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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DECLARATION OF EXTRA-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

THE GROUP’S CSR STRATEGY

W the Prevention Charter , which sets out the key principles of Legrand’s health and safety policy. It defines three principles: complying with national legislation and regulations, making safety an integral part of operating policies, and harmonizing prevention strategies; W the Charter of Human Rights , detailing the rules that the Group wants its own businesses and suppliers to apply; W the Environment Policy , which sets out the requirements and fundamental aspects of the Group’s environmental strategy; W the Quality Policy , which sets out Legrand’s principles regarding the quality of its products; W the Purchasing Policy , which establishes the principles of sustainable, balanced and mutually beneficial supplier relations. These documents are promoted and disseminated locally by ethics and environmental representatives, human resource managers, admin and finance managers, compliance officers, the purchasing community, quality assurance officers and health and safety teams. They can be viewed on the www.legrand.com website. R 4.1.5.1 CSR GOVERNANCE The CSR Department is responsible for overseeing and implementing the Group’s CSR strategy. It is attached to the Strategy and Development Department, whose Executive Vice-President is a member of the Group’s Executive Committee. This central structure relies on several specialist functional departments : Legal and Compliance, Human Resources, Group Purchasing and the SBUs (Strategic Business Units). These functional departments coordinate networks of around 300 representatives located within the Group’s subsidiaries, who work directly on the different areas comprising the Group’s CSR strategy. A CSR Steering Committee that brings together the whole Executive Committee, meets two or three times a year to approve and follow up on the actions of the Group CSR strategy. Within Legrand’s Board of Directors, the Committee on Strategy and Social Responsibility , composed of six independant directors, is in charge of ensuring that the Group’s strategy remains compliant with the CSR approach. Once a year, the CSR Department presents the previous year’s results to this committee, together with targets for the coming year (see section 6.1.3 of this registration document). This arrangement gives Legrand’s General Management coherent oversight over its CSR activity, from General Management to the Group entities (gradually including acquired entities).

The activities of the Group’s subsidiaries, functional departments and SBUs (Strategic Business Units) form part of a sustainable approach involving reciprocity and dialogue with their customers, suppliers, employees and partners. This approach encourages knowledge-sharing and dialogue on CSR. For example, Legrand is involved in studies, surveys and round-tables, both within and outside the industry, which are important sources of information and opportunities to share best practice. The Group is therefore a member of the CSR committees set up within professional bodies (GIMELEC, FIEEC, etc.), the Club des Directeurs du Développement Durable (C3D), and the Institut du Capitalisme Responsable. Locally, Legrand’s teams may take part in studies, working groups and committees regarding CSR topics in their countries.

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4.1.5 – CSR governance and performance management

In addition, an Independent Third-Party Organization (Deloitte) provides a reasoned opinion on the conformity and accuracy of the 31 indicators making up the CSR roadmap. Its statement can be found in section 4.8. R 4.1.5.2 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT The implementation and management of the roadmap are handled jointly by the CSR Department and by the functional departments (Human Resources, Finance, Purchasing, Occupational Health & Safety, Environment, etc.), working with the managers of the SBUs and subsidiaries. Legrand keeps track of its CSR performance through a process involving the collection and analysis of non-financial data. This process involves: W the departments and countries, which are directly responsible for producing the data; W functional departments and SBUs (Strategic Business Units) that analyze these data; W the CSR Department, tasked with consolidating the data and then comparing them against the commitments of the roadmap. Reporting enables the various units to capitalize on best practices and share them within the Group.

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