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 Water Stewardship Saving water is a cornerstone of Colgate’s 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy, a Colgate’s 2025 Water Stewardship Strategy 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 Supply Chain Direct Operations Consumer Use Water Sanitation and Ecosystem our communities. That means we take care of water and conserve its use, help people gain Hygiene (WASH) Protection 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 COMMUNIITES NATURE value chain, with our communities, and in nature. These define the pillars of Colgate’s Investment, Transparency and Governance 2025 Water Stewardship Strategy, which covers the following areas where we have the opportunity to manage impact: • Supply Chain • Consumer Use • Water, Sanitation • Ecosystem and Hygiene Protection Colgate's value chain water footprint consists of the water used by our suppliers to produce the raw and • Direct Operations (WASH) packaging materials we purchase, the water used by our facilities to manufacture our products and the water associated with consumer use of our products. 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT PAGE 72