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 Attracting Top Talent We believe our people are c rucial to our ongoing business success, so we aim to recruit, develop and retain strong and div erse talent. A key tool for this is our presence and visibility on social media platforms, where potential employees learn about Colgate and find opportunities they seek to pursue. Our social media framework strengthens Colgate’s employer branding and digital presence, which results in a healthy candidate pipeline. In 2021, more than two million people visited our career site. Once potential employees engage with us, we can demonstrate that not only do we offer good employment, fair comp ensation and advancement opportunities, but also that our diverse backgrounds enable us to respond in an authentic manner to candidates’ interests and aspirations. This holistic engagement, paired with our dedication to diversity in gender and ethnic recruitment, ensures that we hire tale nted people who will drive innovation at Colgate and reflect the communities in which we live and work. Promoting a Learning Mindset Our learning strategy ha s four primary components: fostering a continuous learning environment, upskilling our team, focusing on digital tools and approaches and using data rigorously to measure results. By focusing on these four pillars, our team is equipped to address the challenges of a global customer base, integrate new technologies into their everyday work and track the results of our efforts, ensuring that we address the most important issues. Building the capabilities of our team so they can perform well in their day -to-day work, drive business objectives and develop personally is a top priority. We do this by offering a portfolio of innovative and blended learning solutions that address leadership, as well as technical skills that equip them to su cceed in our fast- moving, collaborative and diverse environment. An important element of this system is learning communities, where our team can share learnings and collaborate with each other on their development. In 2017, we launched our learning portal, MindSpark, where team members acce ss a wide variety of content, including leadership and functional content, with curated elements designed to broaden their learning horizons. The most-used learning content covers skills such as Digital, Digital Commerce, Analytics, Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion and Ethical Behavior. Measuring Our Progress We regularly measure the impact of our learning efforts. Since 2020, we have collected data from more than 45,000 surveys, including surveys on pre- and post-application of learning experiences. The average Net Promoter Score (NPS) of all Colgate courses has consistently exceeded the industry average of 63%. PAGE 23 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT