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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

Offering users sustainable solutions

4.1.3 – Recognized CSR performance

To promote transparency and openness, in particular towards investors and shareholders, Legrand regularly responds to requests relating to its non-financial performance. These are recognized and rewarded by its inclusion in the world’s leading CSR indexes, particularly at the end of 2017: W FTSE4Good;

Legrand has also received the following recognition and ratings: W “Prime” status in Oekom Research’s Corporate rating; W Inclusion in the “2017 Sustainability Yearbook”, published by the asset manager RobecoSAM; W 51 st place in the “Corporate Knights 2018 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World”; W Grand Prix of the CAC 40 General Assembly awarded to Legrand by the Institut du Capitalisme Responsable . Legrand distinguished itself thanks to the presentation of value creation by key stakeholder. To allow access to the information, a special CSR analysts’ room has been created on our corporate website www.legrand.com .

W ESI Excellence Europe and Excellence Global; W Euronext Vigeo: Eurozone 120, Europe 120; W MSCI SRI Index: World, ACWI, Europe;

W STOXX ® Global ESG Leaders, STOXX ® Global ESG Environmental Leaders, STOXX ® Global ESG Governance Leaders, STOXX ® Global ESG Social Leaders, EURO STOXX ® Sustainability Index.

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4.2 – OFFERING USERS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS

Legrand places the user and the user’s needs at the center of its attention and its concerns. The Legrand user may be the end consumer, the electrician, or the professional installer. The Group harnesses innovation to offer sustainable solutions to everyone and drive progress in the electrical sector.

4.2.1 – Providing sustainable solutions

these functions serve basic needs or satisfy expectations for enhanced and intelligent systems. The Group is therefore developing products and solutions to improve people’s living conditions and comfort ; W as an industry leader, Legrand is committed to ensuring the safety of users of electrical equipment by striving for product quality and actively fighting against counterfeiting; W since improving the energy efficiency of buildings is a priority, the Group believes it is important to inform users about the environmental impact of its products and designs solutions that will reduce electricity consumption.

The solutions developed by Legrand are the answer to some of the major global challenges of today and tomorrow. Firstly, the environmental challenges , linked to the depletion of raw materials and the impact of global warming. Secondly, the social challenges , mainly relating to the aging population and increasing urbanization (especially in new economies). Finally, the technological challenges , with increasing digitalization, the advent of smart grids and the rapid increase in digital streams. The Group’s objective is therefore to develop solutions so that everyone can use electricity sustainably: W Legrand is helping to make the functions of electrical installations available to the largest number of people, whether

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