Hermès - Registration Document 2016

2

Corporate social responsability

Raw materials and suppliers

Watches The staff are made aware of and trained to use the bins provided for each category of waste, ensuring compliance with best practices in this area. The service managers ensure that the sorting instructions are respected. All aqueous products, solvents, adhesives or dyes arepackaged inwaterproof containers anddisposedof by aprofessional chemical disposal network.

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Unrecycled OIW  1 waste in tonnes Recycled OIW  1 waste in cubic metres

20

18.7 122

16.35

15

11

20

140

213

213

244

216

HIW  3 waste in kilograms

60

42

39

50

12,630

12,197

Porcelain and Enamel This division is studying every opportunity for waste reduction. In 2016, the main active issues related to the manufacture of porcelain or enamel chromos, where the paper is always reused as an interleaf during printing, and the rest is cut up to be used in the Research and Development lab. Most screens are reused in production. Porcelain supports used during the firing tests for decorations are cut up for the best use of them.

CATE In tonnes

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

OIW  1 waste HIW  3 waste

90

91

75

65

34 7.6

82

81

88 104 105

0.3

1.0

1.7

3.9

8.8 34.2 30.1

8.9 11.1

Waste is monitored and employees are sent updates on waste produc- tion every month. The sorting of packaging waste that began in 2015 in the dining hall was extended to all divisions in order to involve employees in this process. The volume of OIW generated has increased slightly compared to 2015, with manufacturing having carried out a number of operations to dis- mantle obsolete processing facilities, replacing the old workstations, which were recycled. The portion of hazardous waste has increased by 25%, with much of this coming from the sludge from the water treatment centre that handles

the enamel waste. The reason for this is strong growth in the enamel business in 2016. The most significant measures undertaken in 2016 were the following; s s running the water “pre-treatment” station regularly and cleaning it in order to reduce sedimentation from the enamel, reducing the need for cleaning the station; s s recovering and gathering up the non-pulverised enamel paste from inside the workshop before it gets washed into the water stream, to avoidunnecessarypollutionofthewater(andsubsequenttreatment); s s placing recycling containers around for smaller packaging items.

Beyrand In tonnes OIW  1 waste HIW  3   waste

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

36

42

44 11

38 14

47

48 11

34 15

9

9

9

Better management of raw materials has enabled the site to decrease the waste produced by 10 tonnes. The site has recycling bins for the different waste streams: paste products, used solvents, soiled packaging, paper, porcelain, wood, etc. All ink cartridges are also recovered and reused. Colour pots and screens are reused insofar as possible before being destroyed. Regular reminders of these rules are provided during workshops. Various awareness campaigns are also carried out during the year when storage/sorting is happening.

1. 2. 3.

OIW: Ordinary Industrial Waste SIW: Special Industrial Waste HIW: Hazardous Industrial Waste

60

2016 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL