Responsible Sourcing

Corporate Responsibility

Abiding Practices

Doing business with us means abiding by all of the laws that govern our industry. We require our vendor and facility partners to adhere to laws and treaties, both domestic and international, and our Terms of Engagement that align with internationally recognized human rights principles developed by the United Nations, Core Conventions of the ILO core labor standards, and other respected international organizations. We evaluate their compliance by using independent, professional third parties to diligently monitor our supply chain. 

To address salient industry risks and align with rising social challenges, we update our Terms of Engagement, implement new policies, and communicate these changes to our vendor and facility partners to ensure that our human rights commitments are met. In the past several years, we have taken steps to consolidate our vendor and facility base so that we partner more closely with like-minded vendors and facilities regarding the commitment to human rights and fair and safe working conditions. Vendor and facility compliance with our Terms of Engagement is a threshold determination of whether or not the production of our only-at-Kohl’s brand goods may be placed at a facility. We review production capacities and working conditions prior to placing production, in order to support our commitment to human rights.

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