Hermès - Registration Document 2016

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Corporate social responsability

People

People

2.3

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People have been the focus of the Hermès creative, artisanal and mer- chand projects since 1837. United by shared values of quality, ethics and solidarity, it is our people that drive our growth. The aim of people management is to create the conditions conducive to maximising their efficiency and accomplishment. Managing our employees is taken seriously and focuses on both social and economic success, supported by human resources teams. Communicating our corporate culture at all career stages, combined with a raft of development and leadership initiatives help to increase employee commitment and pride at contributing to the Group’s growth. The emphasis placed on a positive working environment across all work locations, and the investments made in learning and in improving skills enable each employee to give their best and play their part in the shared Hermès adventure. The Group’s human resources department issues guidelines to the sub- sidiaries on how to go about their work while respecting local issues and cultures. Developingmen and women (the latter represents 67%of the workforce) is at the heart of the Hermès long-term strategy. This development can only take place in an environment which enables each person to find their place, make a commitment, realise their full potential and grow as they take on new assignments and roles. The quality of management – in every position within the organisation – has a strong direct influence on the Company’s success, and requires fully committed teams. Management is therefore responsible for creating and reinventing this environment. Each manager, through their daily actions and the quality of their leadership, is responsible for bringing out quality and enabling employees to develop. Enlightened leadership is not something that can be improvised. Management is a demanding job, which is learned and cultivated over a whole lifetime, through confrontation, experimentation and by forging links with other managers. That is why Hermès wants to cultivate and circulate its leadership vision more widely, in line with its strategy, values and ethics.

2.3.1

Workforce

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Group workforce

The workforce within the Hermès Group includes active permanent staff members and people on fixed-term contracts of more than nine months, including apprenticeship contracts. The permanent active staff repre- sents 96% of the Group workforce. Increasing by roughly 88% over the last ten years, the Group workforce was equal to 12,834 people as at 31 December 2016.

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12,244

11,718

11,037

10,118

9,081

7,455 7,894 8,057 8,366

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