WEPs | 03.09.2020
On International Women Rights Day, Legrand reasserts its commitment to gender equality by supporting the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) defined by UN Women and Global Compact.
| 02.27.2020 08:00
Building on its growth momentum through the acquisition of front-runners, Legrand today announced the purchase of Focal Point, strengthening solid positions in specification-grade architectural lighting solutions for commercial buildings in the United States.
Group | 02.13.2020
As an inclusive company, Legrand attended the second edition of the autre cercle – Ifop held on February 12, 2020 in Paris.
Group | 01.28.2020
Since June 2019, Legrand, and six other partners representing the whole construction value chain, has joined Sekoya: Eiffage Group and Impulse Partners’ initiative to bring their expertise in carbon emission reduction and promote the use of carbon-free solutions.
CES 2020 | 01.06.2020
Legrand takes part in CES (Consumer Electronic Show). All the teams are very proud to show new connected experiences.
CES 2020 | 01.06.2020
Legrand is taking part in Unveiled at CES2020 in Las Vegas to announce Drivia with Netatmo: its first smart electrical panel for the residential sector.
Group | 11.19.2019
Each year since 2011, EcoAct* has established a ranking of climate reporting performance among component stock companies of stock market indices including France’s CAC 40, the FTSE 100 in the UK, the Spanish IBEX 35 and the DOW 30 in the US.
Group | 10.30.2019
This policy is mainly structured around 5 objectives: gender diversity, inclusivity towards people with disabilities, intergenerational collaboration, Social and cultural diversity, inclusion of LGBT+ people.
group | 10.14.2019
The award was handed over on October 2nd, 2019 in Paris to Emmanuelle Levine, Group General Counsel.
This award is attributed annually by Labrador, the specialist of regulated communication, since 2008 on the basis of an assessment grid designed by an independent scientific committee, comprising 205 criteria.
Group | 08.29.2019
Benoît Coquart, CEO, signed the French Climate Pledge on August 29th 2019, in the framework of the Rencontre des Entrepreneurs de France (LaREF), strengthening Legrand’s historically strong commitment to limiting the impact of its activities on the environment.
Improving living conditions and convenience also involves developing solutions that optimise energy efficiency.
Because buildings account for 40% of energy consumption and 20% of CO2 emissions, reducing the energy consumption of buildings is a major factor in the fight against climate change.
The aim is for each user to reduce its energy bill and its environmental footprint.
Legrand designs solutions to limit electrical power cuts and optimise energy efficiency.
In the home, for example, Legrand solutions range from motion detectors to full home automation systems, enabling the control and programming of lighting, heating and other areas of electricity consumption, thus optimising energy consumption.
In commercial or industrial buildings, the product offer applies to lighting management, office equipment management, security lighting or infrastructure metering and surveillance.
The Group also offers capacitor banks that increase the efficiency of facilities, and network analysers make it possible to measure energy consumption and quality. Legrand is also developing an electric vehicle charging offer.
35% of the world's energy is consumed by buildings.
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)
Buildings account for 20 % of CO2 emissions.
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)
Increase sales of solutions offering improved living conditions and greater comfort by 50% (priority 1)
Provide product environmental data compliant with ISO 14025 for products accounting for 2/3 of sales (priority 3)
Prevent the emission of 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 through the use of the Group's products (priority 4)
Above and beyond its product range, Legrand is committed to encouraging improved energy efficiency by estimating the tonnes of CO2 avoided thanks to its solutions. Moreover, for most of its products, the Group supplies environmental information to the whole value chain via PEPs (Product Environmental Profiles).
The energy saved by using Legrand energy efficiency solutions is calculated based on the Group's sales of energy efficiency solutions, the return on investment (ROI), and the cost of electricity. Moreover, the greenhouse gas emissions avoided in each country take into account the carbon content of the local electricity. For each country where Legrand solutions are marketed, the combination of all this data enables us to establish a link between the sales of solutions in the country and the total CO2 emissions produced in a year of use, and therefore of the products sold.
In 2017, the Energy efficiency solutions marketed by Legrand prevented the emission of 1,278,000 tonnes of CO2 worldwide. Every year, Legrand publishes figures showing the energy saved, and therefore the tonnes of CO2 avoided, thanks to the use of its energy efficiency solutions.
Legrand believes that it is responsible for informing users about the environmental impact of the Group's products. Reducing the impact of buildings on the environment starts with the design choices. Informing users about the environmental impact of the products they use is therefore a top priority. The Product Environmental Profile (PEP) is a reference tool to measure the environmental impact of electrical products. It is based on the ISO 14025 international standard and a multi-criteria Life Cycle Analysis. It is a recognised and reliable programme with international scope.
It is a real 'plus' that makes users prefer Legrand products. More than 1650 Legrand PEPs are now available, including around 250 new ones created in 2017 for the Group's various international offers. 67% of sales in 2017 generated by products covered by a PEP (Product Environmental Profile)
