Legrand UK & Ireland has opened a materiality survey inviting customers, partners, suppliers, contractors, wholesalers, end users, trade associations, and wider industry stakeholders to help shape the group’s next corporate social responsibility roadmap.
The survey will inform Legrand’s 2028 to 2030 CSR roadmap by ranking the environmental, social, and responsible-business issues considered most important by stakeholders. It is available in nine languages and remains open until 3 July 2026.
Legrand said the process is intended to ensure future CSR priorities reflect the concerns of the organisations it works with across the electrical and construction supply chain. The company’s current sustainability activity covers lower-carbon materials, product longevity, repairability, recyclability, environmental transparency, and more resource-efficient manufacturing.
Angela Thwaites, Health, Safety & CSR Director at Legrand UK & Ireland, said: “Our customers and partners see the realities of the industry first-hand, and their views are invaluable in helping us decide where we should focus next. CSR has always been central to our actions, and this survey is about making sure the priorities we set genuinely reflect what matters most to the people we work with. We encourage anyone with a role to play in the future of our industry to take part and share their thoughts.”
The company has already introduced Green Steel into its UK cable management supply chain. By 2025, Green Steel accounted for 34% of the steel used in those products, reducing the carbon impact of the materials involved. That progress has been embedded into the company’s 2025 to 2027 CSR roadmap as part of a longer-term commitment to lower-carbon manufacturing.
Legrand has also developed Product Environmental Profile Eco Passports across product ranges including uninterruptible power supplies, giving customers more transparency on environmental performance. Its recently opened Cramlington manufacturing facility, built to net-zero principles and powered partly by on-site solar generation, follows the same direction.
Electrical manufacturers are under increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable sustainability progress. Customers are asking for clearer product data, embodied-carbon information, longer service life, easier repair, reduced packaging, and evidence that supply chains are shifting away from high-carbon materials. Sustainability is becoming part of specification and procurement, not a separate corporate document.
Electrical infrastructure sits at the centre of the transition because electrification is expanding across buildings, transport, industry, and energy systems. Cable management, UPS systems, switchgear, controls, wiring devices, and connected building equipment all carry material, efficiency, reliability, and end-of-life considerations that influence project carbon and resource performance.
Digital building systems are changing how electrical products are assessed. The connection between building intelligence and enterprise IoT reflects a market where energy management, operational visibility, and connected infrastructure are increasingly expected. Sustainability strategies now have to address both the physical product and the way it supports lower-energy operation in use.
The materiality process should help Legrand prioritise between competing demands. Some stakeholders may place greatest weight on embodied carbon and material sourcing, while others may focus on durability, circularity, social responsibility, safety, or support for contractors working under tighter compliance expectations. A structured survey gives the company a way to test those priorities before setting the next roadmap.
CSR roadmaps are becoming more measurable. Investors, customers, regulators, and procurement teams expect targets, evidence, and progress reporting. That moves sustainability into product development, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and aftersales support.
Legrand’s survey gives the company a route to align its next CSR period with the practical pressures of the market. Across the wider electrical sector, the direction is already set: sustainability is being written into specification, supply-chain selection, and manufacturing strategy.
