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 HELPING MILLIONS OF HOMES We are empowering people to develop healthier habits by choosing sustainable products that improve their lives and homes, from oral and personal care to pet nutrition and home care. Design Sustainable Products Our ambition is to help people in millions of homes around the world live happy and healthy lives. To do this, we are committed to developing and delivering products that people trust and to enable a healthier and more sustainable future for everyone. Central to this ambition is providing products that contain safe ingredients, are less impactful to the environment, require less packaging and improve the health and well-being of our customers and the planet. People Driven Innovation We deliver on our promise each and every day with our culture of innovation. This culture is driven by our global team of diverse thinkers who bring their experience and technical know- how to the job every day. Hundreds of Global Technology specialists across seven Global Technology Centers are dedicated to advancing Colgate’s innovation and growth through their creative, problem-solving approach to their work, their willingness to experiment and their commitment to our mission. Our teams are: • Knowledgeable about our brands • Curious about technol ogy • Passionate about discovery • Constantly improving, learning and evolving Our scientists and engineers are a diverse group of chemists, biologists, clinicians, flavor and fragrance specialists, pack a ging engineers, information specialists and analysts. They are experts in their fields, yet we encourage them to step out of their lanes, to think about a problem from a different perspective and engage with their colleagues from different disciplines. All team members are encouraged to spend 5–10% of their time outside their main focus area, which leads to sparks of creativity and insights that can completely change how we think about a particular problem. PAGE 42 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT