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