Hermès - Registration Document 2016

Corporate social responsability

Environment

Leather and Saddlery division – Gas – Change in consumption in MWh

Leather and Saddlery division – Gas – Consumption as a proportion of revenue

109%

9,140

101%

100%

8,572

8,070 8,277

7,755

7,533

88%

7,594

7,410

7,071

83% 82% 77%

6,395

56%

56% 56%

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Wood Heating is performed entirely with wood within the Belley production unit (urban heating network) and at Abrets (independent heater). The

Nontron site utilises a mixed heating system (wood and gas), but the wood boiler could not be put into service in 2016. For the craftsmanship division as a whole, wood represented 6% of consumption serving to heat buildings in 2016.

Tanneries and Precious Leathers Les Tanneries du Puy was acquired in November 2015, and included in the division’s reporting scope in 2016. It made a significant contribution to the increases observed. In the same way as issues related to employee health and safety, improving environmental impacts (water, energy, waste) is one of the priority tasks of the production sites’ EHS managers. Information is also shared within the division.

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Water in cubic metres

95,809 85,215 95,036

87,649 180,340 155,455 184,956 501,775

3,260 7,567

3,256 8,104

3,686 6,577

3,555

5,529

6,143

6,572 10,627

Electricity in megawatt hours Gas in megawatt hours Fuel oil in megawatt hours

7,230 13,541 11,788 15,019 31,949

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(1) The reporting scope for 2016 includes Les Tanneries du Puy, acquired in November 2015, and excluded from the 2015 reporting.

Water The division’s water consumption is multiplied by 2.7 in 2016. The increase was attributable exclusively to the inclusion in the reporting scope of Les Tanneries du Puy, which accounted for 60% of the division’s water consumption, and whose average ratio of water consumption to revenue increased in 2016. The ratio was nevertheless steady on the scope of exotic leather tanneries and down slightly at the Annonay tan- nery thanks to efforts to rein in and reduce consumption. These data are based on monthly monitoring of the tanneries’ water consumption, preventive maintenance programmes for facilities, regular verification and sampling of meters, and programmes to raise employee awareness. Significant discrepancies not related to production differences are also analysed. The necessary verifications are immediately carried out by the maintenance teams, in order to locate and repair any possible leaks.

A total of €0.65 million was devoted to the prevention of environmental risks and pollution in 2016. Most of this investment went towards the optimisation of sites’ water treatment plants. Projects related to environmental protection undertaken in the division’s tanneries mainly concerned: optimisation of the operation of treatment plants, stabilisation of energy and water consumption and improvement of waste sorting. These actions also help nurture the progress plans shared with other Hermès divisions. In addition, the French tanneries have sent DREAL/DRIEE their positio- ning with respect to the new nomenclature of classified facilities.

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