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2016 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL
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Corporate social responsability
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Environment
Leather and Saddlery division – Gas – Change in consumption in MWh
2016
2012
2008
2015
2011
2007
2014
2010
2013
2009
7,755
9,140
7,410
8,572
7,594
8,070 8,277
6,395
7,071
7,533
Leather and Saddlery division – Gas – Consumption as a proportion of
revenue
2016
2012
2008
2015
2011
2007
2014
2010
2013
2009
100%
109%
88%
101%
83% 82% 77%
56% 56%
56%
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.
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1
2014
2015
2016
1
Water
in cubic metres
95,809 85,215 95,036
87,649 180,340 155,455 184,956 501,775
Electricity
in megawatt hours
3,260
3,256
3,686
3,555
5,529
6,143
6,572 10,627
Gas
in megawatt hours
7,567
8,104
6,577
7,230 13,541 11,788 15,019 31,949
Fuel oil
in megawatt hours
-
-
-
-
55
35
52
48
(1) The reporting scope for 2016 includes Les Tanneries du Puy, acquired in November 2015, and excluded from the 2015 reporting.
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.
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.
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.