CONTENTS LETTER FROM LETTER FROM SUSTAINABILITY 2025 SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY DRIVING SOCIAL HELPING PRESERVING NOEL WALLACE ANN TRACY HIGHLIGHTS SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE IMPACT MILLIONS OF OUR STRATEGY HOMES ENVIRONMENT Unless otherwise indicated, this report includes dollars. The report provides data for Colgate’s For inquiries, please visit Colgate’s Consumer environmental, health and safety (EHS) data from fiscal year 2021 along with historical information Affairs site at www.colgate palmolive.com. 100% of our manufacturing sites and technology and more recent updates where indicated. We centers around the world, but does not include data issue our report on an annual basis; our previous In an effort to address stakeholders’ informational (1) from contract manufacturers. Certain information report focused on fiscal year 2020. demands, we are publishing our first report aligned relates to our broader value chain. Supplier with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Responsible Sourcing Assessment program This report has been prepared in accordance with Disclosures Report (TCFD) recommendations data includes selected contract manufacturers, the GRI Standards: Core option. The alignment and our first report aligned to the Sustainability warehouses and suppliers; our greenhouse gas of this year’s report to the GRI framework can Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards. and water footprints include additional data from be found in our GRI Content Index. There are no These reports are or will be made available on upstream and downstream in our value chain; significant changes in the scope of our report or the our website. and progress on our Policy on No Deforestation key sustainability issues identified. Please see our includes selected suppliers. Financial information 2021 GRI Content Index for more details. is presented on a consolidated basis and in U.S. Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements All statements in this report that are not historical, including targets for and projections for future results, the expected achievement and effect of our sustainability strategies and initiatives, including our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy, and the amounts and timing of their expected impact are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the rules, regulations and releases of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Forward- looking statements generally can be identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “strives,” “may,” “could,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “continue,” “targets” and other similar expressions, and are based on management’s views and assumptions as of the date they were made. This report is issued as of April (1) Although we do not include the local operating 18, 2022 and except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information and we make no representation, express or results of our subsidiaries in Venezuela and implied, that the information is still accurate or complete. We caution that such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual events Pakistan in our Consolidated Financial Statements, or results may differ materially from these statements due to a number of factors. Information about factors that could impact our business and cause actual results to vary, data from these locations are included in the calculations in this report. Our EltaMD, Filorga, possibly materially, from these forward-looking statements, can be found in this report and in our filings with the SEC, including the information set forth under the captions hello and PCA SKIN businesses are not included in “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements” in Colgate’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for the year ended calculations referenced throughout this report, but December 31, 2021 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. are consolidated for financial reporting purposes after their respective date of acquisition. 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT PAGE 15
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