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2016 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL
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Corporate social responsability
2
Environment
Input materials
Upstream freight
Other indirect sources*
(Scope 3)
Other
Energy-related indirect sources
(Scope 2)
Direct sources
(Scope 1)
Other indirect sources*
(Scope 3)
Sources controlled by
the legal entity
Downstream freight
Work-related travel
...
Electricity, heat, etc.
* Emission sources unaffected by regulatory requirements
Upstream
Downstream
The results of this study provide data for analysis of the Group’s envi-
ronmental impacts and enable action plans to be drawn up within the
framework of our Water Energy Carbon Waste plan, which has been in
place since 2010. Because our activities are highly diverse and emis-
sions vary widely from one division to another, each business line drew
up a plan addressing its own issues. All of themeasures taken within this
programme are aimed at reducing Hermès’ impact on climate change.
Hermès’ scope 1 and 2 emissions total less than 32 million tonnes of
CO
2
equivalent, down 5% compared with 2015 despite the inclusion of
Les Tanneries du Puy.
The main sources of scope 3 emissions are freight (approximately half
of scope 3 emissions) and external purchases excluding packaging (less
than one-quarter of scope 3 emissions). Work has been undertaken
on both of these sources, including low-carbon logistics solutions (for
example, the French logistics centres use hybrid or electric vehicles for
deliveries to the Parisian sites).
In June 2012, as part of its carbon offsetting strategy, Hermès also
joined the Livelihoods Fund (LH), a group of companies financing carbon
offset projects with high social and environmental value. Livelihoods ini-
tiatives are described in the chapter concerning relations with stakehol-
ders, notably explaining that more than 120 million trees have been
planted. The fund, whose carbon credits will expand as the trees grow
(the projects concerned span periods of 20 years), for the third time
delivered carbon credits to its shareholders in 2016, after verification
from specialised auditors (using the Gold standard and VCS standards).
In 2016, they served to offset two-thirds of Hermès’ scope 1 and 2 car-
bon emissions.
The key initiatives taken by the sectors and subsidiaries in this area
in 2016 are described below.
Leather Goods
The Bilan Carbone
®
(Carbon Assessment) initiative was launched within
the Pierre Bénite facility in 2006, and extended to the entire division
in 2008. The regular measurement of carbon emissions serves to verify
that the carbon footprint grows at a slower pace than our business, and
that the distribution of the contributing elements is stable year on year:
one-half of emissions come from raw materials, one-quarter from staff
commutes andone-quarter fromenergy consumption. It also contributes
to the Water, Energy and Carbon progress plans, with concrete actions
such as the use of an electric service vehicle, or increasing the share of
renewable energies used.
Tanneries
The Bilan Carbone
®
(Carbon Assessment) from the Tanneries and
Precious Leathers division has been updated for the year 2016. CO
2
emissions in the division increased between 2015 and 2016 (+56%).
The increase is attributable to the inclusion of Les Tanneries du Puy in
the 2016 reporting scope. It accounts for 40% of the division’s overall
emissions. At constant scope of consolidation, the division’s emissions
* Emission sources unaffected by regulatory requirements
Source: Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea.