| 01.19.2022
One year after being awarded the Gender Equality European & International Standard (GEEIS) Diversity label for a scope covering its head office and France, Legrand today announces the awarding of the same label to its subsidiaries in Chile, Colombia, Egypt, and Switzerland.
Group | 11.25.2021
Legrand announces the signature of two charters for the elimination of violence against women.
Group | 11.10.2021
On November 3, 2021, following the first agreement signed in December 2017, the Crisis Support Center (CDCS) of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Electriciens sans frontières (1) and 14 companies and / or foundations of companies in the electricity sector (2) have renewed their joint commitment to enable Electriciens sans frontières to provide support to the CDCS on a case-by-case basis in emergency, reconstruction or emergency situations. provision of expertise.
Group | 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.
CSR | 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.
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.
