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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

Offering users sustainable solutions

Simple and accessible solutions The Group offers energy-efficient solutions for residential, commercial and industrial buildings, both new builds and those being renovated. They are easy to install, adapt and use and can be implemented by the Group’s usual industry partners. These solutions serve the needs of investors and specifiers working in the field of energy efficiency (Energy Service Companies, Facility Managers, System Integrators, Technical Consultants on Green Buildings, etc.). In energy distribution, Legrand contributes to a building’s energy performance with the following solutions: W reactive energy compensation and harmonics filtration: Alpes Technologies offers a full range of services and products that improve energy quality and reduce the environmental impact, particularly in terms of CO 2 emissions; W energy-efficient transformers and busbars to optimize power distribution and reduce system losses; W high-quality uninterrupted power supply: the Group’s UPS ranges are based on smart power factor correction circuitry, which optimizes the absorption of energy inputs: efficiency remains at a high and constant level, even at a low rate of charge. Through its subsidiaries Inform (Turkey), SMS (Brazil), Meta System Energy and Borri (Italy), Numeric (India), S2S (France), Primetech (Italy) and Fluxpower (Germany), Legrand offers conventional UPS ranges, high-tech modular UPS facilities for critically important systems (data centers and financial institutions), and photovoltaic power inverters. In energy management, Legrand contributes to a building’s energy performance with the following solutions: W lighting, heating and plant management: the Group’s solutions manage energy and reduce waste and therefore electricity bills, with a quick return on investment for users. The Group has recently expanded in this area with the acquisition of Q-Motion and Solarfective for natural lighting management, and CP Electronics, a leader in energy-efficient lighting control in the United Kingdom. In addition, digital lighting management solutions optimize energy consumption by adapting to usage; W analysis, measurement and monitoring of electrical equipment: these are essential steps when preparing an energy audit (i.e. ISO 50001 audit) and managing installations. The Energy Distribution SBU continues to develop innovative,

smart solutions (linked to Eliot, Legrand’s connected objects program) to monitor and control energy management in buildings. For example, with the new EMS CX³ (Energy Management System) solution, it is now very easy to check whether an electrical installation is functioning properly and to monitor and control it directly from the unit itself or remotely via a computer, tablet or smartphone. The Group has expanded in this area with the acquisition in 2015 of IME, a leading Italian player and European specialist in the measurement of electrical installation parameters; W photovoltaic panel connections: Legrand offers photovoltaic panel connection solutions for residential and commercial use; W electric vehicle charging solutions: Legrand offers a domestic type socket, Green’up Access, which can charge at 14 A (3.2 kW). It also has a range of charging stations, Green’up Premium, mainly designed for houses, public or company car parks and apartment buildings. These have been joined by a smart range (IRVE 3.0), launched in 2017; W energy savings for data centers: largely thanks to Minkels, the Dutch acquisition that specializes in data-center equipment, the Group provides energy-saving solutions for data centers. For example, the Varicondition Cold Corridor ® solution is a system based on the complete separation of hot and cold air flows, to increase efficiency and energy savings. Following the acquisition of Raritan and Servertech, the data center offering is completed with smart PDUs (1) to analyze energy consumption and improve performance. Using the Group’s energy efficiency solutions helps reduce energy consumption with a commensurate reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Energy saved using the Group’s energy-efficient solutions is calculated from Group sales of energy-efficient solutions, a return on investment, and the cost of electricity in the countries concerned, respectively for France over a period of five years and €90/MWh in line with industry-wide data. In other countries, the local cost of electricity and the impact on return on investment is balanced when it comes to calculate energy saved. Besides, the calculation of GHG emissions avoided in each country concerned takes into account the carbon content of local electricity. For each of Legrand’s national markets for energy-efficient solutions, CO 2 emissions avoided

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(1) PDU: Power Distribution Unit.

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