Sustainability
Building a Future to Smile About.
2018 At A Glance
Colgate People around the world are coming together to align behind, and to make progress towards, Colgate’s sustainability commitments. Below are some highlights and accomplishments of our progress over the past year.
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People Reached over
1 billion
children with oral health education since 1991 through our Bright Smiles Bright Futures program
Colgate People achieved
26 million
Healthy Activity Minutes
56 million
people reached with handwashing education in 2018
10 million
pet adoptions since 2002 through our Hill’s Food, Shelter & Love? program
Supplier Responsible Sourcing Assessments program in 2018 assessed more than
80%
of our “at risk” spend
Nearly
50%
of 2018 promotions at Colgate were women
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Performance Save Water conservation campaign activated globally and reached more than
4 billion
people(1)
Through our partnership withTerraCycle, more than 48,000 locations engaged in recycling, helping us divert nearly
9 million
pieces of oral care waste from landfills
Improved the sustainability profile of over
96%
of new products and product updates(2)
Approximately
43%
of our packaging materials by weight are from recycled sources
Approximately
83%
of our packaging is recyclable
54%
of scientists at Colgate are women
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Planet 450 thousand
people reached with water and sanitation and/or health and hygiene education since 2013
46%
reduction in water use per ton of product manufactured versus 2002(3)
41%
reduction in waste sent to landfill per ton of product manufactured versus 2010(3)
30%
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions versus 2002
31%
reduction in energy intensity versus 2002(3)
70%
of palm oil, palm kernel oil and palm oil derivatives purchases are certified
To date,
11
Colgate manufacturing facilities have achieved GBCI TRUE Zero Waste certification
1 Estimated through delivered impressions on earned and social media, television and online video.
2 The performance results are based on representative products from the product portfolio evaluated against comparable Colgate products across three impact areas to characterize likely improvement in the sustainability profile, based on review of quantitative and qualitative data.
3 Subject to final verification by third-party auditor.
Sustainability Report Archives
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2017
Colgate's Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Report 2017
2017
Colgate's Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Summary Report 2017
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2017
Colgate Sustainability KPI and GRI Index 2017
