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improved our service level and put in place a new regional organization that sharpens our focus on three main priorities: drive growth in active customers, increase the number of SKUs and boost our digital presence and connected customers.

What all this points to is Rexel’s key role within the value chain. The Group helps installers to master new technical solutions. By broadening its expertise with innovative solutions, Rexel enables its customers to enter new markets, such as electric mobility or energy auditing. In France, with our Energeasy Connect offer, we allow end-users to monitor different products using different protocols with a single app. In Sweden, we have installed 500 electric vehicle charging stations in several airports throughout the country.

A responsible approach

In 2017, Rexel reached its 2020 goals in terms of reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of its operations (-35% vs. 2010) and selling energy efficient products and solutions (+100% vs. 2011). As a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, Rexel is committed to incorporating its 10 key principles into its strategy and procedures, reporting on their implementation, and promoting them to all of its partners. Our ambition is to align Rexel’s business with the Sustainable Development Goals and thus to make Rexel a company that creates value for all players in the world of energy.

“In 2018, we will continue executing on the strategy we have outlined to continuously improve our performance, and we target - at comparable scope of consolidation and exchange rates - further growth in sales in the low single digits, a 5 to 10% increase in adjusted EBITA and a further improvement in our indebtedness ratio.”