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 have assessed more than 80% of our spend, including raw material and packaging suppliers, service providers, contract manufacturers, co-packing facilities and warehousing operations. We have also completed assessments of all our manufacturing facilities and conducted social compliance audits at all facilities located in high-risk geographies. We participate in AIM-PROGRESS, a global industry forum dedicated to the promotion of responsible sourcin g practices and sustainable production systems. In this program, suppliers share noncompetitive audit data with other manufacturing companies that often use the same suppliers, enabling us to gain information more efficiently and relieving the burden of “audit fatigue” on suppliers. To further drive improvement in our supply chain, we have participated in AIM-PROGRESS capacity-building s essions in Latin America and Asia that are designed to improve suppliers’ social and environmental performance. In addition, we conduct similar independent, responsible sourcing training events for our suppliers. Supporting Working Conditions Globally We believe that every worker should have freedom of movement, no worker should be required to pay for a job and no worker should be indebted or coerced to work. Colgate has a long-standing commitment to respecting human rights and labor rights worldwide and supports the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) Core Labor Standards. We have confirmed our support for the UN Global Compact and principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. Our policy on Human Rights and Labor Rights describes our co mmitments in detail. Moreover, it is Colgate’s policy not to work with any supplier or contractor known to operate with forced labor. We do not use forced la bor within our own operations, and we seek to eradicate forced labor from our supply and value chains. We, as a member of the Consumer Goods Forum—Human Rights Coalition, endorse the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Resolution on Forced Labor and the Priority Industry Principles (PIP). C onflict Minerals C olgate has a Policy on Conflict Minerals and supports ending the violence and human rights violations by armed groups in the Democr atic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighboring countries, which have been funded in part by proceeds from the mining of cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), wolframite and gold, and their derivatives tin, tantalum and tungsten (3TGs). Our suppliers are expected to only provide Colgate with materials that are sourced from mines outside the DRC and neighboring countries or from smelters and refiners that have been designated as conflict-free by the Responsible Minerals Initiative. PAGE 81 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT