PVH, the brand owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, has developed a new Forward Fashion corporate responsibility strategy to accelerate its sustainable development efforts.
ForwardFashion summarizes three key areas, aiming to reduce the negative impact of the company to zero, increase the positive impact of the company to 100%, and improve more than 100 aspects of the entire value chain. The lives of thousands of people. These areas include how to combat climate change, how to deal with waste and hazardous chemicals, ensuring worker safety, and providing development solutions for women.
PVH Group stated that this strategy creates a platform for Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Heritage Brands, etc. to further accelerate its efforts in sustainable development of consumers and products.
Emanuel Chirico, chairman and CEO of PVH Group, said: Corporate responsibility has always been the foundation of our business. ForwardFashion represents the urgency to use PVH’s collective power to achieve large-scale reforms. The challenges and opportunities we face are greater than those of PVH, but we believe that ForwardFashion will lay the foundation for our long-term success, thereby having more dedicated employees and loyal consumers, and ultimately bringing more sustainability to the fashion industry. and a responsible future.
Among the three focus areas of the strategy, 15 priority projects are selected based on the premise that the company can bring the greatest impact, and each priority project is Set key goals to ensure accountability, transparency and authenticity in tracking and reporting progress.
Reduce negative impact to zero
PVH’s goal is to achieve zero waste in products and business operations , zero carbon emissions and zero harmful chemicals, and make its products truly circular.
Eliminate carbon emissions – protect the global climate by reducing energy use and powering the Group’s operations with renewable energy; by 2030, PVH offices, warehouses and The store will be powered by 100% renewable electricity and its supply chain carbon emissions will be reduced by 30%.
End waste – Divert waste sent to landfill by PVH; by 2030, all PVH offices, distribution centers and stores will be zero waste and Eliminate single-use plastic use.
Eliminate harmful chemicals and microfibers—Eliminate water pollution caused by wet processors; water treated by wet processors will be free of harmful chemicals and Filter out harmful microfibers by 2025.
Innovation cycle – cultivate and use innovation to design and manufacture products to achieve zero product waste; the three most commonly purchased products by PVH will be fully recyclable. This includes achieving full traceability of key raw materials by 2025.
Increase positive influence to 100%
PVH’s goal is 100% of its products and packaging are ethical and sustainable, and all of its suppliers respect human rights and are good employers.
Ethical sourcing—Expand the application of PVH’s social and environmental standards to all product and material manufacturing. By 2030, all PVH suppliers will meet or exceed their overall Social and environmental standards.
Amplifying the voice of employees – Improving the working environment through employee participation and representation. By 2025, all workers employed by major suppliers will be democratically Representatives elected on a trial basis will express their opinions.
Promote workplace safety – ensure a safe and healthy working environment for workers in the PVH supply chain; by 2025, all PVH suppliers will promote and maintain safe and healthy working environment.
Raising the Living Wage – Creating the right conditions for a national living wage agreement through industry-wide collective bargaining related to PVH procurement practices; the two main PVH producing countries Suppliers, and four initiatives to support industry-wide collective bargaining, will achieve a living wage by 2025 and 2030 respectively.
Ethical recruitment—PVH will work with suppliers to ensure ethical recruitment of migrant workers; all migrant workers at PVH’s Tier 1 and Tier 2 key suppliers will be recruited by 2025 There will be no recruitment fee payable in advance.
Recycled Materials – Switching critical products and packaging materials to sustainable alternatives, supporting regenerative agricultural practices while protecting animal welfare; by 2025, PVH’s cotton and viscose fiber will come from sustainable sources, and the polyester fiber part will be achieved by 2030.
Improving the lives of over 1 million people across the value chain
PVH Its goal is to improve the lives of more than 1 million people across its value chain, focusing on education and opportunities for women and children, ensuring clean water, and continuing to champion inclusion and diversity.
Empower women—eliminate obstacles in the process of progress and create opportunities and choices for women in the PVH supply chain; by 2030, provide 500,000 women in the PVH supply chain Professional and life skills development program for women.
Promote inclusion and diversity—create an inclusive environment where everyone has value; by 2023, more than 38,000 PVH employees around the world will be trained, and achieving gender parity in leadership positions.
Talent cultivation—Cultivate a talented and skilled workforce that embodies PVH’s values and entrepreneurial spirit, while empowering employees to plan for their own future; by 2030, more than 38,000 PVH employees worldwide will expand their professional skills through PVH University Development and digital learning initiatives.
Provide access to water resources – ensure that PVH’s key watershed communities have access to clean water through collaborative actions; by 2025, in PVH’s most water-consuming purchasing communities Establish five collaborative action plans.
Educating the future—meeting the needs of women and children around the world through the creation of safe spaces, improved educational opportunities, and improved quality of life; by 2023, early Education and childcare services, teacher training, parenting resources and training, and youth employability training services, covering 135,000 people around the world.
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