Hermès // CSR Extract 2023

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FUNCTIONING OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

3.5.5

ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE – PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

A presentation to the Audit and Risk Committee on the progress of the action plan presented in 2022 is scheduled for 2024.

3.5.5.1 The systems implemented in the Group are described in chapter 2 “Corporate social responsibility and non‑financial performance”, § 2.8. ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE – ROLE AND TRAINING OF THE BOARD AND COMMITTEES Ethics and compliance issues as well as the related programmes have been shared regularly with the Supervisory Board since 2015. It is regularly informed about the ethics and compliance programmes and on the progress of the corruption prevention plan within the Group in compliance with law no. 2016‑1691 of 9 December 2016, known as “Sapin II”. Since 11 September 2018, the Supervisory Board’s rules of procedure have included duties relating to the system for the prevention and detection of corruption and influence‑peddling (Article 1.1.3.2), following the revision of the Afep‑Medef Code in June 2018. As a result, on 16 November 2018, the Audit Committee was assigned a new duty relating to the prevention of corruption: “ensure the implementation of a system for the prevention and detection of corruption and influence‑peddling”. On 19 March 2019, it was accordingly renamed the “Audit and Risk Committee”. Since 2021, the Supervisory Board has delegated the regular review of the anti‑corruption system to the Audit and Risk Committee.

3.5.6

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

3.5.6.1 The governance bodies’ responsibilities in terms of CSR are described in chapter 2 “Corporate social responsibility and non‑financial performance”, § 2.1.6. ROLE AND TRAINING OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD Role of the Board in terms of CSR The duties of the Supervisory Board in terms of CSR are as follows (Article 1.1.3.2 of the rules of procedure): the Board is informed, in particular through the CAG‑CSR Committee, of the main issues faced by the Company in the area of corporate social responsibility and non‑financial performance; s the Board regularly reviews, via the Audit and Risk Committee, the social and environmental opportunities and risks, as well as the measures taken as a result. s 3.5.6.1.1 3.5.6.1.2 As part of its management control role, the multi‑year strategic guidelines in terms of CSR and their implementation methods were presented to the Supervisory Board. The results obtained are presented each year to the CAG‑CSR Committee, which reports to the Supervisory Board. CSR training for Board members A comprehensive training program has been set up for Supervisory Board members on environmental and climate issues. In 2024, the model for the annual declaration of the members of the Supervisory Board was completed to enable each member to confirm the CSR training courses actually attended. Practical training During visits to production sites (see 3.5.3.5), members of the Board receive a presentation on the CSR issues of the site concerned. A presentation of CSR challenges has been made to the Board regularly since 2015.

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In 2023, the Chief Compliance Officer presented the vigilance plan to the Audit and Risk Committee (see § 3.6.3.4).

In 2024, a presentation is planned to the Audit and Risk Committee of the measures implemented to strengthen all the key processes deployed within the Group, including those relating to the assessment of third parties and the H‑Alert! whistleblowing system (see § 2.8.4)

3.5.5.2

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION – ROLE AND TRAINING OF THE BOARD AND COMMITTEES

A presentation to the Supervisory Board on the personal data protection system, in accordance with the GDPR (EU Regulation no. 2016/679 of 27 April 2016), implemented in the Group, was made in 2019. In 2023, the Data Protection Officer presented to the Audit and Risk Committee: the latest developments in terms of personal data, and in particular, international data transfers; s an update on the follow‑up to the data protection audit carried out in 2022. s

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