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 Water Stewardship Saving water is a cornerstone of Colgate’s 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy, a central component of our mission to create a healthy and sustainable future. Clean water is vital to the communities we serve, yet in many regions of the world, it is becoming an increasingly scarce resource. We’re taking action to ensure water stewardship, security and resilience across our value chain, to protect ecosystems and support water access in our communities. That means we take care of water and conserve its use, help people gain access to safe water and mitigate risks associated with water scarcity. Our Water Stewardship Strategy Conserving Water is one of our key sustainability actions and it is addressed across our value chain, with our communities, and in nature. These define the pillars of Colgate’s 2025 Water Stewardship Strategy, which covers the following areas where we have the opportunity to manage impact: • S upply Chain • Direct Operations • Consumer Use • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) • Ecosyst em Protection Colgate’s 2025 Water Stewardship Strategy Supply Chain Direct Operations Consumer Use Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Ecosystem Protection VALUE CHAIN COMMUNIITES NATURE Investment, Transparency and Governance Colgate's value chain water footprint consists of the water used by our suppliers to produce the raw and packaging materials we purchase, the water used by our facilities to manufacture our products and the water associated with consumer use of our products. PAGE 72 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT