Driving Social Impact
We are committed to ensuring the wellbeing of those we serve, building a culture of inclusivity and creating meaningful opportunities for all people to succeed inside and outside Colgate. Holistic wellbeing is an organizational priority. This is a key component of our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy and an expression of living our Company’s purpose as a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet.
Employee Development
At Colgate, we motivate and enable our people to reach their full potential and perform at their best every day. Our people strategy ensures that 1) our workplace is where everyone feels they belong, 2) our organization has the people, capability and agility for the future and 3) our teams have ongoing opportunities to learn and develop. This strategy includes creating an inclusive work environment built on trust, developing our leaders of the future and promoting a mindset of continuous learning.
Employee Health and Wellness
At Colgate, we strive to live our purpose every day to reimagine a healthier future for all people, which includes a focus on the wellbeing of our people. It is central to the benefits we offer, our approach to professional growth, development, reward and recognition and how we are building an inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong. And Caring - specifically promoting holistic wellbeing - guides our global Live Better efforts throughout the year.
Environment, Health and Safety
Colgate’s value of Caring is aligned with our EHS Guiding Principles to ensure that we protect the health and safety of all our employees and any individuals who access our sites, minimize our impact on the environment, strive to consider sustainable product solutions and minimize global impacts in all operations. Colgate People around the world are committed to maintaining healthy and safe working conditions in our facilities and to keeping our business operations environmentally sound.
Creating a Culture that Values Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
One of our core values is We are Inclusive. This defines both who we are and who we want to be as we work together to realize our purpose. Achieving our business results and our purpose requires an inclusive culture that values the differences in background, experience and perspective that a workforce that represents our consumers can bring. This means sustaining a culture where we can be our authentic selves, be treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way. We succeed when we operate in this way, maintaining open and honest input from each other, our business partners and our customers.
A Bright Future to Smile About
Since 1991, our Bright Smiles, Bright Futures (BSBF) program has reached approximately 1.7 billion children in more than 100 countries with oral health education. The program strategically partners to reach underserved children and their families where they are born, live, learn, work and play. BSBF continues to promote health equity, optimal health and wellbeing, and to lead global social impact efforts that empower children and families to achieve healthy and bright futures.
Community Engagement and Giving
Taking values-based actions to support, advance and improve the communities where we live, work and market our products is essential to fulfilling our purpose to reimagine a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. We provide financial and in-kind donations to nonprofit organizations around the world, and our people contribute their time and talent through Colgate-sponsored volunteer activities.
