Brand owner: Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
Head office: New York, NY, USA
Sector: Luxury brands
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| 1. Is there a policy for the brand to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? |
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PVH (brand owner of Calvin Klein) has carried out a baseline assessment for Scope 1 and 2 with the aim of establishing a carbon footprint baseline before the 2013 (see page 45). PVH is also aiming to reduce CO2 emissions from its corporate offices and distribution centers by 240,000 pounds of CO2 with the help of the solar photovoltaic rooftop system. | Source |
| 2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual absolute carbon footprint of its 'own operations' (Scope 1 & 2) and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years? |
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PVH (brand owner of Calvin Klein) has reported emissions of 82,000 tons of CO2 in 2011 (page 59), however, there is not enough information to calculate the percentage of carbon emission decrease/increase within 5 years. Sustainability information should be easily accessible for consumers to make responsible choices. | Source |
| 3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce its absolute ‘own operations’ carbon emissions by at least 20% within the next 5 years? |
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PVH (brand owner of Calvin Klein) does not communicate any information on target reductions for its carbon emissions on its website. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations (Scope 3)? |
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PVH (brand owner of Calvin Klein) states that it aims to increase sustainability and decrease environmental impact in all stages of its business (page 44). For example, a tool to reduce the use of water, energy and carbon has been provided to the suppliers. No concrete results or goals are mentioned, though. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials? |
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PVH (brand owner of Calvin Klein) does not communicate whether environmentally prefered materials are used for products from Calvin Klein. | Source |
| 2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 50% of its volume? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand have a clear and effective policy to avoid the use of leather that originates from cattle farms in deforestated Amazone areas? |
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Neither Calvin Klein nor PVH communicaties on a concrete policy for the use of leather from these areas. Sustainability information should be easily available for consumers to make responsible choices. | Source |
| 5. Does the brand (company) have a clear and effective policy to minimize environmental pollution of chromium and other harmful substances from leather tanning processes, e.g. by waste water treatment or by vegetable tanning? |
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PVH (brand owner of Calvin Klein) is developing methods to minimize the environmental impact of the wet processes, and is identifying goals for the future. However, PVH does not openly communicate a policy to to limit chromium and other harmful substances pollution caused by leather tanning processes. (see page 53). | Source |
| 6. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from the whole lifecycle and all production procedures to make the footwear? |
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PVH (brand owner of Calvin Klein) reports the commitment to "detoxify" the PVH supply chain within one generation. However, PVH does not specify this any further. Also PVH has not yet signed the Zero Discharge Commitment from Greenpeace (see page 52). | Source |
| 7. Does the brand (company) have a clear target to phase out PVC in their products, and has the brand already achieved a PVC phase out level of more than 90%? |
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Neither PVH nor Calvin Klein report about having a plan to phase out PVC in their products. Sustainability information should be easily accessible for consumers to make responsible choices. | Source |
| 8. Has the brand (company) a clear and effective policy to minimize the use of solvents based chemicals in their shoe production, and has the brand already achieved a level of average max. 40 grams of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions per pair of shoes? |
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Neither PVH nor Calvin Klein report about having a plan to reduce solvent based chemicals in their shoe production nor of it is below 30 grams of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions per pair of shoe. | Source |
| 9. Does the brand (company) sell footwear or footwear with base materials that have an environmental certification? |
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Neither PVH nor Calvin Klein mention to sell footwear or footwear with base materials that have an environmental certification on its website. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labor, no child labor, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace? |
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PVH is a member of Fair Labor Association (FLA) and these standards are mentioned in its Code of Conduct. | Source |
| 2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary and paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage? |
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See page 2 of PVH's Code of Conduct:1. Not mentioned. 2. No, maximum working week is 60 hours, but hours of overtime is not specified and it is not clear whether overtime is voluntary. 3. No, mentioning of minimum wage, not living wage. | Source |
| 3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining? |
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Freedom of association is mentioned, but nothing found about situations in which this right is restricted by law. | Source |
| 4. Does this labour conditions policy also apply further down the production chains, at least covering the leather production or the animal farms? |
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Neither Calvin Klein nor PVH communicaties on the application of the labour policy further down the supply chain. | Source |
| 5. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume? |
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Neither Calvin Klein nor brand owner (PVH) have a list of direct suppliers published on their websites. | Source |
| 6. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labor conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labor conditions? |
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PVH is a member of the Fair Labour Association (FLA). | Source |
| 7. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labor unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes? |
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FLA is acknowledged as a ‘Multi Stakeholder Initiative’ (MSI). | Source |
| 8. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labor conditions policy? |
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PVH is a member of FLA and reports a summary of recent audits in its CSR report (see page 25-28). | Source |
| 9. Has the brand’s labor conditions policy resulted in a ‘compliance level’ of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a ‘monitored level' of at least 80%? |
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PVH claims that 84% of the direct suppliers received at least one audit in 2011 and a factory compliance level of 16% (see page 30). | Source |