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 Education to Rally Change And our new oral health literacy campaign to new infrastructure at scale. That partnership led empower people to Know Y to another benefit: it connected us with Algramo, our OQ™—to understand We know that about 80% of our environmental and improve their oral health quotient—calls which helped us experiment with a refillable model footprint occurs when people use and dispose out the links between oral health and overall for our Softsoap liquid hand soap. of our products, so we seek opportunities to health and well-being, so people take action for a encourage better habits. Our Save Water campaign healthier future. To conclude, our purpose to reimagine a healthier encouraging people to turn off the tap when future for all brings extra meaning to our work for brushing has contributed to the avoidance of Partnership to Power Progress sustainability and social impact. Innovation is key approximately 206 billion gallons of water since to our progress, education is essential for building 2016, plus 10.8M metric tons of greenhouse gas The world’s challenges are daunting, and no momentum for change and partnership makes emissions from the energy needed to treat, heat company can go it alone. So while innovation and both far more powerful. I invite you to review our and pump water. And recently, when we introduced education are two ways we get things done, it's progress and plans in the pages of this report. our breakthrough recyclable toothpaste tube under partnership that amplifies their impact. Examples the Colgate brand in the U.S., we included a bold are many. The reach of BSBF in 80+ countries is "Recycle Me!" message to build awareness among only possible through partnership with schools, consumers, and begin changing their behavior. retailers, dental professionals and others. Our decision back in 2019 to share our recyclable tube We also know that education holds a key to better technology encouraged the transition for other ed over 1.4 billion children toothpaste companies. And to advance recycling, we health. We’ve reach and their families with our Bright Smiles, Bright joined eight other companies as original investors Noel Wallace Futures® (BSBF) oral health education program. in funds with the Closed Loop Partners to support CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT PAGE 03