Read the letter from Ian Cook. Chairman, President and CEO.
Respecting the World Around Us: Living Our Values for 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.
Our long-term sustainability strategy is focused on three areas: People, Performance and Planet.
Respect for People
Company Performance
Respect for Our Planet
Colgate people, consumers, communities, business partners, shareholders and other stakeholders are vital to Colgate's success and future growth. Read more about Respect for People.
Highest rating achieved by Colgate in 2009 from GovernanceMetrics International, Inc., an independent governance ratings agency.
A cleaner, healthy environment is important to Colgate not only because it's the right thing to do but also because it makes good business sense. Read more about Respect for Our Planet.
reduction in water use per ton of production from 2002 to 2009.
reduction in CO2 emissions per ton of production from 2002 to 2009.
Colgate was the first in our industry to begin using post-consumer recycled PET in Europe.