Hermès // 2021 Universal Registration Document

2

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REASONABLE ASSURANCE REPORT BY ONE OF THE STATUTORY AUDITORS ON A SELECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INFORMATION

We performed the procedures described below in order to obtain reasonable assurance that the selected information was prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Company’s procedures: we reviewed, at Group level, the appropriateness of the reporting procedures used by the Company as regards relevance, completeness, reliability, s objectivity and clarity; we verified the implementation of data collection, compilation, processing and control processes to ensure the completeness and consistency of the s information and obtained an understanding of the internal control and risk management procedures used to prepare the information; we performed analytical procedures and verified, on a sample basis, that the data had been correctly calculated and consolidated. This work s involved, in particular, interviews with the persons from the Industrial Affairs and Human Resources Departments responsible for compiling and applying the procedures and consolidating the data; we selected a sample of entities, as follows: s for the Industrial Affairs Department: Ateliers HCI (Italy), Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint-Louis (France), Pyramide (France), J3LP (Portugal), • SIEGL (France), Gordon Choisy Montereau (France), Tanneries d’Annonay (France), Tanneries du Puy (France), Janamba Croc Farm (Australia), Pinnacle Alligator Farm (United States), for the Human Resources Department: Pôle Maison (France), Hermès Homme (France), Hermès Femme (France), Hermès IDO (France), Hermès • Bijouterie (France), Hermès International (France), Hermès Commercial (France), Manufactures de Franche-Comté (France), Compagnie des Cuirs précieux (France), Tanneries d’Annonay (France), Tanneries de Montereau (France), Tanneries de Vivoin (France), Maroquinerie du Sud-Ouest (France), Maroquinerie des Alpes (France), Hermès Maroquinerie Sellerie (France), Hermès Parfums (France), Hermès APAC HK & Macao (Hong Kong and Macao), Hermès China & China Trading (China), Hermès APAC Taiwan (Taiwan), Hermès Japon (Japan); with regard to the selected entities: s we checked that the procedures had been properly understood and correctly implemented on the basis of interviews with the persons • responsible for preparing the data, we performed tests of details, using sampling techniques, to verify the calculations and reconcile the data with the supporting documents. • These entities represent between 54% and 69% of the selected environmental and social information reported by the Company. We were assisted in our work by our experts in corporate social responsibility. CONCLUSION Based on our work, we believe that the above-listed environmental and social information selected by the Company and reported in the 2021 management report, was prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the guidelines used by the Company and applicable in 2021.

Neuilly-sur-Seine, 3 March 2022

One of the Statutory Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit

Olivier Auberty Partner

Sylvain Lambert Partner in charge of the Sustainable Development Department

218 2021 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL

Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker