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NOTE ON THE METHODOLOGY

OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING

The LVMH Group has been consolidating its envi- ronmental indicators since 1999, and has been publishing them since 2001. They have been veri- fied by one of the Statutory Auditors specialist teams since 2002. These indicators are published in the Registration Document, and in the Group s Environmental Report.

Protocol

All consolidation and calculation rules are defined in the LVMH environmental reporting protocol, which is updated annually and is made available for public consultation by the Environment Department. Any request to consult the document may be sent to the following address: contact_environment@lvmh.fr.

Scope

Reporting on the environmental indicators covered the following scope in 2018:

PRODUCTION, WAREHOUSE, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SITES (number)

2018

Covered sites 266

Sites not covered(1) 127

TOTAL NUMBER OF SITES 393

(1) Of which, mainly: certain regional administrative sites for Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy, as well as administrative sites with few employees.

Some 97% of production sites are covered. The industrial, logistics and administrative sites that are not covered by the environmental report are essen- tially excluded for operational reasons, and are not material. A plan to gradually include them is underway.

Sales floor areas included in the scope, per indicator The surface areas included in the calculation of energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption are as follows, presented as a percentage of the Group s total sales floor areas:

TOTAL GROUP SALES FLOOR AREA (as a %)

% of the Group s sales floor

areas taken into account for energy

consumption and greenhouse gas emissions(1)

% of the Group s sales floor

areas taken into account for water

consumption(1)

2018 2017 2018 2017

TOTAL GROUP 70 69 19 19

(1) The reporting scope does not include the franchise stores operated by the Fashion & Leather Goods, Perfumes & Cosmetics, and Watches & Jewelry business groups.