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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

Limiting our environmental impact

4.5.1 – Reducing the Group’s environmental footprint

Legrand deploys its environmental policy on its sites in conjunction with ISO 14001 certification. This has led to an EMS (Environmental Management System) being set up, accompanied by an ISO 50001-certified energy management system at some European sites. This process, along with a host of local EMS initiatives that have proven effective in Group entities that are most advanced in terms of environmental management, has led to a reduction in the company’s environmental footprint. R 4.5.1.1 SYSTEMATICALLY OBTAINING ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION FOR GROUP SITES Legrand’s approach is to prevent environmental risk and improve theperformanceofitssites.Themanagementsystemsofindustrial and logistics sites are assessed regularly and appropriate action plans are implemented for ongoing improvement. This process has resulted in third-party ISO 14001 certification of sites covered by the Group’s environmental reports. Group priority 2014-2018 To achieve ISO 14001 certification at more than 90% of the Group’s industrial and logistics sites. Key performance indicator: the percentage of the Group’s sites with ISO 14001 certification. Annual targets:

through continuous improvement plans incorporating the Group’s best practices and environmental techniques. This commitment represents a major ongoing effort, especially in countries where regulations and standards fall short of the criteria for ISO 14001 certification. Since the development of the 2015 version of the standard, Legrand has been able to draw upon its ecodesign program, which fully meets the new requirements of the standard. The introduction of an ISO 14001 compliant environmental management system (EMS) has two main consequences: W it determines the site’s significant environmental aspects (SEAs). The site’s management and personnel will put measures in place in accordance with the site’s environment, activities and local culture in order to prevent pollution and environmental risks in general; W it establishes a continual improvement process, often symbolized by the Deming Cycle (Plan-Do-Check-Act), involving the implementation of concrete improvements. For example: improvements to energy efficiency in compressed air circuits and industrial cooling systems; reductions in water consumption in industrial processes; reductions in waste production at source and the installation of recovery processes. R 4.5.1.2 CONTROLLINGWATER CONSUMPTION The Legrand Group monitors its water use separately and takes the scarcity of the local water supply into consideration. It measures its impact by taking account of the water consumption at industrial sites (using environmental reporting data) and the local value of water, which is estimated based on the natural abundance of the resource and the conditions for accessing it. For this reason, the Group uses public benchmarks to assess its exposure and dependency on water. By combining the consumption reported by the sites and the WSI (Water Stress Index) mapping data published by the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), the Environment Department has identified the 22 sites that account for 80% of the Group’s water load worldwide. This analysis has revealed that approximately 79% of the Group’s water consumption occurs at industrial sites situated in zones where there is low or moderate water consumption (WSI index < or equal to 0.7). This approach enables the SBUs (Strategic Business Units) to focus their actions on the most sensitive sites in terms of their environmental impact on local water resources. Legrand uses standard sanitary quality water. It is not required to comply with any restrictions such as physico-chemical, microbiological or organoleptic parameters. Most of Legrand’s water consumption is for sanitary use by staff in the workplace. The treatment of waste water is therefore similar to the treatment of water used by the local community.

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Certification rate of sites*

87% 88% 89% 90% 90%

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Present within the Group for more than five years.

2017 achievement: At the end of 2017, 92% of the Group’s industrial and logistics sites had been ISO 14001 certified. In 2017, the Murthal site in India, the Megapower site in Malaysia, and the Novigorod site in Russia joined the scope of certification in.

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Target achievement rate*

102% 104% 102% 102%

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Calculated against annual targets.

Procedure Sites of companies recently acquired by the Group must be certified within five years. New sites joining Legrand are therefore assisted in their efforts to reach the required performance level

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