Schneider Electric has signed Paris-based carbon accounting provider Greenly to expand its Decarbonization Champion Program (DCP), the company's scheme for pushing small and medium-sized enterprises in the electrical value chain to measure and cut emissions. Schneider puts the package's worth at more than $34,000 in annual value per channel partner.

The deal pairs Greenly's emissions software platform — built for granular Scope 3 measurement extending down to product level — with Schneider Electric's SE Advisory Services consulting arm, distributed through Schneider's global network of partner SMEs. Founded in 2019, Greenly supplies tools for monitoring, reducing and reporting emissions across corporate value chains.

The partnership lands as disclosure regimes tighten on supply chains. The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Australia's Climate-Related Financial Disclosure regime are both raising transparency requirements across value chains, forcing larger buyers to demand emissions data from their smaller suppliers. SMEs that cannot produce credible carbon figures risk losing contracts.

For participating partners, the program combines several components. Schneider opens access to its Sustainability and Energy Tech School alongside Greenly's platform for measuring, visualizing, tracking and reporting Scope 1 and 2 emissions. SE Advisory Services adds remote audits, strategy workshops and development of decarbonization roadmaps. Selected Schneider Electric technologies and financial incentives round out the offer.

"Many SMEs want to act on carbon reduction but lack accessible tools and guidance," said Alexis Normand, CEO and co-founder of Greenly. "By combining software with hands-on support, we aim to make decarbonization both measurable and actionable across supply chains."

The structure matters for the electrical equipment stream. Component makers, panel builders and distributors in Schneider's channel sit inside customers' Scope 3 footprints, so their measurement capability directly affects the carbon accounting of the multinationals buying from them. Programs like DCP shift the measurement burden upstream — and turn it into a commercial lever, given the $34,000-per-partner annual value estimate.

Bin Lu, Executive Vice President, Power Products, Schneider Electric, framed the program in capability terms: "Together with Greenly, we are helping our partners build the capabilities needed to meet evolving market expectations, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate decarbonization."

The rollout is operational now through Schneider's partner network. What to track next: adoption numbers among channel SMEs, and whether CSRD and Australian disclosure enforcement in the coming reporting cycles converts this voluntary program into a de facto procurement requirement for electrical value chain suppliers.