Organization: Kohl's Corp.

Year: 2019

Whereas: Whereas, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and President Kevin Mansell claims, Social impact has and will continue to be a part of what differentiates us ; Whereas, KSS has issued statements and or policies ensuring that Company values and ethics are enforced throughout our supply chain, including the use of Uzbekistan cotton, labor rights, conflict minerals, deforestation, responsible ethical sourcing, but animal welfare is not mentioned; Whereas, extending a universal and comprehensive policy applying to all our Company's stores merchandise associated with animal cruelty would not only create consistency between company values and company practices, it would enhance Company and shareholder value; Whereas, however, there is no policy in place to uphold these alleged values, furthermore, no statement exists pertaining to animal welfare in Kohl's vendor policy and language regarding animal welfare is completely absent from all governance documents; Whereas, in the past 5 years, numerous companies and designers and have opted for more humane and ethical approaches in terms of animal welfare, including Jean Paul Gaultier, Gucci, Michael Kors, Armani, and even Covergirl, the largest cosmetics company ever, announced they are going cruelty free in November 2018; and Whereas, consumers also increasingly favor our competitors that have adopted animal welfare policies; Whereas, there seems to be a lack of congruency between our Company's so called values and the absence of any animal welfare policy in Kohl's supply chain ethical policy; Whereas, our Company may be viewed as a laggard regarding animal welfare and ensuring the safe, humane and ethical treatment of animals throughout Kohl's supply chain; Whereas, in Kohl's most recent (2017) CSR Report, no information regarding animal welfare is disclosed, and there is no mention of animal welfare anywhere in the document.

Resolved: Resolved: Shareholders request that Kohl's adopt a vendor policy regarding oversight on preventing cruelty to animals throughout the supply chain.

Supporting Statement:Supporting Statement By adopting a vendor policy pertaining to ensuring the humane and ethical treatment of animals throughout the supply chain, it will enhance shareholder and Company value and avoid the potential financial risk of losing customers who would otherwise prefer ethical retailers with animal welfare policies in place.