of technology and how it can be implemented to make for a more sustainable tomorrow. More about Xavier – Xavier is currently the Senior Vice President, Sustainable Business and Operations at Schneider Electric. His background contains 27 years of experience within strategy and management consulting as well as sustainable strategies and transformations. For the past 15 years, his focus has been on the design and implementation of sustainable growth strategies.  For further information please visit the Schneider Electric website at: Website - <a href="https://www.se.com/uk/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.se.com/uk/en/</a>To connect with Xavier: LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavier-houot-baba34/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavier-houot-baba34/</a>More about Jeremy -  Your host, Jeremy Schwartz, is a CEO, family man and adventurer. With a career spanning The Body Shop, L’Oreal, Coca-Cola and Pandora he knows the power of corporations to do good. Founder of this podcast, he is set on a mission to talk to pioneering people, around the world, taking action to save the planet.Jeremy's LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyschwartz2021-ceo-coo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyschwartz2021-ceo-coo</a> Saving Tomorrow's Planet website: <a href="http://www.savingtomorrowsplanet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.savingtomorrowsplanet.com</a> Thanks for listening - Please like, subscribe and share this podcast!