PVH addresses issues such as biodiversity and reduction of pesticide use in the cotton grower stage through its membership of the Better Cotton Initiative. The company developed a global water strategy that aims to reduce water use in its supply chain by applying the SAC Higgs Index. The company is part of the How2Recycle initiative. PVH Corp. is a member of Better Cotton Initiative and Textile Exchange. PVH has committed to sourcing 100% of its cotton sustainably by 2025. For the brand Tommy Hilfiger it has committed to source 100% sustainably by 2020.

PVH publishes both the percentage and the absolute volume of sustainably sourced cotton. In 2017 - the most recent information available at the time of research for this ranking (July-September 2019) - the company sourced 33% of its cotton as sustainable cotton.

In 2018, PVH sourced 113,237 metric tonnes of cotton. The company does not publish the countries of origin of its cotton. Nor does it publish a list of suppliers (finished products, fabric manufacturers, yarn manufacturers).