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 Consumer Use We strive to develop innovative products that enable consumers to use less water while World Water Day meeting or exceeding product efficacy expectations. We also promote water conservation awareness globally through our Save Water campaign. We understand that the water World Water Day is an annual United Nations observance day held on March 22 that required to use our products represents the largest portion of our overall water footprint. highlights the importance of freshwater. Here are a few examples of how we supported To that end, conserving water is an opportunity for innovation. Our portfolio now includes this important initiative: products that contain less water and/or allow consumers to use less water at home. • Water Resilience Call to Action: As part of the Water Resilience Coalition, along with other member corporations, Noel Wallace, Chairman, President and CEO, signed the Call to Action Letter on behalf of the Company. The Water Resilience Coalition is an Water Conservation Awareness industry-driven, CEO-led initiative of the United Nations Global Compact CEO Water Mandate to preserve the world’s freshwater resources through collective action in Because of our products and our position in the global market, we have a unique opportunity to water-stressed basins, alongside ambitious, quantifiable commitments. promote water conservation awareness to all our global consumers. Our Save Water campaign • Colgate People Celebrating World Water Day—Colgate People in Piscataway, New continues to increase consumer awareness through messaging on our packaging, online and in Jersey, and Morristown, Tennessee, celebrated by exploring actions they can take to stores. The Save Water message appears on our toothpaste and toothbrush packaging, soaps better understand what it is like to live in water-stressed communities and what we and cleaning products. as individuals and employees of Colgate can do to support this effort. 2021 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT PAGE 76