20 / PVH CORP. 2023 PROXY STATEMENT / CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Risk Oversight
The Board of Directors oversees the management of risks related to the operation of our business. As part of its oversight, the Board
receives periodic reports (no less often than annually) from members of senior management on various aspects of risk, including
our enterprise risk management program, business continuity planning, and cybersecurity. Each Board committee oversees the
management of risks that fall within its areas of responsibility, as summarized below. In performing this function, each committee
has full access to management, as well as the authority to engage advisors. Committee chairs report on their committees’ activities,
including agenda items relating to risk, at each Board meeting following a committee meeting, and can raise risk issues with the full
Board at that time. The Board and each of its committees also meets with, receives reports from, and works with management to
navigate our company and businesses through the impacts of macroeconomic events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, as we seek to
mitigate the effects through business, operational, nancial and human capital management initiatives.
The Audit & Risk Management
Committee
has principal Board-level responsibility
for reviewing and assessing the
company’s signicant risks (such
as business, nancial and nancial
reporting, cybersecurity, technology, and
data privacy risks) and management’s
program to assess, monitor and
manage such exposures. As part of
this role, the Audit & Risk Management
Committee:
• monitors the operation of our enterprise risk management program;
• receives an annual enterprise risk management report, in which management identifies our most
significant operating risks and the mitigating factors that temper those risks, based on the results of an
annual, in-depth exercise in which a broad spectrum of associates and executives from key areas and all
regions work with an outside expert to identify relevant areas of risks and mitigating factors;
• receives quarterly reports on the status of our network security framework, the status of information
security initiatives and any new security incidents, and strategies implemented to address those risks;
• receives reports at all meetings (other than the quarterly calls to review earnings releases and periodic
reports) on our cybersecurity and data privacy efforts, including an annual in-depth review of strategy
and initiatives for the coming year, presented by our Senior Vice President, Information Security or Chief
Information Officer;
• receives reports at most meetings on risks and developments relating to our IT systems upgrades;
• receives updates whenever there are changes in applicable accounting and financial reporting rules,
as well as detailed presentations on significant accounting and financial reporting decisions made in
connection with a press release or periodic report;
• receives annual reports from the Compliance and Privacy teams (which report to our General Counsel) on
regulatory updates globally, training and whistleblower reporting;
• monitors the handling of claims of allegations of fraud and auditing and accounting irregularities, as well
as legal claims with potentially material impact, when they arise;
• receives presentations on insurance and other areas of risk and risk management; and
• meets privately on a regular basis with representatives of our independent auditors to discuss our auditing
and accounting processes and management.
The Compensation Committee
considers as part of its oversight of
our executive compensation program
whether the incentive awards it
administers are properly aligned with
stockholder value creation, corporate
objectives, and our Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics. As part of this
role, the Compensation Committee:
•
receives an annual risk assessment from its compensation consultant that analyzes the risks represented
by each component of the program, as well as mitigating factors; and
• develops policies, such as our Clawback Policy, to mitigate potential risks.
The Compensation Committee also annually performs an extensive analysis of incentive compensation
arrangements throughout the company to ensure they do not create excessive or unwanted risk.
For more information, see “Risk Considerations in Compensation Programs,” which begins on page 59.
The Nominating, Governance
& Management Development
Committee oversees risks related
to governance issues. As part of this
role, the Nominating, Governance &
Management Development Committee:
•
administers an active succession planning process for the Chief Executive Ofcer, including to reduce risks
in the event our Chief Executive Ofcer needs to be replaced on an emergency basis;
•
considers the implications when directors change their principal employment or seek new directorships to
ensure there are no conicts of interest or loss of skill set;
•
conducts a rigorous annual evaluation program to determine if the individual directors, Board and Board
committees are performing effectively and in the best interests of PVH and our stockholders; and
•
monitors developments in governance practices in the areas of stockholder rights and board structure and
governance, and annually considers appropriate changes to policies and charter documents.
The Corporate Responsibility
Committee is responsible for advising
the Board and management with
respect to potential risks to PVH’s
reputation and our role as a socially
responsible organization. As part of
this role, the Corporate Responsibility
Committee:
•
monitors human rights, work conditions and environmental programs administered by our global Corporate
Responsibility team, mainly with respect to the operations of suppliers and factories in our supply chain;
•
monitors our response to climate and environmental risk, including cross-sector collaboration on global
solutions and relevant policies, and evolving business practices, such as reducing waste, prioritizing
climate-friendly raw materials, and investing in renewable energy; and
•
monitors and advises on signicant corporate responsibility-related events and activities impacting the
industry, such as, most recently, our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including donations towards
global relief efforts, and our work to help create and endorse the International Labour Organization’s Call
to Action to protect garment workers and establish long-term systems of social protection.