Hermès // 2021 Universal Registration Document

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PEOPLE: SAVOIR-FAIRE

At the same time, students in the first year of CentraleSupelec shared their visions of practical cases given by alumni working at Hermès, while students and graduates of IFM were able to discuss their professional experiences during the Meet & Match Forum. Hermès takes part in internship recruitment events organised by schools, notably at CELSA, EM Lyon, Sorbonne University, INSA, etc. As part of the CSR Challenge offered by the IESEG School of Management, Hermès invited students to consider the challenges related to the House’s sustainable development pillars. Lastly, Hermès is supporting the construction project for the Crafts and Design Métiers Campus. This initiative is part of the Investment in the Future Plan (Innovation Territories) and intends to take initiatives around a network of training institutions and business partners with the aim of creating, on an economic sector scale, a cluster to promote synergies relating to employment and training. This inter-ministerial project involves Education, Employment and the General Secretariat for Investment. It is supported by the Comité Colbert and the ENSAMAA Olivier de Serres, the leading institution of the Campus. In particular, Hermès will contribute to the creation of a materials library, training in its métiers (colour, savoir-faire , etc.), inter-company e-learning modules, or advancement and promotion initiatives such as the European Day of art métiers , with a demonstrations of certain savoir-faire . Privileged partnerships with craftsmanship schools Craftsmanship employs more than 6,200 people at Hermès. It is the foundation of the House’s vocation as a creator of high-quality sustainable objects. To continue recruiting in all métiers and to support the growth momentum of the leather goods segment, Hermès has forged long-term local partnerships with high schools and further education establishments, which are committed to understanding its specificities, culture and development. Hermès Maroquinerie-Sellerie was thus able to start a CAP vocational qualification in leather work with the Lycée professionnel Flora Tristan vocational school in Montereau. The Hermès Maroquinerie-Sellerie division, which is expanding at a particularly dynamic pace, continued its partnerships with the École Boudard (Franche-Comté), the Thiviers training centre (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), the Lycée professionnel Jean Rostand vocational school in Angoulême (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), Les Compagnons du devoir, the Lycée Jean Monet in Juvisy-sur-Orge (Paris Val de Seine), the GRETA de l’Eure and the Lycée Boismard in Brionne (Normandy), the Lycée Charles Dupuy in Eysines (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and the Maison familiale rurale in Isère. The partnership with the Lycée professionnel des Huisselets (vocational school in Franche-Comté) was strengthened with the integration of trainees from the first year of professional baccalaureate in leather goods. Steps have been taken to strengthen the partnership with Le Haras du Pins (Normandy). Pupils from La Fabrique’s professional baccalaureate have been recruited by the Paris Val-de-Seine division.

In addition to its financial contribution, Hermès contributes through its skills in métiers to ENSAM’s industrial management expertise by collaborating in the development of the expertise educational module under the responsibility of ENSAM, proposing the priority study subjects for the first semester, providing presentations in certain face-to-face teaching modules and finally, by participating in the assessment of study projects during students’ defences of their work. Under its partnership with Sciences Po Paris, Hermès entrusted a group of first-year students on the International Management & Sustainability Masters with a topic on the challenges of Retail in the luxury goods industry (Capstone project). The House will support students in their thinking, in order to help them meet the strategic and international challenges of the topic by giving them the opportunity to immerse themselves in Hermès’ culture and become aware of the House’s sustainable ambition. Sciences Po Sustainable Development Chair In November 2020, the School of Public Affairs and the School of International Affairs (PSIA) of Sciences Po launched the European Sustainable Development and Climate Transition Chair. This aims to shed new light on how to advance sustainable development along the three axes of climate transition, local economic development and social inclusion. Hermès participates in this chair alongside other sponsors such as HSBC and the EIB (European Investment Bank). In 2021, the chair organised a number of events, such as a round table with Columbia University in April (“Political Economy of Implementing Socially Inclusive Zero Carbon Goal”), a conference at Sciences Po in November on the interrelationships between biodiversity and development (“Achieving trade-offs to conserve biodiversity and advance development equity”). In addition, four research papers were prepared during the year for final publication in the first half of 2022: on territorial inclusion (“Challenges of territorial inclusion in France” by Madeleine Peron); on the action of governments (“Role of local governments in climate action in France” by Nicolas Bauquet), and on climate-based solutions (“Institutional challenges in nature-based climate solutions” and “Digital Atlas of nature-based climate solution efforts” by Dr Someshwar & Alejandra Guraieb). This partnership complements other joint initiatives with Sciences Po in the field of education. This choice resonates perfectly with the House’s craftsmanship model, which is based on regional involvement and a strong social commitment, and the desire to extend the discussion beyond the House’s direct sphere of influence.

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