Colgate-Palmolive Company

Colgate-Palmolive Publishes Online Sustainability Report: Respecting The World Around Us, Living Our Values for Sustainability

May 7, 2008

Colgate-Palmolive has just published its online sustainability report, Respecting The World Around Us: Living Our Values for Sustainability. The report looks at its achievements and challenges in corporate social responsibility under the focus areas of People, Performance and Planet.

The comprehensive report details Colgate’s long-standing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, including details of how it has:

Surpassed its global environmental goals on wastewater and energy use and has set targets to reduce its overall greenhouse gas emissions.

Earned recognition as a leader in corporate governance by GovernanceMetrics International.

Become one of only three companies in the world to achieve a score of 10 in all of GMI’s rating cycles since its inception in 2003.

Reached 500 million children through its Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program, an oral health care initiative.

Reduced its total recordable accident rate by 94% since 1990.

Offered more than 150 educational courses in 25 languages to its employees.

The report also addresses challenges for the future, and outlines the company’s goals and strategies to continuously improve its commitment to sustainability.

“As a company that strives to be the best truly global consumer products company, we are committed to doing business with integrity and respect for all people and for the world around us,” says Colgate’s President and Chief Executive Officer Ian Cook. “We believe that our success is driven by our continuing dedication to Colgate’s set of core values. These values – Caring, Global Teamwork and Continuous Improvement – guide everything we do, including helping us fulfill our social, environmental and economic responsibilities as a global corporate citizen.”

The report, including detailed performance data, is available at www.colgate.com/sustainability.