Hermès // CSR Extract 2023

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NON ‑ FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REASONABLE ASSURANCE REPORT FROM ONE OF THE STATUTORY AUDITORS ON THE IDENTIFIED SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION OF HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL’S NON‑FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT

2.10 REASONABLE ASSURANCE REPORT FROM ONE OF THE STATUTORY AUDITORS ON THE IDENTIFIED SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION OF HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL’S NON‑FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT AS AT/ FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 2023

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This is a free English translation of the report by one of the Statutory Auditors issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience of English‑speaking readers. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional standards applicable in France.

To the General Assembly of Hermès International,

In our capacity as Statutory Auditor of Hermès International (hereinafter the “Company”) and in accordance with your request, we have undertaken a reasonable assurance engagement on the selected key sustainability performance indicators as at/for the year ended December 31 , 2023 (the “Identified Sustainability Information”) presented below and included in the document Extra‑financial Performance Declaration presented in the 2023 Universal Registration Document (hereinafter “URD 2023”): st

KPI 1 – Talents (Group Workforce) – 22,037; s KPI 2 – Total number of layoffs reported compared to total group workforce – 1.17%; s KPI 3 – Number of training hours – 391,050; s KPI 4 – Absenteeism rate – 2.57%; s KPI 5 – Severity rate of work‑related accidents with time off – 0.30; s KPI 6 – Group energy consumption (electricity and gas) – 213,896 MWh; s KPI 7 – Group renewable energy consumption rate – 69%; s KPI 8 – Greenhouse gas emissions scope 1 – 12.8 k tonnes CO eq; s 2 KPI 9 – Greenhouse gas emissions scope 2, location‑based – 34.9 k tonnes CO eq; s 2 KPI 10 – Greenhouse gas emissions scope 2, market‑based – 9.1 k tonnes CO eq; s 2 KPI 11 – Greenhouse gas emissions scope 3 – 644.1 k tonnes CO eq; s 2 KPI 12 – Total waste mass (excluding farms) – 16,340 tonnes; s KPI 13 – Mass of non‑hazardous waste (excluding farms) – 12,321 tonnes; s KPI 14 – Mass of hazardous waste (excluding farms) – 4,019 tonnes; s KPI 15 – Total water consumption in industrial sites and farms – 5,365 megalitres; s KPI 16 – Number of sites in water‑stressed areas – 9. s

Our assurance does not extend to information in respect of earlier periods or to any other information included in the 2023 URD. Our Reasonable Assurance Opinion In our opinion, the Identified Sustainability Information set out in the 2023 URD presented in Chapter 2 for the year ended December 31 , 2023 is prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the 2023 reporting protocols of the Industrial Affairs and Human Resources Directions composed of i. reporting procedures (“HR quantitative indicators” from October 2023 for KPI 1 to 6, “Environmental and Industrial reporting procedure: 2023” for KPI 7 to 12, and “Retail Energy consumption & Environmental Report : 2023 Procedure” for KPI 13 to 16), ii. a glossary and iii. additional information embedded in the internal reporting tools as well as the detailed preparation bases in the paragraph ‘methodological note’ of section 2 of the 2023 Universal Registration Document for the year ended December 31, 2023. st

2023 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL EXTRACT FROM 2023 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL

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