Human Rights
PVH has a long history of addressing human rights and labor conditions with our suppliers, beginning in the early 1990s with our “A Shared Commitment” code of conduct for suppliers, contractors and business partners.
Global Human Rights and Social Responsibility Program
From the inception of our Global Human Rights and Social Responsibility program, we aligned our values with internationally recognized principles such as the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labor Organization’s Core Conventions. Our compliance policy requires the pre-assessment and authorization of any factory intended for PVH production. Our Global Human Rights and Social Responsibility Department continuously works on improving practices with business partners throughout the supply chain.
We have an in-house team dedicated to the development, implementation and management of all human rights and labor compliance issues, as well as related education programs. The Global Human Rights and Social Responsibility Department collaborates with our Global Sourcing Department, while operating independently of sourcing decision making. These close relationships contribute to our strong, integrated efforts in human rights protection and labor compliance.
Our Global Human Rights and Social Responsibility Department is headquartered in New York and operates regional offices in Bangladesh, China, Honduras, Hong Kong and India. The department is currently composed of 21 full-time and 12 part-time associates. Department associates work to identify non-compliance issues at the factories we utilize to manufacture products under our owned and licensed brands and to engage factory management in root cause analysis, capacity building efforts and remediation. The department also proposes and runs pilot programs for endemic regional issues, such as excessive work hours in China.
