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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NON ટ FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE THE PLANET: ENVIRONMENT

2.5.3.2.2 Overall, renewable energy production at the Hermès sites was 2,485 MWh in 2022, compared with 1,894 MWh in 2021, i.e. +31.2%, representing approximately the total annual energy consumption of nearly four leather goods workshops. Innovating in energy efficiency In the conception phase of new leather goods workshops, a special attention is paid to environmental impacts and more specifically, to energy consumption. New production units are built with future energy efficiency in mind. This proactive work focuses on four priority areas: energy consumption: this parameter constitutes one of the main issues of the new leather goods workshop technical programmes. As soon as a project is launched, various solutions are envisaged and thermal simulations are carried out by specialists from design firms commissioned for the project. The most suitable solution is selected from the results. For example, the building of the Allan production unit, commissioned at the end of 2017, was carried out in accordance with the stringent requirements of the High environmental quality label, and exceeds the objectives of the 2012 French Thermal Regulation standard by 30%; s energy management tools: as soon as a new leather goods workshop is put into operation, meters are positioned and dedicated software is set up to control energy consumption and the identification of possible drifts as accurately as possible; s implementation of renewable energy production solutions: the Maroquinerie de Guyenne benefits from a photovoltaic plant installed on the roof and an integrated Microgrid system; s lowering machinery consumption: the energy impact of machinery was introduced as one of the decision‑making criteria in the context of the machinery investment strategy for the Leather métier . As such, new equipment introduced in both new and s In 2022, 712 MWh of solar energy were produced and consumed by the division’s leather goods workshops, representing 4% of total energy consumption. In the Farms division, the installation of photovoltaic panels on all sites provided nearly one‑fifth of the electricity consumed by the Australia division in 2022. Within the Textile division, a wood‑fired boiler was installed on the ATBC site in Challes at the end of the year, and there are solar panels on the ITH site (16 kWp). The Cuneo site (Tanneries division, Italy) has installed photovoltaic panels and a gas cogeneration system, making it possible to cover a significant portion of the site’s consumption. In the United States, the Dayton logistics centre in New Jersey has been equipped with photovoltaic panels on the roof since 2017, in order to produce the electrical energy required by the site. This centre received LEED Gold certification in 2018.

2.5.4 WASTE CONTROL A major aspect of environmental protection and societal responsibility, waste and discharge management means that each of the House’s various métiers does all it can to reduce the production of waste and discharges and to recycle or recover them. These actions are managed according to two categories, those with an environmental impact and those directly related to individuals. The main environmental actions concern the life cycle of materials (responsible purchasing, extension of life, reuse, recycling with the help of an adapted company) and frugality (eco‑design of applications, sobriety of infrastructures), not forgetting IT4Green, i.e. the contribution of information technologies to reduce the Group’s consumption (energy metering). In addition to ethics and personal data protection, inclusion projects focus on the accessibility of applications so that everyone can use them. IT solutions and suppliers are selected taking these criteria into account. Communication actions are carried out to pass on best practices to Group employees. The Group is also involved within the FHCM (Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode) in work to examine and analyse the ecological footprint of the Paris fashion shows, of which the digital component is important. All of the Group’s other métiers benefit from feedback from this work carried out for leather goods workshops. At the end of 2022, two new leather goods workshops were delivered, in line with the House’s high environmental ambitions, aimed in particular at reducing the carbon impact of the sites. These two sites (Louviers and Sormonne) are aiming for the E4C2 label, awarded to energy positive buildings. Responsible IT Hermès, under the lead of its information systems department, launched a “Responsible IT” approach in 2021, which it continued in 2022, enabling the entire Group’s digital ecosystem to contribute to the sustainable development strategy on the three pillars: existing leather goods workshops is more energy efficient. This approach is carried out in partnership with suppliers. environmental: reduction of direct and indirect footprint; s human: improving working conditions and securing data management (privacy); s civil society: stakeholder involvement and generous actions. s

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