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 Our Water Stewardship Targets Water and Our Supply Chain We intend to engage all our material suppliers with operations in water-stressed regions to take By 2025, our goal is to: action on water security. One way we are increasing supplier engagement in our Water Stewardship Strategy is by participating in programs such as the CDP Water Supply Chain Program. We also • Engage 100% of our material suppliers • Promote water conservation awareness continue to help our product developers and procurement teams understand and identify our most with operations in water-stressed regions with messaging to 100% of our global water-intensive raw and packaging materials, so that purchasing decisions can consider water- to take action on water security consumers related factors where possible. • Reduce manufacturing water intensity by • Reach one million people with water, 25% against a 2010 baseline sanitation systems and health/hygiene As an example of supplier engagement, we education collaborate with the Mint Industry Research Council • Achieve Net Zero Water* at our (MIRC) to gather and analyze data from mint manufacturing sites in water-stressed suppliers to better understand the climate and areas by 2025, and all other sites by 2030 water challenges across North America and share the insights with the industry. We also engage with the MIRC to explore and adopt smart irrigation and other techniques to help farmers take good care of To achieve these targets, we’re taking water resources while producing their crops. a holistic approach, collaborating across In 2021, we started engaging our suppliers in water stressed regions of India and held a webinar to share our entire value chain. Colgate's Water Stewardship commitment and trajectory and explain how our suppliers can join us in this journey. The webinar highlighted some best practices of water stewardship projects and processes that we have put in place to address water issues at Colgate. It also included a call to action to our suppliers to start measuring and managing their own water risk and consumption. * as defined by the USGBC’s LEED Zero program 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT PAGE 73