The world is experiencing some of the most important secular growth trends that we will experience in our lifetime: The explosive rise of digitalization and the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables — changes being driven by unprecedented growth in electrification and climate change.

Eaton's vision is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. As a participant in the U.N. Global Compact, we’ve made a commitment with other companies around the world to continue to adopt sustainable and socially responsible practices. We have a vital purpose in our world because we create the products and services that help our customers — and their customers — manage and use power. 

Stakeholders are calling for nations and businesses to work together to address global climate change. Human-induced climate change has wrought observable impacts to people, infrastructure and ecosystems, including increases in global temperatures, more frequent heatwaves, extreme precipitation in some regions and droughts in others. We understand the urgency of the climate emergency and have developed science-based greenhouse gas reduction targets consistent with the limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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