Hermès - Registration Document 2016

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Corporate social responsability

Report from one of the Statutory Auditors, designated as the independent third party organisation

Confirmation of completeness of CSR Information

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Nature and scope of work We obtained an understanding of the sustainable development policy, on the basis of interviews with the relevant heads of department, according to the social and environmental impact of the Company’s activity, its societal commitments and any action or programmes related thereto. We compared the CSR Information presented in the management report with the list stipulated in Article R. 225-105-1 of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce ). In case of the absence of certain consolidated information, we verified that explanations were provided in compliance with the provisions of Article R. 225-105, sub-paragraph 3 of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce ). We ensured that the CSR Information covers the scope of consolidation, i.e. , the Company, its subsidiaries as defined by Article L. 233-1 and the entities that it controls as defined by Article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce ), with the limits of the scope indicated in the “Correspondence table (Article 225-105)” contained in the management report. Conclusion Based on this work, and given the limitations mentioned above, we attest to the completeness of the required CSR Information in the management report. Nature and scope of work We conducted approximately ten interviews with the people responsible for preparing the CSR Information in the departments charged with collecting the information and, where appropriate, the people responsible for the internal control and risk management procedures, in order to: s s assess the suitability of the Guidelines in light of their relevance, completeness, reliability, impartiality and comprehensibility, and taking best market practices into account when necessary; s s verify the implementation of a data collection, compilation, processing and control procedure that is designed to produce CSR Information that is exhaustive and consistent, and familiarise ourselves with the internal control and risk management procedures involved in preparing the CSR Information. We determined the nature and scope of our tests and controls according to the nature and importance of the CSR Information in view of the charac- teristics of the Company, the social and environmental challenges of its activities, its sustainable development policy and best market practices. For the CSR Information that we considered to be most important  3 : s s on the level of the consolidating entity and divisions or sites, we consulted documentary sources and conducted interviews to substantiate the qualitative information (organisation, policy, action), we followed analytical procedures on the quantitative information and verified, using sam- pling techniques, the calculations and the consolidation of the data, and we verified their consistency and concordance with the other information in the management report; 2. Reasoned opinion on the fairness of the CSR Information

3. Quantitative information: total number and breakdown of employees by geographic region, gender and age; recruitment and dismissals; frequency rate and severity rate of workplace accidents with stoppage; number of training hours; energy consumption by energy type; Water consumption of industrial sites. Qualitative information:healthandsafetyconditions;trainingpolicies implemented;generalenvironmentalpolicy;measuresforprevention,recycling,reuse,otherformsofwasterecycling anddisposal;majorsourcesofgreenhousegasemissionsgeneratedbyoperations,primarilythroughtheuseofgoodsproducedandservicesprovided;stepstakentopreservebiodiversity; Company’s impact on employment and regional development; inclusion of social and environmental issues in the purchasing policy; significance of subcontracting and consideration in relations with suppliers and subcontractors for their social and environmental responsibility.

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