HERMÈS - 2018 Registration document

Corporate social responsibility

planet: environment

For several years, a thorough analysis has been conducted of the mate- rials used in new or renovated stores and production sites, making it possible to progressively refine their selection and recycling, resulting in a significant reduction in the environmental impact. In 2018, renovation of the Bobigny logistics centre included the demoli- tion of a former storage building, of which the entire metal structure and shelving, amounting to 173 tonnes of steel, was recovered through a recycling channel. In 2018, the renovation of the Hermès store on avenue George V in Paris received special attention: the existing building was demolished in a “clean” way through the selective sorting and recycling using recy- cling channels of all materials and electrical components (in anticipation of the WEEE regulations applicable from 15 August 2018) with a total volume of 525 m 3 and weight of 64 tonnes. 67% of demolition materials were recycled. Paris sites For three years, the Paris sites have had a selective waste collection, sorting and recycling policy in place:

secondpilottestoncomplementarytreatment.TheVivoinsitemeanwhile continued its work to develop and secure the treatment of its effluents. After the installation of a newpress filter and a neweffluent homogenisa- tion tank over the past two years based on the recommendations of the technical and economic study for the treatment plant, an additional pilot treatment trial began in 2018 for a period of ninemonths. A similar study was conducted at the Tanneries du Puy site in2017. After the first moder- nisation work last year, a pilot filter press treatment trial was launched in 2018. Major additional work was also done to the Tannerie d’Annonay treatment plant to make its operation more reliable. This resulted in the installation of additional treatment facilities and improvements to gas collection and treatment systems. The division’s tanneries’ air emissions primarily result from the operation of the boilers, the dry degreasing activity and the finishing booths. The verifications of such equipment, as identified in the prefectural orders or site permits, are performed in accordance with the applicable regu- lations. Finally, in keeping with regulations, the French sites prepared a solvent management plan. Silk Water emissions at the AEI, Ateliers AS and SIEGL sites are self-moni- tored on a daily basis. All deviations are analysed and a corrective action plan is launched. To ensure the reliability of these fundamental monito- ring data, audit and calibration plans are regularly launched. This was the case this year with the audit of the self-monitoring systems at the AEI sites and AS workshops and the calibration of the internal laboratory at SIEGL, in which our results were compared with results from two external laboratories. At the SIEGL site, teams have resumed the operation of STEP, which was previously outsourced. An in-depth pilot study resulted in the creation of an additional facility for the activated charcoal treatment of effluents following the membrane microfiltration process. This facility helps to improve the depollution results (COD mostly, but also heavy metals) and has been used as a test to model the future purification plant, on which construction will begin in September 2019. Ateliers AS have continued their efforts to reduce pollution at source. As a result, stripping products, a source of hydrocarbons, have been recovered more thoroughly. This was accomplished by first setting up pits for the recovery of stripping products from the frames in the printing workshop washing booths, then by the recovery of the products used to wash the Atelier PEPS printing tables. Cristallerie Industrial wastewater, pre-separated in the respective workshops and collected at a single point, has been purified by a new phytotreat- ment facility since 2015. An awareness programme for users of water resources is ongoingwith the aim in particular of sustaining performance at treatment facilities. To further improve the quality of water emissions and anticipate pos- sible changes in regulations, considerable research and optimisation at source (with regard to effluent behaviour and renovation of the workshop for the neutralisation of effluents from the polishing workshops) have significantly reduced the flows emitted.

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Paper cups 1 tonne

Plastic cups 300 kg Plastic bottles 750 kg

Coffee capsules 2.5 tonnes

Cans

150 kg

Paper 43 tonnes

of waste recovered in Ile-de-France were recycled in 2018 390 TONNES

Cardboard 230 tonnes

Effective solutions for waste management The manufacturing units, with their very different technical processes, generate a wide variety of emissions: each industrial division is focused on the dual objective of reducing emissions and improving treatment to minimise its environmental footprint. This demands continuous moni- toring as new processes or new technologies in this field are invented every year. Tanneries Each tannery is equipped with an effluent treatment station and veri- fies that its industrial emissions comply with the applicable standards. Regulatory inspection reports are submitted to the local authorities on a regular basis. The division’s tanneries continually work on improving the performance of effluent treatment. Accordingly, the Montereau site continued the research on the sources of pollution started in 2017 and conducted a

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