Hermès - Registration Document 2016

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Corporate social responsability

Stakeholders and local integration

Textiles SNC Nontron held an open day to mark its 25 years of operations. More than a hundred people (families of employees, retirees, elected officials, partners, CATE and Maroquinerie Nontronnaise artisans) were able to discover the different stages of manufacturing products (ties and maxi twilly). A fun paper tie colouring workshop was also held for children. At ATBC, three half-days allowed families, locals and elected officials alike to learn all about weaving. Cristallerie Saint-Louis A project to improve and extend the visit offered by the production unit since 2010 was initiated in conjunction with the plan to renovate the tank furnace. The novelty of this visit, enhanced by a “hot-glass” acti- vity in the same workshop, rather than in a separate workshop as was the case previously, resides in its accessibility for people with reduced mobility. The tour is now identical for all visitors. The project will be com- pleted in 2017 with the old tank furnace restored and preserved for the occasion. Visitors to the museum also benefit from the new layout of the “hot-glass” workshop, which is located in the area that already housed the museum, where craftspeople can be watched through a large win- dow. Following the success of the event organised during Sustainable Development Week, which enabled visitors to discover the Saint-Louis filtering gardens, the museum team plans to organise regular guided tours of this area from May 2017. Tableware In Nontron, Compagnie des Arts de la Table et de l’Émail (CATE) opened its doors to a wide audience for a day so that employees could share with friends and family their pride in their profession and explain the ingenuity, tenacity and rigour that underlies their expertise. Hermès Hors les Murs During the “Hermès Hors les Murs” Festival in Paris in November 2016, the artisans of 10 of the House’s métiers were able to demonstrate and share their experience and their passion for their profession. More than 43,000 visitors came to watch demonstrations by artisans. They were able to take part in discussions to gain a better understanding of Hermès on such topics as “crafts, circular economy and the relationship to time”, “passing craft skills on to youngpeople” and “thinkingandacting locally”. The latter talk provided an opportunity to address the links between pri- vate and public actors with the aim of driving local economic growth over time. Initiatives Giving time, giving of one’s self, opening oneself up to others, receiving... The employees now grasp that everyone can play a role in building tomor- row, in their own way, through the simplest of gestures. Throughout the world, many different plans are in place at Hermès. 2.6.2

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France Hermès services Groupe brought together more than 300 people for a day of concrete action, namely the planting of 1,000 trees on an integra- tion site in Normandy. The new apple orchard will help diversify the site’s activity. The trees will need to be tended, and will serve to develop other skills such as the production of juice from the apple crop. It is also an opportunity for employees to join forces in a solidarity approach. The Silk division is involved with many voluntary organisations. In 2016, many employees took part in a football tournament to sponsor “Sport dans la ville”, which works with children from disadvantaged areas. In addition, Holding Textile Hermès supports “Restaurants du Cœur” by paying a subsidy and developing exchanges with employees. Ateliers AS and Etablissement Textile Hermès have held charitable collections of food and toys. Finally, an active partnership with “Maison de la Danse” has offered away to subsidise a number of youth-oriented projects. Forty employees took part in “Intro Danse”, a cultural exchange which intro- duces people to dance. For several years, Hermès International employees have received seaso- nal “solidarity baskets” comprising vegetables, artisanal food products and local agricultural produce. Baskets can be used to make a donation to an NGO sponsored during the operation. Distribution network In New York, a series of pilot sustainable development projects were carried out in 2016. The objective was to present sustainability actions carried out in their local community to the teams. This was illustrated notably by the viewing of an installation at theMuseumofModern Art fea- turing a provisional innovative structure designed to provide a response to environmental problems. An explanation was also given for the Hell’s Kitchen Farm Project, an urban farm aimed at forging bonds and promo- ting well-being in the community. These immersive experiences served as a source of inspiration for the activities of sustainable development ambassadors in the stores. In addition, Sustainable Development Week was an opportunity to launch a nationwide competition dubbed the H.O.P. Re-creation Contest, the aim of which was to link the principles embodied by petit H with the values of sustainable development. Each teamwas asked to submit exa- mples of re-creations geared towards reducing waste in their daily lives. The winner, selected by Pascale Mussard, received a petit H prize. The subsidiary’s key players gathered for a sustainable breakfast that saw the emergence of numerous ideas and suggestions, some of which are already under development. In Asia, more than 20 sustainable development leaders from subsidia- ries in China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Paris, South Korea and Hong Kong met in Hong Kong in spring 2016 for a three-day conference on sustainable development strategy, where they shared experiences and

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