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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

Limiting our environmental impact

Legrand intends to pool best energy practices within the Group by focusing on workforce training and information-sharing. As part of its investment policy, Legrand’s General Management also provides the resources required for the implementation of action to reduce energy consumption, involving suppliers and service providers in improving the Group’s energy performance. The Group thus encourages its subsidiaries to present investment projects dedicated to improving energy performance, with specific return on investment periods (longer than the periods required for other investment plans). Site renovations enabling a general improvement of the building are generally accompanied by the search for energy optimization. Energy management certification for the Group’s sites To build on this continuous improvement process, Legrand’s management has decided to introduce an Energy Management System (EMS) according to the ISO 50001 standard. In 2015, Legrand obtained ISO 50001 certification for its energy management system. This certification covers Legrand’s headquarters, 21 production sites and three logistics sites located in Spain, France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands and Poland. Legrand is the first French industrial group to obtain ISO 50001 certification for multiple sites across a broad European platform. The certification demonstrates the Group’s commitment to tackling major energy transition challenges through the promotion of solutions and services to improve energy efficiency in buildings. Legrand’s European Energy Management System (EMS) is supported by the Group’s energy policy (fully consistent with its environment policy), existing ISO 14001 environmental management systems, and actions and information from the sites. The scope of the EMS corresponds tomore than 45%of the Group’s global energy consumption and covers all industrial, logistics and administrative operations of the European sites concerned. An annual energy review consolidates the results measured at all sites in scope, setting and/or revising objectives and targets, and ensuring that they are achieved. Finally, an annual management meeting allows management to review the EMS to ensure that it is relevant, adequate and effective and modify it if necessary. Where appropriate the Group’s energy policy is revised. As part of the roll-out of the EMS, large-scale training was carried out in 2016 and 2017 with more than 250 employees identified as directly linked to the energy performance of their home site. This training was offered in the local language in seven European countries.

In addition, the few Legrand facilities that use water for industrial purposes are carefully monitored to avoid any risk of pollution. For example, surface treatment workshops with effluent treatment plant are strictly maintained and regularly upgraded. More generally, the ISO 14001 certification policy of Group sites as described above entails responsible industrial processes and practices for water management. In 2017, the Group’s water consumption amounted to 895,000 m3, up 1.7% at current scope, compared with the figures reported in 2016. As a percentage of Group sales, water consumption amounted to an average water consumption intensity of 173 m 3 / million in sales at the end of 2017, against 180 m 3 /million in sales at the end of 2016, down -3.8% (at current scope). In the medium term, the trend is significantly better than the 2% reduction per year that the Group has set itself. Since 2013, the baseline year for the CSR roadmap, there has been a decrease in water consumption of more than 20%. This decrease demonstrates the continued effectiveness of the actions introduced. Just as with greenhouse gas emissions under the GHG protocol (see section 4.5.1.3), the main water consumption indicators relating to accommodation and catering for employees at industrial sites are not taken into account, when this is technically possible. In addition, the Group’s subcontractors for surface treatment are in general, historic local suppliers, for which the same regulatory constraints are applied. Logistical proximity enables Group buyers to verify easily that these subcontractors implement a compliant and optimal effluent treatment system. R 4.5.1.3 REDUCING THE ENERGY INTENSITY OF THE GROUP’S OPERATIONS Legrand regards reducing the energy intensity of its operations as a priority. To achieve this, the Group – taking advantage of its privileged position as a supplier of energy-efficient solutions that it can use at its own sites – has committed to a policy of continuous improvement of its energy performance. In 2015, this commitment was translated with the publication of the Group’s energy policy, which is available for all Group employees on the Legrand intranet. All subsidiaries and industrial, logistics and commercial sites are affected by this continuous improvement process and are responsible for monitoring their energy performance. Areas of progress are identified at each site and action plans implemented to reduce energy consumption. Furthermore, compliance with the legal requirements for energy is ensured by the site management system within the framework of ISO 14001 certification.

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