Legrand SA is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture of electrical and digital building infrastructures. Its services include the provision of control and command of electric power, cable management, power distribution, and voice-data-image distribution. The company was founded in 1926.

Legrand is one of the world’s global specialists in electrical and digital building infrastructures, and they’ve built up a store of unique expertise in regional and national standards everywhere they do business. The products are used in buildings of all types, from residential spaces (around 40% of total sales), to datacenters (over 10%), other non-residential spaces including offices, hotels, and healthcare facilities (40%), and industrial buildings and infrastructure (less than 10%).

For the fourth year in succession, Legrand is part of the recently released 2018 edition of the Global 100 most sustainable corporation’s index. Drawn up by Corporate Knights* and released annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland), the Global 100 index ranks the 100 companies worldwide judged to be the most committed to sustainable development.

To establish the ranking, a total of 7 425 businesses from all sectors of the economy were analysed according to a set of 17 key performance indicators combining financial performance and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) performance.

As a world-leading specialist in electrical and digital infrastructures for buildings, Legrand is committed to ensuring that everyone can use electricity in a sustainable way. Energy efficiency is one of the features of the Green Building. The goal to Green Building transformation is based on sustainable practices at every level.

Legrand has laid out its CSR commitments in four main areas, which bring together the most material challenges for the Group and its stakeholders: Promote diversity and inclusion, Reduce our carbon footprint, Develop a circular economy, Be a responsible business

The Legrand group has been committed for many years, with its customers and partners, to developing a continuous improvement process and guaranteeing the responsible, profitable and long-term growth of its business.

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