provide a selection of sustainable products

When it comes to climate change and sustainable development, half-measures are not an option. That's why, as a global distribution expert in the energy world, Rexel is reaffirming its commitment to a better tomorrow and is launching the Sustainable Selection, an informed selection of responsible products and solutions to help meet your needs and anticipate regulatory changes.
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A selection that's demanding today, and will be even more so tomorrow.

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DISCOVER OUR SUSTAINABLE SELECTION

​As a historical partner in electrification and energy efficiency, we constantly strive to make your activity easier, more efficient and more sustainable. Today, we are accelerating our efforts with our Sustainable Selection to offer you the most responsible products (with least impact on the planet, respecting ethical values and contributing to energy transition).
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We are at the start of our journey, and we will be ever more exacting in our selection criteria in complete transparency to help you make the right choice from among our range of products and brands.

​A bold, progressive, and developing sustainable program

Our Sustainable Selection is a progressive and continuous program that we will continue to implement in the coming years by reinforcing our criteria according to four categories that we have identified to address environmental and social challenges.

Energy Efficiency
Contribution to the customer's transition: saved energy, smart systems, sobriety

Circularity
Alignment with circular economy principles: durability, reparability, recyclability

Carbon Footprint
​Impact on the environment and society over the full lifecycle: carbon emission, resource consumption

Responsibility along value chains
Monitoring benefits and risks along the value chain: resilience, social benefits, living wage, ethics, compliance

Join us in making a sustainable future possible!

With our Sustainable Selection, we help you choose your products in full awareness, working together towards a more sustainable future. By 2050, our ambition is to reach Net Zero emissions. Together, with you, we can achieve it.

Your questions, our answers

Why do you have products other than the sustainable selction in your range?

We believe that our role as a distributor, at the interface between customers and manufacturers, is crucial in solving today’s challenges. In response to the urgency of the situation and the ever-growing demand of our clients, we are accelerating our action with the launch of this selection. While we select all our products with expertise, those bearing the Sustainable Selection icon have fulfilled additional demanding criteria concerning sustainability. We are at the beginning of a demanding and ambitious ongoing approach which in due course will bring us to offer more and more sustainable products. This will only be made possible by acting together and in coordination with the whole value chain (end-users, customers, Rexel and suppliers).

Are the sustainable selection products more expensive?

​The selection is based on sustainability criteria rather than on price considerations. Sustainable products can sometimes - but not always - be more expensive than similar products, owing to different production methods, materials, or more costly technologies involved. These products often provide long-term benefits such as energy savings, durability, and reduced environmental impact, which means greater value and lower total cost of ownership over their lifespan.

why is eco-packaging not one of the criteria to be listed in the sustainable selection?

Rexel attaches great importance to setting clear rules for the most appropriate packaging to reduce waste. This strategic initiative is being conducted in parallel with suppliers with a view to reducing packaging to just what is needed for the product's purposes.