Group | 02.27.2025
Legrand has published its 2024 gender equality index with a score of 93 points out of 100, stable compared to 2023 and up 8 points since 2018, when the index was first published.
CSR | 02.13.2025
Legrand announces that is has been awarded an 'A' rating by the CDP* Climate Change 2024. The "A" list includes companies recognized worldwide for their excellence in climate action, strategy, governance, and results.
CSR | 01.30.2025
Legrand acquired a majority stake in Circul'R, a French circular economy consulting firm, in December 2024.
The societal and environmental challenges we face have always been at the heart of our economic model. Fully integrated in our development and echoing our raison d’être, our CSR approach is managed at the highest level, interacting with all stakeholders. It has an influence on the Group’s processes, its decision-making processes and governance..
Our CSR approach is an essential and historic component of our development. We therefore consider that financial, environmental and societal performance are inseparable, as the excellence of one component benefits the others, in complete harmony with our raison d’être: improving lives. These commitments open the door to a sustainable future for us.
Integrated in our strategy, our CSR commitments are structured around five areas of action which include the most material challenges for the Group and stakeholders. Every day, we make inroads into our goals in each of these areas.
For Legrand, diversity and inclusion are a source of sustainable performance and prosperity.
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Reducing the Group’s carbon footprint is a key priority in the fight against climate change.
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Adopting the principles of a circular economy into Legrand’s activities is at the heart of the Group’s sustainable development approach.
Putting our customers at the heart of our concerns is essential if we are to meet their expectations.
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Listening to and respecting stakeholders constitutes the foundation of Legrand’s development model.
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Our approach is overseen by the CSR Management. Reporting directly to Executive Management and with a seat on the Group’s Steering Committee, it relies on a network of more than 300 correspondents who are responsible for rolling out the CSR Road Map locally. It also collaborates with the CSR Executive Committee which covers the strategic, operational, reputational and financial challenges. Within the Board of Directors, the Commitment and CSR Committee specialised ensures conformity between our CSR commitments and its strategy. Non-financial performance is also a significant component of Legrand directors’ and managers’ compensation.
Our CSR commitments are based on regular discussions with our stakeholders. The impact materiality survey carried out periodically helps identify the most important and relevant CSR challenges for Legrand and its internal and external stakeholders.
As we did in 2018 and 2021 for the previous Road Maps, we conducted an impact materiality survey in 2023 involving more than 4500 stakeholders (employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, the scientific, sectoral and educational community, the financial community, civil society, NGOs and associations) in 78 countries. This survey was used to rank and prioritise the CSR challenges facing the Group. To meet the expectations of the CSRD, a double materiality study was also conducted, which consolidates the impact of the CSR topics on the company's performance, and the impact of the company's activities on the environment and society.
Legrand applies the main international standards relating to CSR. Since 2006, the Group has been a member of the United Nations Global Compact. It complies with the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the GRI and ISO 26000 frameworks. It meets 9 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) published by the UN. Compliance with the CSRD directive also provides an opportunity to boost the transparency and comparability of the Group's sustainability reporting.
