Hermès // CSR Extract 2023

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

Transmission of savoir‑faire Hermès Manufacture de Métaux decided to support Casa 93 Moda Fusion in the implementation of a free fashion training course, in which creative young people with atypical profiles can enrol, without qualification requirements. The training course, located in Seine‑Saint‑Denis, where Hermès has a strong presence, is accessible to talented young people between the ages of 18 and 25, including those with disabilities who are able to use sewing equipment. Participants are trained to rethink the fashion of tomorrow in a more human, supportive, transparent and responsible way. In Mexico, Hermès Mexico has chosen to support Enseña por Mexico, an organisation that fights against inequalities in access to education and seeks to improve teaching in less privileged communities in the country. In 2022‑23, 14 municipalities in the Puebla region were targeted, with 3,500 people involved (including 1,568 students, mainly in secondary schools). The idea is to develop innovative and effective educational tools for communities that do not have the means to offer their children all the levers that would enable them to afford an education with the highest standards. For the year 2023‑24, 15 municipalities are taking part, once again in the Puebla region, with more than 2,200 young people involved. Protect the environment Hermès of Paris (HOP) supports Ocean Conservancy, an NGO created in 1972 with the aim of protecting marine ecosystems and opposing practices that threaten the climate, marine life and human life. Their priorities are to establish fair and sustainable fishing areas, protect fauna from human impact and improve ocean management. HOP employees were made aware of this cause and were able to take part in the cleaning up of squares near Naples (Florida) as part of the opening of the new store. As mentioned above, Hermès is also participating in a project with Est Ensemble to plant 20,000 trees in four years throughout the region (see § 2.7.1.2 “Local anchoring in Seine‑Saint‑Denis”). Encourage solidarity actions The “Carrés Solidaires” editions are continuing, providing an

opportunity to support and promote solidarity projects on a global scale. In 2023, subsidiaries and concessionaires in Italy, Qatar, China, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Luxembourg actively took part in this initiative. The number of scarves created especially for these actions and sold for the benefit of eight associations has increased from 2,000 in 2021 to 2,700 in 2022, and exceeded 3,350 scarves in 2023. The Bo Charity Foundation Limited T/A Food Angel is supported financially by Hermès Asia Pacific (HAP). This organisation provides quality food assistance to the least privileged communities, using unsold food, in strict compliance with health protocols and with attention paid to the nutritional quality of the meals offered. The MyHandicap public utility foundation is supported by Hermès Germany. It aims to support people with disabilities in managing their challenges through various means. Financial sponsorship should continue in 2024 with a project involving employees. Since 2017, toys have been collected at several Group sites in France. In 2023, 350 kg of toys and childcare articles were collected for the partner association, promoting solidarity and participating in a more circular economy. In addition, most sites in France organise collections of essential items throughout the year (clothing, food, etc.). The Group also continued its Equiphoria programme in France, which aims to manufacture and adapt equestrian saddles for people with disabilities, enabling therapeutic practice of the activity. The work of this association is described in a wonderful film in the “Footsteps across the World” series. Overall, the subsidiaries completed 388 projects in 2023, amounting to €13 million, excluding skills‑based sponsorship linked to the Fondation. Employees sometimes contributed to this, during their working hours as well as in their own time, undertaking environmental, cultural or solidarity actions with local communities. Since 2020, a Group Donations and Sponsorship Committee has been monitoring and validating the projects that subsidiaries wish to support, in order to confirm the quality of the operations carried out: (1)

Breakdown of actions carried out by geographical area

2021

2022

2023

France

90

77

98

Europe

109 110

146

117

Asia and Asia‑Pacific

80 73

81 92

Americas

69

TOTAL

378

376

388

The causes supported by the Group through the various initiatives carried out are as follows:

Solidarity and health actions

Craftsmanship, culture and education

Protection of animals and the environment

Total 388

Number of shares

156

179

53

In %

40%

46%

14%

100%

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