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Brand Owner: Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
Head Office: New York, NY, USA
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Designer, Denim & Jeans
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Last Updated: 5 December 2011
Last Verified: 5 December 2011

Calvin Klein Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

1 out of 4


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?	Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH, brand owner of Calvin Klein) has undertaken several initiatives, like energy saving lighting. In 2010 PVH engaged Great Forest to help establish a Carbon Footprint baseline. From this PVH will begin a policy to target locations with higher than average energy use in order to improve the carbon emisson.	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations' and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years?	Calvin Klein has reported its greenhouse gas emissions from February 2010 to January 2011. From the introduction it is stated that this emission is for domestic facilities and operations, North American operations (not including Tommy Hilfiger). From 2008 to 2009 Philips van Heusen reports an annual carbon emissions reduction of 5%. No earlier data found.	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?	PVH does not communicate any concrete carbon emissions reduction targets.	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?	There is a plan to implement a management system with suppliers, but no clear operable policy found however, nor a report with tangible results on the reduction of carbon emissions, however a report on the impact of transportation for 2010 and 2011 was found.	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

0 out of 4


1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume?	Philips van Heusen, owner of Calvin Klein reports: "We have found that eco-products and environmental enhancements need to be driven by consumer demand to be successful. We anticipate an increase in customer expectations in environmental performance". This means there is no pro-active policy to increase environmentally preferred materials.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have an environmental policy related to the ‘wet processes’ within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics?	There is no policy shared on this topic, other than to remove dangerous substances and 'help suppliers understand and manage their environmental impacts', within a time frame of five years.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

4 out of 8


1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	All these standards are mentioned in PVH's Code of Conduct (see page 2).	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 paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	See page 2: 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?	Freedom of association is mentioned, but nothing found about situations in which this right is restricted by law.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	PVH mentions an overview of production countries, but does not communicate a list of factories on its website.	SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?	The PVH Corporation is a member of the Fair Labor Association (FLA).	SOURCE
6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labour unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes?	FLA is acknowledged as a ‘Multi Stakeholder Initiative’ (MSI).	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	PVH is a member of FLA and reports a summary of recent audits in its CSR report (see page 23-25).	SOURCE
8. Has the brand's labour conditions policy resulted in a 'compliance level' of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a 'monitored level' of at least 80%?	PVH claims that 87% of the suppliers and 64% of the licensee factories received at least one assessment in 2010 (see page 23, 'From Monitoring to a Sustainability Approach') and a factory compliance level of 15% (p.24), which is not sufficient for this question.	SOURCE