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 2021 Safety Highlights In 2021, Colgate People focused on learning from each other to improve safety. The ultimate goal is to reduce serious injuries and, to that end, we emphasized the need for risk assessment and mindfulness while working. We also delved deep to understand how our people think about the ways in which work is actually performed so that we could offer ways to ensure we operationalize safety. We took pains to avoid “blame and shame,” as we believe it is more impactful to offer education, understand how and why an incident happened and identify plans to ensure it does not happen again. In the past, we have emphasized establishing and communicating appropriate controls to reduce and mitigate critical ri sks and serious incidents and fatalities. In 2021, we made this expectation part of our EHS Management System and Audit Program. Our annual Safety Week is typically an all-inclusive event to share best practices and refresh our commitment to our robust h ealth and safety culture—a key tenet of our EHS Guiding Principles. In 2021, COVID-19 restrictions resulted in a different approach, with each site holding their own set of activities aligned with their own culture to reinvigorate our shared value of caring. Our Hill’s Etten-Leur plant in The Netherlands used gamification to activate Safety Week. Employees created a personal hero ava tar to compete in safety battles to test their knowledge on emergency response, engage in treasure hunts, identify potential improvements and work together to create a safer and more sustainable workplace. In addition to these efforts, below are some of the ways we improved our EHS systems and procedures in 2021: Partnership with Mount Sinai Health System We engaged with the Mount Sinai Health System to stay abreast of developments with COVID-19 and other health-related issues of concern. Mount Sinai communicates regularly with our ECMT and members of our EHS team and hosts periodic webinars where participants can suggest topics and submit questions. It has been an effective way to educate Colgate People about how to stay healthy. PAGE 30 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT