Goals

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Addressing Social and Environmental Impacts

At Kontoor Brands, we’re committed to a sustainable future for everyone. Our global sustainability goals address the environmental and social impact of our operations, supply chain, products, and people.

We believe that sustainability is not a destination but a continuous journey that results in progress over time, and our strategy and goals provide a strong foundation on which we build our approach and drive our sustainability performance.

Our Goals

At Kontoor Brands, sustainability means the dynamic process of continual improvement for people, for our product, and for the planet, enabling shared prosperity for all. We manage our progress through goals and measurable targets. Our measurable goals help keep us accountable and monitor our progress. Progress outlined below against the goals does not include impacts of Helly Hansen. Click each goal to learn more.

Worker Well-Being

Worker Well-Being

Work only with key factories supporting Kontoor's expanded worker well-being program by 2030, embedded with human rights due diligence★ and implementing at least three of Kontoor’s seven well-being dimensions.
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Chemistry

Achieve and maintain a minimum of 90% ZDHC MRSL compliant chemicals.
Materials

Materials

Achieve and maintain 100% cotton sourced from the Preferred Materials List†, while increasing recycled cotton to a minimum 7% by 2035**. Source 100% Preferred Synthetics† by 2030.
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Emissions

Reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions 46.2% by 2030 from 2019 base year.
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Water

Save 8 billion liters of freshwater between 2023 and 2030.

Worker Well-Being

Work only with factories that support a worker well-being or community development program by 2025.

Worker well-being programs must support a multi-dimension commitment by suppliers, covering at least two of our seven defined dimensions: Physical, Intellectual, Emotional/Mental, Social, Environmental, Financial Literacy, and/or Inclusion and Belonging.

Factories are considered in-scope if it meets the following two requirements: (1) Forms part of the top 90% of Kontoor’s annual transaction value with factories and (2) have an existing business relationship with Kontoor of more than two years.

Performance Overview

2025

Established new goal.

Chemistry

Achieve and maintain a minimum of 90% ZDHC MRSL compliant chemicals.

“Preferred Chemistry” is defined as chemicals that are compliant against the ZDHC MRSL.

Suppliers are required to upload their chemical inventory to a chemical management platform to verify compliance.

Any non-conformant chemicals must be replaced with ZDHC MRSL-compliant chemicals.

This objective encompasses all Tier 1 vendors and owned facilities involved in wet processing (laundries, printing, finishing, etc.) and Tier 2 fabric mills, excluding licensee products.

Performance Overview

2023

Due to the dynamic nature of our supply chain and the increased availability of digital chemical management tools, this goal was updated in 2023.

In December 2023, we reached 82.6% chemical conformity with ZDHC MRSL.

2024

As of December 2024, 84% chemical conformity with ZDHC MRSL.

2025

As of December 2025, we reached 90% chemical conformity with ZDHC MRSL.

Materials

GOAL: Achieve and maintain 100% cotton sourced from the Preferred Materials List, while increasing recycled cotton to a minimum 7% by 2035.

GOAL: Source 100% Preferred Synthetics by 2030.

Preferred Materials can be found on our Product page.

Performance Overview

2023 2024 2025
Cotton
  • 74% of the cotton sourced for our products in 2023 was Preferred Cotton.
  • Cotton accounted for 86% of our total materials sourced.
  • 76% of the cotton sourced in 2024 was Preferred Cotton.
  • Cotton accounted for around 85% of our total materials sourced.
  • 98% of cotton sourced in 2025 was Preferred Cotton.
Synthetics
  • 30% of the synthetics sourced for our products in 2023 were Preferred Synthetics.
  • Synthetics accounted for 12% of our total materials sourced.
  • 38% of synthetics sourced in 2024 were Preferred Synthetics.
  • Synthetics accounted for around 13% of our total raw materials used.
  • 38% of synthetics sourced in 2025 were Preferred Synthetics.

Emissions

Reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions 46.2% by 2030 from 2019 base year.

In September 2023, the Science Based Targets initiative validated our science-based targets for greenhouse gas emissions. Our near-term science-based targets are:

  • Kontoor Brands, Inc. commits to reducing absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 46.2% by 2030 from a 2019 baseline.
  • Kontoor Brands, Inc. also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, fuel and energy-related activities, upstream transportation and distribution, and downstream transportation and distribution by 46.2% within the same timeframe.

We have absorbed our Renewable Energy goal – Power 100 percent of owned and operated facilities with renewable energy – into our Climate Goal. “Renewable Energy” is defined as electricity generated from solar, wind, geothermal, small-scale hydro or tidal energy. In addition to global facilities that are owned and operated, leased locations are also included.  Facilities associated with licensed products and open-air retail or “shop-in-shops” are out of scope for this goal.

Please view our 2025 Consolidated Performance Report for our GHG footprints from 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosure

Water

Save a combined 8 billion liters of fresh water from key suppliers in water-stressed regions, compared to a 2018-2019 baseline, and through internal manufacturing process, compared to a 2020 baseline, between 2023 and 2030.

Key suppliers defined as Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers that supply combined 80% or higher volume to Kontoor, located in water risk areas.

Performance Overview

2023

1.1B liters of water saved through efforts at our Internal Manufacturing and through our Indigood™ program.

2024

As of December 2024, we are 35% of the way to our water savings goal, with 2.8 billion liters of water saved in 2023 and 2024.

2025

As of December 2025, we were approximately 63% of the way towards our water savings goal, with 5 billion liters of total water saved.

**Excludes licensed business.
†Preferred Materials can be found on our Product page.
★ Factories must develop a human rights policy statement, complete Kontoor’s four training courses on human rights, and report back to Kontoor on progress.

Milestones

Emissions

Emissions

Established science-based targets for scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions.
Water

Water

Saved 10 billion liters of water throughout our supply chain from 2008 to 2023.
Worker Well-Being

Worker Well-Being

By December 2025, 100% of in-scope suppliers supported a worker well-being.
Materials

Materials

98% of cotton sourced in 2025** was Preferred Cotton†.

Emissions

Established science-based targets for scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions.

In December 2022, Kontoor submitted two science-based targets for greenhouse gas emissions to the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi):

  • Kontoor Brands, Inc. commits to reducing absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 46.2% by 2030 from a 2019 baseline.
  • Kontoor Brands, Inc. also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, fuel and energy-related activities, upstream transportation and distribution, and downstream transportation and distribution by 46.2% within the same timeframe.

SBTi approved these goals in September 2023.

Water

Saved 10 billion liters of water throughout our supply chain from 2008 to 2023.

The scope of this goal included water consumption across Kontoor’s global supply chain. The goal was primarily achieved through water recycling and efficiencies at our internal manufacturing facilities with 9.3 billion liters saved from 2008 through 2022. An additional 725 million liters were saved through the Indigood™ program.

Performance Overview

2020

8+ billion liters of water saved since 2008.

2021

8.9 billion liters saved since 2008. Launched expanded Indigood® program.

2022

9.3 billion liters saved since 2008 through recycling and efficiencies at our internal manufacturing facilities and an additional 725 million liters saved in 2022 through the Indigood® program means we reached our 2025 goal three years early.

Worker Well-Being

GOAL: Work only with factories that support a worker well-being or community development program by 2025.

Worker well-being programs must support a multi-dimension commitment by suppliers, covering at least two of our seven defined dimensions: Physical, Intellectual, Emotional/Mental, Social, Environmental, Financial Literacy, and/or Inclusion and Belonging.

Factories are considered in-scope if it meets the following two requirements: (1) Forms part of the top 90% of Kontoor’s annual transaction value with factories and (2) have an existing business relationship with Kontoor of more than two years.

Performance Overview

2023

By December 2023, 58% of in-scope suppliers supported a worker well-being program.

2024

By December 2024, 92% of in-scope suppliers supported a worker well-being program.

2025

By December 2025, 100% of in-scope suppliers supported a worker well-being program.

Materials

GOAL: Source 100% Preferred Cotton by 2025

Preferred Materials can be found on our Product page.

Performance Overview

2023 2024 2025
Cotton
  • 74% of the cotton sourced for our products in 2023 was Preferred Cotton.
  • Cotton accounted for 86% of our total materials sourced.
  • 76% of the cotton sourced in 2024 was Preferred Cotton.
  • Cotton accounted for around 85% of our total materials sourced.
  • 98% of cotton sourced in 2025 was Preferred Cotton.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Our sustainability efforts align with many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We have identified the following areas in which we believe we can have the biggest impact.

Clean Water and Sanitation
Affordable and Clean Energy
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Responsible Consumption and Production
Climate Action
Life Below Water
Life on Land
Partnerships for the Goals
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