Hermès // 2021 Universal Registration Document

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMUNITIES: STAKEHOLDERS AND TRANSPARENCY

Launched in 2020, this digital space incorporates in its communication the best practices established by: CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) for carbon, water and forest issues s in chapter 2.5 "The Planet: Environment", § 2.5.2;

SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board): cross-reference s table in § 2.7.2.2.1 below; TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) in s § 2.7.2.2.2.

The Hermès Group’s interactions with its stakeholders illustrated in this chapter break down as follows 1. :

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CDP / SUSTAINALYTICS / MSCI / VE / HUMPACT

• ISS ESG • CDP • Sustainalytics • MSCI • V.E • Humpact

• Hermès in the Making • Portes du cuir • Open days • Empreintes sur le Monde (Footsteps across the World)

Customers

Schools

Non-financial

• Schools • National Employment Agency

• Manufacto (Fondation d’Entreprise) • Sciences Po (Sustainable Development Chair) • Paris School of Economics • Cambridge Institute for Substainability Leadership (CISL)

• Fashion Pact • EPE (Enterprises for the Environment) • ORSE • MEDEF • AFEP • Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion • CNC / CTC (National Leather Council/Leather Technical Centre) • French federation of enterprises and companies in the silk industry • Colbert Committee • ICFA • CABAT (French Army Wounded Aid Unit)

Hermès

Professional organisations

Suppliers

• Chapter 2.6

Non-governmental organisations Non- governmental i i

Local governments

• WWF • Livelihoods • RSPCA • UICN

• Relations with elected officials • Seine-Saint-Denis • Production sites

The relevance of Hermès’ business model has been recognised on assessments were carefully chosen by Hermès for their credibility, rigour several occasions by independent bodies, such as ESG rating and and representativeness of the priority challenges of the sector, including, ranking agencies 2. dedicated, through their 2021 ratings. These but not limited to, the following analysts:

Assessor

2019 score

2020 score

2021 score

SUBJECT

Climate change

CDP CDP CDP

B B B C

B

A- A- A-

Water

A-

Forests

B C

ESG risks ESG risks ESG risks ESG risks ESG risks

ISS ESG

C+ “Prime”

72/100

-

10.2 “Top 1%”

Sustainalytics a

MSCI

BBB

BBB

A

VE

- - -

43

61 “Advanced”

FTSE Russel

-

2.9

Human resources

Humpact

Grand Prix

Grand Prix (5 stars)

C+

C+

B

General General

Positive Economy Institute b

UN Global Compact

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Change in methodology in 2020. (a) The 2019 and 2020 scores were recalculated using the new 2021 methodology. (b)

ISS ESG (formerly Oekom) is a specialist ESG (environment, social and governance) rating agency. The scores it attributes range from D- to A+. This year Hermès reached the “Prime” level with a C+ rating.

CDP is an international organisation that has been recording the environmental performances, particularly climate actions, of more than 8,400 companies since 2002. The average scores of the “apparel design” segment in Europe are C for Climate & Forest, and B- for Water.

List not exhaustive. 1. Environment, Social and Governance 2.

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