A HOUSE OF ARTISANS AND HUMAN VALUES

• High-quality jobs

  As at 31 December 2023, Hermès employs 22,040 people, over 7,300 of whom are artisans. 62% of employees work in France. Over the course of the year, 2,400 people have joined the Hermès community. Hermès objects are manufactured mainly in France, across 60 production and training sites located in 11 different regions. Hermès is looking to the future with confidence and continuing to expand its production capacity by opening new sites, each on a human scale and creating 300 jobs on average.

• Hermès contributes to significantly regenerating the regions in which it opens production sites. The resulting local socio-economic development makes it possible to provide staff with comfortable working conditions combining proximity with stable employment.

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• Production sites in France

• Production and training is carried out in France across 52 sites, organised into regional hubs.  This network is supplemented by twelve manufactures in other countries, located in Switzerland, Italy, the UK, the USA, Portugal and Australia.

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• Training and transmission of know-how

  Through its integrated production model, Hermès manufactures 76% of its objects in its own, exclusive workshops. Attentive to the continuous improvement of its artisans’ know-how, the house is involved in the earliest stages of production to guarantee continuity for its métiers. Thus over 7,300 artisans in France pass on excellence in artisanal skills to future generations. Certain sites have training hubs where artisans transmit know-how in ways that are adapted for people with a range of disabilities.

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• Responsible development

  Respect for nature – the source of its outstanding materials and the lifeblood of its sites – has been one of Hermès’ strongest and most abiding values. The group pursues a strict environmental policy, which aims to limit the impact of its operations in all sectors by introducing scientifically validated objectives in its immediate and wider sphere of responsibility. To reduce its biodiversity footprint, Hermès implements its commitments and initiatives as part of coalitions such as Act4Nature International, and applies international guidelines and benchmarks such as the SBTN (Science-Based Targets for Nature) to achieve harmony with a beloved, protected and restored natural world.

A group that supports its stakeholders

Hermès is committed to its suppliers and works with them to address the many challenges they face, from quality, to ethical, social, economic and environmental. The company ensures that its entire value chain is involved in the key sustainable development issues. The quality and longevity of supplier relationships, based on trust built up over time (19 years on average for the main partners), contribute to the robustness of the system.

The house’s many commitments are depicted by documentary filmmaker Frédéric Laffont in his “Footprints Across the World” series of films. Frédéric Laffont brings his humanistic perspective to bear as he walks in the house’s footsteps and gives free rein to his camera. With our curiosity piqued, we navigate between stories and portraits, carried along by gestures and places, and take discovery to the ends of the earth…

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