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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NON ટ FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE COMMUNITIES: STAKEHOLDERS AND TRANSPARENCY

the dialogue established and initiated with the press, and influence. A page dedicated to CSR on the financial website notably presents the site's main actions. Launched in 2020, this digital space incorporates in its communication the best practices established by: (1) CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) for carbon, water and forest issues in §2.4.3.4; §2.5.2; §2.5.4; s SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board): cross‑reference table in §2.7.5.1 below; s TCFD (Task Force on Climate‑related Financial Disclosures) in §2.7.5.2; s TNFD (Task Force on Nature‑related Financial Disclosures) in §2.7.5.3; s SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) in §2.7.5.4; s The GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) framework in §2.7.5.5. s The Group’s interactions with its stakeholders are rich and take many forms. In order to represent the different existing discussion methods, the Group uses the matrix below, working around three types of relations (information, two‑party dialogue, collaboration) with a typology of contacts as follows : (2)

In 2022, since their creation, the above projects have helped replant more than 148 million trees, i.e. an area equivalent to five times the size of Paris and impacted the lives of more than 1.7 million people , having equipped more than 240,000 families with improved cooking stoves, which reduce deforestation and preserve women’s health, with a target of 20 million tonnes of CO captured or avoided over the period (projects last between 10 to 20 years). They therefore help to offset Hermès’ carbon emissions on a voluntary basis (§2.5.6.3.2). 2

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COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY VIS-À-VIS STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNICATING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS

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As a company with a discreet culture, Hermès wants to make its sustainable development strategy, objectives and actions clear and understandable, given the uniqueness of its model. In a rapidly changing context: changes in regulatory frameworks, increasing demands and expectations from stakeholders, the Group is multiplying opportunities to explain the virtue of its specific business model, its ambitions and its efforts in this area. The House's teams are working to create the conditions for external communication that is as transparent as possible. This includes the responses given to questionnaires and external analysts, as well as

Employees

Customers and general public

Investors and financial community

Schools/ Universities

Professional associations

Suppliers

Local governments

Non-governmental organisations

Inform

Dialogue

Collaborate

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