Hermès // CSR Extract 2023

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PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP AND ITS RESULTS FONDATION D’ENTREPRISE

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2023 was marked above all by the commitment of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès to a new five‑year term with an increased budget. By giving its Fondation more resources, Hermès is unequivocally renewing its trust in it and strengthening its action in favour of the public interest. Driven since its creation in 2008 by the House’s humanist values, the Fondation strives to implement its philanthropic initiatives in ways that distinguish it within the corporate philanthropic landscape. It has chosen to be an operator - or semi‑operator - rather than distributor, through the development of specific programmes in the field of artistic creation, the transmission of savoir‑faire, the preservation of biodiversity and solidarity. Each of these programmes enables the Fondation to act as closely as possible on the ground in response to targeted needs. Whether they are artists, project leaders or simply students, the beneficiaries of these actions can thus experience very concretely how the Fondation contributes, on its own scale, to building a better world. By its very name, the new Transforme programme dedicated to the performing arts reflects the driving power that guides the Fondation in all its actions, particularly in the field of creation. Following on from New Settings, Transforme is a travelling festival created with four partners: La Comédie de Clermont‑Ferrand, Les SUBS in Lyon, the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris and the Théâtre National de Bretagne in Rennes. In order to spread the vitality of the performing arts to other regions and thus reach new audiences, Transforme aspires to move spectators and artists alike through a multidisciplinary programme. Inaugurated in November 2023 in Paris, this first edition includes 15 hybrid shows scheduled by partner theatres until spring 2024. Each institution extends the discovery of the shows through suggestions for “Going further” in order to consolidate and enrich the link with audiences. Moreover, as part of its commitment to creation, the Fondation produced and scheduled 10 contemporary art exhibitions this year in its four spaces spread across Europe (Brussels and Saint‑Louis‑lès‑Bitche) and Asia (Tokyo and Seoul). Dedicated to contemporary photography, the Immersion programme was highlighted specifically in New York in 2023 at the International Centre of Photography, which presented a collective exhibition bringing together the last three winners of this programme. Lastly, the Artist Residencies programme enabled the visual artist Bianca Bondi to produce unique textile sculptures within Holding Textile Hermès, with the help of the site’s craftspeople. A legacy of the House’s craftsmanship culture, transmission is naturally one of the Fondation’s focus areas. The Manufacto

programme is continuing its rollout among educational establishments for the eighth consecutive year. Spread across 15 academies – including Reunion Island – since the start of the 2023 school year, 2,100 students from primary to high school have been keen to discover the craftsmanship métiers during sessions organised as part of the school day. The Académie des savoir‑faire, open to savoir‑faire professionals such as craftspeople, designers and engineers, was extended this year to architects due to the material - stone - to which this sixth edition was dedicated, under the educational direction of the architect Lina Ghotmeh. For students seeking a work‑study course, the various projects of the Artists in the City programme continued to be funded by the Fondation, and first and foremost the system of scholarships based on social criteria for the talents of tomorrow undertaking higher education in dance, theatre or circus skills. At the start of the 2023 school year, all classes combined, 140 students were receiving financial support of this kind. While the importance of ecological issues is becoming more prevalent each day, the Fondation is working actively with tomorrow's generations through Manuterra, which aims to raise awareness of the living world from the youngest age. For the third edition of this programme, more than 600 students in 10 academies are learning about the savoir‑faire of permaculture by taking care of a garden plot through the seasons. At the same time, the Fondation is also committed to various project leaders who, on the ground, contribute to the preservation of biodiversity and ecosystems. Lastly, the internal H programme - Heart, Head, Hand, which structures the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès' solidarity actions, completed its fourth edition before being reconfigured with the help of the Group’s human resources department. In addition to the financial support granted to projects identified by the House’s employees, they can now participate in a skills‑based sponsorship format: they can thus act directly with charitable associations, within the framework of slots arranged during their working hours. Throughout its programmes, the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès conducts its sponsorship activities by supporting women and men who act in favour of the public interest and with whom it shares a common humanist purpose. As it embarks with ambition and responsibility upon its new five‑year term, it will continue to cultivate collective intelligence, combine progress and the common good, and put people back at the heart of society. The full activity report of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès can be found on the website www.fondationdentreprisehermes.org, section “The Fondation”. 3

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