PVH Corp. Signs Women’s Empowerment Principles Charter of UN Women and the Global Pact of United Nations

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PVH Corp. [NYSE:PVH] announced today that it signed the Women’s Empowerment Principles, a partnership initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact comprising a set of seven steps that businesses can take to promote gender equality in the workplace such as establishing high-level corporate leadership for gender equality, fighting against any form of discrimination, ensuring education, training and professional development for women.

Businesses are encouraged to use the principles as a guide for actions everyone can take to empower women to participate fully in economic life across all sectors and throughout all levels of economic activity, from the boardroom, to the workplace, and across the supply chain to the communities in which we live and work.

Emanuel Chirico, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PVH Corp., said, “It is very important to me that PVH leads our industry in creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion where every individual is valued. I am committed to making sure that all associates, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or background, have the opportunity to realize their full potential at PVH and more importantly, embracing inclusion and diversity is integral to our success as an organization.”

Mr. Chirico continued, “Gender equality and women’s empowerment are important issues. We are determined to strengthen activities and programs to promote gender equality for the betterment of PVH and the experiences and opportunities of our associates.”

PVH already has a variety of business-related activities and programs that it has committed to as part of its commitment to promote gender equality and education for women and girls worldwide. Some recent examples include: (i) Addition of Inclusion and Diversity courses as part of its PVH University; (ii) Launched a Business Resource Group for women, Women’s Leadership Council; and (iii) PVH’s $5 million multi-year commitment to Save the Children to its early education programs as well as our involvement in supporting our factory communities with educational based programming and counseling support for women and children in a safe environment.

About PVH Corp.

With a heritage going back over 130 years, PVH Corp. has excelled at growing brands and businesses with rich American heritages, becoming one of the largest apparel companies in the world. We have over 30,000 associates operating in over 40 countries with over $8 billion in 2014 revenues. We own the iconic Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Speedo*, Warner’s and Olga brands and market a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands.

*The Speedo brand is licensed for North America and the Caribbean in perpetuity from Speedo International, Ltd.

About the Women’s Empowerment Principles

The Women's Empowerment Principles are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. They are the result of collaboration between the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Global Compact (www.weprinciples.org). Subtitled Equality Means Business, the Principles emphasize the business case for corporate action to promote gender equality and women's empowerment and are informed by real-life business practices and input gathered from across the globe. To date, more than 1,100 business leaders from around the globe have signaled their support for the overall goal of advancing and empowering women and, more specifically, the guidance offered by the seven Principles by signing a CEO Statement of Support for the WEPs.

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PVH Corp.
Dana Perlman, 212-381-3502
Treasurer, Senior Vice President – Business Development & Investor Relations
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Source: PVH Corp.

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