Hermès // 2021 Universal Registration Document

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PEOPLE: SAVOIR-FAIRE

MAINTAINING HERMÈS’ LEADING POSITION IN TRAINING FOR ITS TRADITIONAL MÉTIERS AND PROMOTING ITS MANUFACTURING SAVOIR-FAIRE

This initiative is a concrete and high-visibility way to involve our employees internally in the preservation and development of craftsmanship savoir-faire . Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (MOF) This prestigious title is awarded only in France by category of craftsmanship métiers , as part of a competition between professionals. It takes place every three years. The goal is to reward excellence and savoir-faire , which are the required criteria for the awarding of the title. The House is proud to count some of the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France among its craftspeople. They guarantee the excellence of the savoir-faire in addition to arousing the interest of younger generations. Hermès supports those who wish to obtain this prestigious title by financing their registration to the competition, providing them with the materials necessary for the creation of their final piece and by granting them extensive access to the various production sites. The House has 23 MOF , distributed as follows: three at the bootmaker John Lobb, 10 at HTH (drawing-engraving, sabre velvet, weaving, printing and finishing), seven at Cristalleries Saint-Louis (crystal cutters, glassmaker by hand and using a blowtorch, as well as four Best craftspeople of France, glassmaker by hand and cutter), and three saddler-leather workers at HMS. Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (EPV) The Hermès Group is proud to have had ten companies recognised by the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (living heritage company – EPV) label in 2021 , namely Hermès Sellier, Holding Textile Hermès (Bucol), Établissements Marcel Gandit, Ateliers A.S, Siegl, Ateliers de Tissage de Bussières et de Challes, Beyrand, Cristalleries Saint-Louis, Puiforcat and, John Lobb ( http://www.patrimoine-vivant.com/ ). These distinctions bear witness to Hermès’ commitment to the safeguarding, preserving and promoting heritage savoir-faire .

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Prix de l’Adresse Award In the second half of 2021, the Parcours de l’Adresse were able to resume, allowing 82 employees from all our production sites in France, Switzerland and Italy, to set off for five days, in groups of 10 people, to discover the métiers of leather, crystal, silk, perfume, porcelain and ready-to-wear. The Prix de l’Adresse , an internal competition that enables little or no longer used savoir-faire to be proudly revived, is a true invitation for volunteer craftspeople to go the extra mile. In teams, supervised by technical advisors and Human Resources employees, participants have several months to manufacture an exceptional item from the Hermès Conservatoire des collections or to create an original item. In 2021, the fifth edition of the Prix de l’Adresse was launched. This edition is already a great success, with 184 craftspeople taking part in the adventure, i.e. 40 teams . The most loyal participants are once again represented in the event, with around 30 teams from Hermès Maroquinerie-Sellerie, Cristalleries Saint-Louis, Men’s Ready-to-wear, Hermès Horloger and John Lobb. For the first time, Hermès Shoes Italy and J3L have joined the competition, and the Home division has created a cross-functional team combining the in-house savoir-faire of craftspeople from Beyrand, CATE and Puiforcat, united by a common project. The fifth Prix de l’Adresse will end in March 2022, when the Hermès Masterpiece Awards will be presented to the winning teams. To celebrate the tremendous work of the teams that have already competed in previous Prix de l’Adresse , the traveling exhibition La Caravane du Prix de l’Adresse , featuring the winning pieces of the first four editions, continued its journey in 2021 to the leather goods workshops in the Alps, the south-west and Paris Val-de-Seine. It then headed to the Cristalleries Saint-Louis, and the two Hermès Horloger sites, followed by HCI in Italy. This journey of almost two years finally ended at Hermès Commercial in Bobigny.

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