Hermès // CSR Extract 2023

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF CORPORATE OFFICERS

CSR criteria indicators Qualitative societal criterion: Actions taken to promote the Group’s local integration in France and around the world, outside of major cities Link with strategy and NFPS indicators: See chapter 2 "Corporate social responsibility and non‑financial performance" § 2.1.5 and § 2.7

Importance

Level of achievement and justification

1/3 100% The House continued its ambitious policy and numerous local anchoring actions in 2023, both in France and abroad, the relevance and scope of which have been recognised by several environmental, social and societal performance awards and rankings. These actions are closely aligned with the House’s model, which includes, at the heart of its strategy, authenticity, responsibility, humanism, a long‑term vision and generosity – the desire to give back to the world part of what it has given us. Job creation Our actions in favour of strong local anchoring continued in 2023 throughout the country and through a very broad network, concretely reflecting the House’s commitment to act as a humanist, responsible company involved in the creation of jobs. These actions have been recognised by various rankings and awards, where Hermès has often won first place. the House’s policies and actions to ensure strong local anchoring, and more generally its commitment to a process of constant improvement of its social, societal and environmental performance, were recognised with several awards, in particular: s Hermès won the Grand Prix Emploi for the third time, awarded by Humpact, a non‑financial rating agency (ESG) dedicated to social issues. This award recognises companies for their outstanding social policies, in particular their achievements in terms of job creation, gender parity and integration of people with disabilities, young people and seniors; s the House was included on the CDP A list, which brings together the 330 companies deemed to be the best performing worldwide on environmental issues; s Challenges magazine ranked Mr Axel Dumas in first place in the list of the most successful CAC 40 owners, a ranking established by the experts at Roland Berger and Ethics & Boards; s Hermès was identified as the best player in the Textiles & Apparel (out of 191 companies) and Luxury Goods (out of 102 companies) sectors by Sustainalytics in its analysis of companies’ ESG risk exposure; s the House continued its integration in the regions with very strong job creation outside major urban areas. Thus, the total number of employees in this scope increased by +12.5% (compared with +8.6% from 2021 to 2022) to reach a total of more than 7,700 employees, of whom 94% in production. This represents 35% of job creation; s 855 new employees joined the Group, excluding major cities, between 2022 and 2023. 812 of them joined the production sector. s the Group’s disability policy reached a new milestone in 2023 and also illustrates the reality of particularly strong local anchoring: s 6.85% direct employment rate for people with disabilities in France in 2022 (compared to 3.5% at the launch of the first Group disability agreement in 2017); s 16 disability officers representing each of the House’s métiers; s 130 disability ambassadors; s 760 RQTH (Recognition as a worker with a disability) employees in France; s €5.2 million in purchases of services from more than 100 adapted structures (in the subsidized sector); s a week for the employment of people with disabilities in France and abroad; s 140 Duodays in 2023; s sixth edition of the Handi'Cap forum; s new episodes in the “In full agreement” series to concretely illustrate the four pillars of the Group Disability Agreement approach. s the École Hermès des Savoir‑Faire, created in September 2021, which awards a State diploma, the CAP vocational qualification in leather goods, confirmed the Qualiopi certification during the oversight audit, supported 855 learners in 2023, in eight training schools in the regions, of which 441 were registered for the CAP examination session in 2024 and 100% of people registered were awarded their certification, with 89% of people having been confirmed on permanent employment contracts at the end of their training course; s the “Young Tanners” programme at Hermès Cuirs Précieux welcomes engineering students from various engineering schools as part of their end‑of‑studies internship. This programme, lasting 18 months, with three assignments involving three tanneries and two countries, is an opportunity to experience different approaches in the field and in cross‑functional areas and to learn about team management. The aim is to ultimately offer participants a permanent position in which they can make a strong contribution having already been trained in all Tannery métiers; s the “Pépins” programme within Holding Textile Hermès is a programme intended for newly‑qualified engineers or those with some initial experience. For three years, these engineers are entrusted with various assignments of around six months in three major areas of the Textile sector: Supply Chain, Product Development and Industrialisation or Quality. At the end of this programme, depending on their profile, the experience acquired and opportunities, they will usually be offered a permanent position. s Disability policy - Craftsmanship model

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