Legrand SA

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Legrand SA provides a reasonable level of transparency around its climate-related lobbying. It explicitly names several concrete policy instruments it has engaged on, including the Effinergie label in France, Part L and Smart Home requirements in the United Kingdom, and ASHRAE standards in the United States, demonstrating clear disclosure of the regulations it seeks to influence across three jurisdictions. The company also explains how it engages: it volunteered for the pilot phase of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) project, worked “with the European industry association CEMEP” and through the PEP ecopassport association, and interacted with “European authorities,” thereby revealing both direct participation in an EU initiative and indirect advocacy via trade bodies; however, it seldom specifies the precise form of those contacts (such as meetings or submissions) or identifies national authorities outside Europe, so the description of mechanisms is only partly detailed. On objectives, Legrand outlines broad ambitions—such as the aim for the PEP ecopassport programme “to be recognized by the European authorities as the reference program operator for EPD in the electric and electronics sector” and a desire to shape forthcoming EU resource-efficiency rules—but it does not set out concrete legislative amendments, targets or measurable outcomes it is pursuing. Overall, the disclosures offer clear information on the policies addressed and some insight into the channels used, but limited explanation of the specific policy changes the company is seeking.	2

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Legrand SA has established a basic framework for aligning its climate-related engagement in trade associations by ensuring that “issues linked to climate change, to environmental or other CSR topics are directly led by the local or global CSR teams to ensure Legrand’s positions in these organisations is consistent with Legrand’s engagements on climate change,” and by stating that “members of Legrand’s CSR teams (at the Group or local level) and regulatory teams take part in the main meetings and so are aware of the ESG matters being discussed, ensuring that there is no divergence from Legrand’s positions and interests.” However, the company does not disclose a formal policy or sign-off mechanism, confirms that “no specific report is published on these matters,” and offers no named individual or board-level oversight or detailed review procedure. This indicates moderate governance that relies on CSR participation but lacks codified processes and comprehensive accountability structures.	2