Does Hermès support Israel?

We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Hermès. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

Filed under: Fashion & apparel brands · Beauty & cosmetics brands · Companies that support Israel

Background

No records of Hermès corporate donations, statements, or investments connected to Israel were found. Hermès issued no public statement after the October 7, 2023 attack and is absent from the fashion-industry donor lists compiled by trade press (WWD) during the Israel-Hamas war, which named Chanel, Tory Burch, PVH, Ralph Lauren and Capri Holdings. No directly operated Hermès boutique in Israel was identified; Hermès goods reach Israeli consumers through independent local retailers and airport travel retail. Boycott guides checked in both directions largely classify Hermès as having no verified Israel ties; one list includes it only via a loose 'association' claim with retailer Marks & Spencer, which is not an action by Hermès itself.

WWD (via Yahoo) — fashion donor list, Hermès absent Masjid Al-Aqsa boycott check — no verified Hermès-Israel ties Renby (independent Israeli retailer carrying Hermès home lines)

What we checked

• News & official statements — 2026-07-22
  Searched English and French news for Hermès Israel donations, October 7 statements, and investments: no corporate statement, donation, or Israel investment found; Hermès absent from WWD's donor roundups; only third-party retail/duty-free presence in Israel identified.
• SEC filings — 2026-07-22
  Hermès International is a French issuer (Euronext Paris: RMS) with no SEC registration or CIK; US filing systems do not apply (gather script: no CIK).
• Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-22
  No Hermès corporate PAC in FEC records (gather script: 0 committees); foreign corporations cannot contribute in US federal elections.
• Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-22
  All eight ProPublica name candidates were unrelated organizations (e.g. 'Heroes International'); Hermès has no US corporate foundation, and the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès is a French arts-and-craftsmanship foundation outside the US 990 system; no Israel-linked grantmaking identified.
• Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-22
  Checked boycott lists in both directions: Masjid Al-Aqsa's guide marks Hermès 'boycott safe' with no verified Israel ties; Brands2Boycott lists it only via an 'associated with Marks & Spencer' claim (not a Hermès action); no fact-check found documenting Hermès support for Israel.
• usaspending — 2026-09-25
  Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-25 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
• lobbying — 2026-09-25
  Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-25 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
• ohchr — 2026-09-25
  Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-25. This company is not listed in it.
• whoprofits — 2026-09-25
  Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-25 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.

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Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-09-25

• WWD (via Yahoo) — fashion donor list, Hermès absent yahoo.com
• Masjid Al-Aqsa boycott check — no verified Hermès-Israel ties masjidalaqsa.com
• Renby (independent Israeli retailer carrying Hermès home lines) shop.renby.co.il