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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DECLARATION OF EXTRA-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

DUTY OF CARE

Human rights Questionnaire results have identified areas of potential progress, relating to practices that already exist within the Group but are insufficiently deployed. Action plans are therefore being implemented as part of a continuous improvement process. The improvements monitored mainly consisted of non-discrimination awareness (40% of cases), improvements in employment conditions (22%), the deployment of health and safety initiatives (20%) and communication on the existence of a whistleblowing mechanism (12.5%). For each point raised, an action plan is put in place. For example, to prevent any risk of forced labor, Malaysia has improved its process for the administrative management of foreign workers’ passports. As regards discrimination risks, Thailand has overhauled its job application form in order to limit any risk of discrimination during recruitment. Russia, India and Saudi Arabia have increased their use of job descriptions. A large number of countries have taken advantage of compliance training to discuss discrimination risks with staff members and remind them of the Group’s whistleblowing system.

As regards working conditions, multi-year action plans are underway in certain countries to reduce the use of overtime. Since 2014, following self-assessment work, more than 100 actions have been identified, of which 80 have been completed and 20 are underway. Those action plans are monitored in relation to priority targets relating to human rights in the 2014-2018 CSR roadmap (see section 4.4.1.1). Environment The process for issuing immediate alerts in the event of an accident or environmental alerts did not reveal any incidents in 2018. Indicators regarding the Group’s environmental indicators (energy consumption, water consumption, emissions of VOCs into the air and waste production and management) show a decrease in line with stated targets. The Group also sets aside financial reserves for environmental risks. They relate to past pollution resulting from industrial activities prior to Legrand’s arrival at the relevant sites, and are subject to analysis and treatment plans.

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4.6.7 – Future development of the duty of care plan

Although the duty of care plan is already up and running, the Legrand Group aims to improve it each year through a continuous improvement loop. The following areas for improvement have been identified:

W consultation with stakeholders. Consulting more broadly with staff representative bodies outside of Europe. For other stakeholders, particularly through multi-party industry or regional initiatives; W the publication of a report that is independent of other communication documents.

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