LEGRAND / 2018 Registration document

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DECLARATION OF EXTRA-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

LIMITING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

R 4.5.1.4 AIR POLLUTION Air pollution arising from the Group’s activities consists mainly of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by certain processes in production units, such as depositing paint or ink on the surface of products, metal forming, the soldering of electronic components and the molding of unsaturated polyesters. In the last few years, the Group has worked hard to identify its VOC emissions more accurately and exhaustively. As a result, the figure resulting from the data collected has increased significantly, but that does not necessary mean that emissions have increased. VOC emissions thus amounted to 127 metric tons in 2018 as opposed to 118 metric tons in 2017. However, Legrand intends tomanage VOC emissionsmore effectively and above all to limit the amount released into the environment. R 4.5.1.5 USE OF SOILS AND BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION Legrand’s activities have no direct impact on soil or biodiversity. The vast majority of the Group’s production sites are located inside business or industrial zones that are subject to specific regulations. Furthermore, the Group considers that the focus on reducing water consumption, particularly in areas subject to water restrictions, helps to ease human pressure on ecosystems. Finally, the manufacturing nature of the Group’s activities allows its sites to be multi-storied, thus limiting their footprint. In addition, Legrand factors in the concept of embodied biodiversity. By analogy with embodied energy, embodied biodiversity is understood as the cumulative impact on ecosystems and biodiversity over the entire lifecycle of a material or product (e.g. equipment, energy): raw materials extraction, manufacturing, transportation, implementation, use and end-of-life. Each of these stages has a greater or lesser impact on the environment (destruction of species or habitats, consumption of natural resources, various forms of pollution, GHG emissions, etc.). Grey biodiversity can be assessed based on PEPs (Product Environmental Profiles), for which there are numerous impact indicators (intermediate indicators), such as air or water toxicity or eutrophication, which enable an estimate to be made of the potential harm to ecosystem diversity (damage indicators). The Group therefore has a relatively broad base for indirectly assessing its impact on biodiversity.

For more information on PEPs, please refer to section 4.2.1.3. of this registration document. For more information about our environmental actions, please visit our website at www.legrand.com . R 4.5.1.6 2019-2021 CSR ROADMAP With its fourth CSR roadmap starting in 2019 and in connection with SDG12 (Responsible consumption and production) and SDG13 (Climate action), Legrand is addressing the issue of limiting greenhouse gas emissions by adopting initiatives to: W reduce the Group’s carbon footprint . Legrand has long been committed to limiting the environmental impact of its activities and to reducing CO 2 emissions. The Group has strengthened this long-standing commitment by signing up to two international initiatives against global warming: the Science Based Targets initiative and the Global Alliance for Energy Productivity. Legrand also takes into account the CO 2 price per ton into its operational considerations, particularly in its investment decision-making processes; W avoiding CO 2 emissions through our energy efficiency offering . Because buildings are responsible for 35% of energy consumption and 20% of CO 2 emissions, reducing the energy consumption of buildings is a major part of the fight against global warming. The installation of equipment helping customers to consume energy more responsibly and to improve the energy efficiency of buildings plays a part in hitting targets to reduce CO 2 emissions and limit global warming. In connection with SDG11 (Sustainable cities and communities) and SDG12 (Responsible consumption and production), Legrand is addressing the issue of combating pollution by adopting initiatives to: W reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) . Legrand is measuring VOC emissions from the industrial processes it uses at its sites increasingly accurately. Molding, stamping and machining activities, the assembly of plastic, metal and electronic components, and painting, marking or surface treatment activities can produce VOC emissions. Although the quantities involved are relatively small, Legrand is committed to limiting them even further.

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