CONTENTS LETTER FROM NOEL WALLACE LETTER FROM ANN TRACY 2025 SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY SUSTAINABILITY HIGHLIGHTS SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE DRIVING SOCIAL IMPACT HELPING MILLIONS OF HOMES PRESERVING OUR ENVIRONMENT Our Water Stewardship Targets By 2025, our goal is to: • Engage 100% of our material suppliers with operations in wate r-stressed regions to take action on water security • Reduce manufacturing water intensity by 25% against a 2010 baseli ne • Achieve Net Zero Water* at our manufacturing sites i n water-stressed areas by 2025, and all other sites by 2030 • P romote water conservation awareness with messaging to 100% of ou r global consumers • Reach one million people with water, sanitation systems and health/hygiene education To achieve these targets, we’re taking a holistic approach, collaborating across our entire value chain. * as defined by the USGBC’s LEED Zero program Water and Our Supply Chain We intend to engage all our material suppliers with operations in water-stressed regions to take action on water security. One way we are increasing supplier engagement in our Water Stewardship Strategy is by participating in programs such as the CDP Water Supply Chain Program. We also continue to help our product developers and procurement teams understand and identify our most water-intensive raw and packaging materials, so that purchasing decisions can consider water- related factors where possible. As an example of supplier engagement, we collaborate with the Mint Industry Research Council (MIRC) to gather and analyze data from mint suppliers to better understand the climate and water challenges across North America and share the insights with the industry. We also engage with the MIRC to explore and adopt smart irrigation and other techniques to help farmers take good care of water resources while producing their crops. In 2021, we started engaging our suppliers in water stressed regions of India and held a webinar to share C olgate's Water Stewardship commitment and trajectory and explain how our suppliers can join us in this journey. The webinar highlighted some best practices of water stewardship projects and processes that we have put in place to address water issues at Colgate. It also included a call to action to our suppliers to start measuring and managing their own water risk and consumption. PAGE 73 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT