Furthermore, Schneider Electric continues to deploy a growing range of services to help customers extend the life of aging electrical equipment as well as to upgrade it to the latest technology. This is done, for example, through its ECOFIT™ program, thanks to a global network of refurbishment centers for low and mediumvoltage equipment circuit-breakers and UPS-es. Additional services exist to take-back and treat batteries and medium-voltage equipment at the end-of-life. In 2018, Schneider Electric's circularity initiatives helped avoid consumption of 40,000 tonnes of primary resources and reduced customers' CO2 emissions by 30 million tonnes, primarily through renovation of existing equipment (buildings, industry, infrastructure).