| 10.13.2021
Legrand distinguished by L’Autre Cercle for its contribution to the inclusion of LGBT+ persons.
Group | 09.30.2021
Legrand has decided to join the “We Mean Business” coalition committed to lowering greenhouse gas emissions. The Group has signed a letter addressed to the governments of G20 member states reminding them of the need to intensify action towards reducing global emissions.
Group | 09.22.2021
Legrand held a digital Capital Markets Day on September 22, 2021, broadcasted on the Legrand website. During this event, Legrand’s Executive Committee provided insights into the Group’s value creation acceleration.
Group | 09.02.2021
Legrand announces the appointment of Virginie Gatin as Group VP Social & Environmental Responsibility and to its Executive Committee.
RSE | 07.09.2021
In July 2021, Legrand received the Platinum EcoVadis medal, the highest distinction that rewards the Top 1% of the most successful comapnies in CSR among all companies evaluated by EcoVadis.
Finance | 04.12.2021 17:30
The Legrand Universal Registration Document was filed on April 12, 2021 with the Autorité des marchés financiers.
Group | 03.26.2021
The winning projects for Legrand are the Mallia Senses wiring devices range and the KaiYun home automation and door entry system.
This great achievement shows our leadership in responding to user needs to improve lives with elegant, connected solutions.
Group | 03.02.2021
On Monday March 1st, 2021, Legrand published its 2020 gender equality index. This year, the Group scored 91 points out of 100: this score is identical to the one obtained in 2019.
Group | 02.11.2021
Legrand announces the launch of a new generation wireless and batteryless switch. This technological innovation was developed in collaboration with CEA, a major player in research, development and innovation.
Group | 01.12.2021
Legrand has been awarded the Gender Equality European & International Standard (GEEIS) Diversity label, which was set up by Arborus and is audited by Bureau Veritas Certification. This distinction ackowledges the progress made by the Group over many years in terms of diversity, professional equality and inclusion, principles which are at the heart of Legrand’s HR and CSR strategies.
To encourage and accelerate innovation, the only possible response to the emergence of new needs and technological developments is for Legrand to multiply its collaborative projects.
This is why the Group works with the scientific, business and educational communities.
Legrand participates in collaborative research projects and works within competitiveness clusters or technology transfer centres.
It also cooperates with start-ups and SMEs in various forms (collaborative research or development projects, partnerships, acquisition of stakes), which contributes to leading the sector in particular into innovative areas offering many opportunities, such as the Silver Economy, comfort and well-being, access to electricity, energy efficiency, security in buildings, electric vehicles, connected devices, and digital networks.
The group is also widely involved in the educational world through partnerships with training establishments, regular exchanges with engineering schools, and support for the creation of new specialist courses.
This shared innovation initiative allows it to accelerate its development and support progress across the whole electrical sector.
7 new partnerships and significant collaborative projects undertaken in 2016.
Continue developing university partnerships and collaborative research projects, and implementing the resulting innovations.
Since the launch of Eliot, Legrand has become involved in many partnerships to promote interoperability between connected products in the building sector. Legrand works with the American company Nest Inc. to use the Nest Weave protocol in certain products.
Legrand has also entered into an international technological partnership with Samsung, to develop solutions that improve the control and comfort of hotel rooms.
Finally, Legrand has partnered with La Poste to make its connected offers compatible with La Poste's digital hub.
Since late 2015, Legrand's Brazilian subsidiary SMS has been working with the Instituto de Tecnologia Reconcavo, a research institute based in Sao Paolo
Aim of the partnership: to extend the remote management of connected UPS* units by developing an application which can control all of an installation's connected UPSs from a single point using a smartphone.
The benefit of the partnership lies in the technological expertise, proximity and speed.
* * UPSs (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) are systems that guarantee the continuity of the electrical power supply to buildings.
