Group | 07.02.2020
Legrand aims to eliminate its net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 across all of its activities, for a global warming level limited to 1.5°C.
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 Electronics 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.
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Termination of the liquidity agreement entered into with Kepler Chevreux Legrand announces having terminated the liquidity agreement relating to its ordinary shares (code ISIN FR0010307819) concluded on May 29, 2007 with Kepler Cheuvreux. The termination is effective as of today. The following assets were booked on the liquidity account on the termination date: • 90,346 shares. • 19,880,644.05 euros. Signing of a n[...]
Group mobilized for all stakeholders Performance shows good resistance in a very deteriorated environment Organic change in sales: -15.2% Adjusted operating margin: 17.5% Many measures to adapt to consequences of the crisis Solid financial position Continued deployment of the Legrand model in a still uncertain environment Benoît Coquart, Legrand’s Chief Executive Officer, comme[...]
Acutely aware of the climate emergency, Legrand, as a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, announces its determination to speed up the rhythm of its decarbonation trajectory, which was validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative in 2017. The Group is now aligning its strategy with the most ambitious target of the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and to achieve carbon neutr[...]
July 2nd, 2020 – France’s Secretary of State for Gender Equality and the Fight against Discrimination unveiled yesterday the 2019 ranking for female representation on governing bodies among SBF120 companies*. This classification ranks the 120 leading French companies according to the female share of membership on their governing bodies (board of directors, executive committee) and their gender diversity policy. Legrand ranks 16th in the table for 2019, an improvement on the pre[...]
Legrand, global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, has launched its social media wall, “Legrand is #SwitchedOn”, dedicated to compiling the actions taken by its staff all over the world in response to the health crisis and aimed at accelerating the crucially important economic recovery. Legrand, as a solid partner more than ever present alongside its customers and other stakeholders, has designed this social media wall to list the various measures taken b[...]
Having signed a common declaration published on May 5, 2020 by AFEP* in France placing the environment at the heart of the economic recovery, Legrand is pursuing its commitment internationally. On May 19, 2020, alongside 155 multinationals representing a total of 5 million employees worldwide, Legrand signed a statement by the United Nations Global Compact which, in response to [...]
Legrand today completed a fixed-rate bond issue for an amount of €600 million with a 10-year maturity and an annual coupon of 0.75%. This operation raises the average maturity of bond debt to 6.7 years, with the next repayment date set for April 19, 2022, for an amount of €400 million. The success of this issue, subscribed 3.2 times over, demonstrates once again investor confidence in the soundness of Legrand’s development model. [...]
Responsible mobilization to tackle the consequences of the health crisis Performance showed good resistance in the first quarter of 2020 Organic change in sales: -7.3% Adjusted operating margin before acquisitions1 : 18.7% Solid balance sheet and financial position Active protection of Legrand’s model in a highly deteriorated context 2020 outlook still uncertain Det[...]
By signing the joint corporate appeal on climate change, Benoît Coquart enables Legrand to join a forum of more than ninety French and international companies calling for the economic rebound to speed up the ecological transition. The appeal stresses the need to avoid all compromise between the need for economic recovery and the action to take to face up to the climate emergency. The commitments outlined and supported by the signatories of the appeal are ensuring a liveable planet f[...]
Legrand’s Board of Directors met on Friday, April 10, to decide on conditions for holding the Combined General Meeting of Shareholders, which is confirmed for Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Given the current exceptional health crisis, and in keeping with the provisions of article 4 of Order 2020-321 of March 25, 2020, it was decided to hold the next Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting in closed session. The proceedings will be relayed on the legrandgroup.com website.[...]
