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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DECLARATION OF EXTRA-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

DUTY OF CARE

R 4.6.5.3 ENVIRONMENT Regular risk mapping and assessment

Risk prevention and mitigation measures ISO 14001 is used as a common reference for all sites. Each Group site must have an Energy Management System, and its compliance with ISO 14001 is certified by a third party. That compliance is declared each year in environmental reporting. To meet ISO 14001 targets as well as targets set by the CSR roadmap, each site is encouraged to produce an ambitious plan of action that is monitored locally as part of the EMS. This decentralized way of defining initiatives ensures that they are suited to local conditions, which vary widely from site to site depending on location, the environment and the production processes used. Industrial best practice as set out in the Legrand Way forms a benchmark to guide sites in their improvement plans. The effectiveness of measures taken is monitored as part of the ISO 14001 EMS. Results are consolidated, and this shows progress towards targets at the Group level and allows it to define remedial action targeting some or all sites, particularly those where results are not satisfactory.

For more than 15 years, Legrand has ensured that each major site reports data that allows its environmental impact to be assessed in terms of energy consumption, water consumption, emissions of pollutants (VOCs) into the air, and waste production andmanagement (see section 4.7.3 regarding the environmental reporting system). On the basis of energy consumption, the Group’s greenhouse gas emission inventory is calculated each year, particularly for scopes 1 and 2. Each site’s environmental impacts are identified, measured and managed using the ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS), which defines a continuous improvement loop: identification and management of each site’s significant environmental aspects (SEAs) allow a risk map to be produced for that site. Through centralized monitoring, the Group checks that this continuous improvement is reflected in its consolidated indicators. The most important issues (energy consumption, waste recovery, VOCs) are subject to reduction targets as part of CSR roadmaps. R REPORT ON THE DUTY OF CARE PLAN REGARDING SUPPLIER ACTIVITIES The way in which higher-risk suppliers are monitored is detailed in the “2014-2018 Group priority” part of section 4.3.2.1. To summarize, during the roadmap period, Legrand discontinued relations with five higher-risk suppliers because of major discrepancies regarding aspects under review or for failure to engage with the improvement plan. Out of 202 higher-risk suppliers monitored, more than 70% completed or nearly completed their action plan, while all others were assessed, and action plans are currently being implemented. No serious discrepancies such as those involving child labor were detected during the on-site audits. The action plans mainly highlight the need to produce periodically the necessary documentary information (environmental certificates, for example) and to formalize health and safety procedures (for example, hazard warning notices in factories, reminders to wear safety masks, gloves and footwear, preparation of an evacuation plan and associated drills, better chemicals storage, etc.). As well as operational initiatives carried out with suppliers, Legrand’s 2014-2018 CSR roadmap led to the creation, across more than 25 countries, of a community of trained purchasers, supported by environmental and health and safety specialists, applying a common methodology to assess and help higher-risk suppliers in CSR terms to achieve progress “in the field”.

4.6.6 – Report on the duty of care plan: monitoring of measures and effectiveness

Legrand will work with this community to continue making progress in this area as part of its 2019-2021 roadmap (see section 4.3.2.2 “2019-2021 CSR roadmap”). R REPORT ON THE DUTY OF CARE PLAN REGARDING GROUP ACTIVITIES Occupational health and safety Legrand has a three-level reporting process: real-time reporting of workplace accidents (with the Group’s Senior Management being informed immediately), monthly reporting of accident data (accidents, days of lost time, occupational illnesses) and annual reporting of accident data but also of CSR roadmap criteria. At the end of the 2014-2018 roadmap period, there was a significant reduction in the lost-time accident frequency rate indicator, from 8.37 to 4.22. As regards the roadmap’s other OHS criteria, 98% of the workforce is covered by an occupational risk management plan and 97% by a monitoring and improvement plan. We attained and exceeded all of our OHS targets. For more details about these criteria, please refer to section 4.4.2 of this document.

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