Colgate-Palmolive

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Colgate, our values support our commitment to being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization. We believe that creating an organization of diverse perspectives will enable even more innovation and better decision making in order to accelerate business growth. 

We are committed. We are optimistic. We are building a brighter, healthier future for all. 

"Our goal is to make Colgate a place where everyone feels they belong, where we can be our authentic selves and achieve our potential as respected members of the team." - Derek Gordon, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

People - we are actively working to become a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable company

• Pay Parity: Colgate has long been committed to pay equity and its role in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Colgate conducts an annual U.S.-based pay analysis for gender and race, and also conducted a global gender-based pay analysis in 2020. Our results confirm that in the United States, Colgate has achieved statistical pay equity for gender and race. Globally, there is less than 1% unexplained difference in pay between women and men, and we are committed to continuing our work to close that gap. 
• Career Advancement: We invest in initiatives to ensure that Colgate people can maximize their potential. We offer a number of leadership development programs focusing on cultivating future Colgate leaders, including individuals from underrepresented groups. These include Advancing Cricial Capabilities Empowers Leaders (ACCEL) for emerging Black and African-American leaders and the Velvet Suite Brand Leadership program for high-potential women. 
• Employee Resource Groups: Reflecting the Power of We, our ERGs propel employee engageemnt, fortify equity and inclusion, and drive business results. Some of our ERGs include the Black Leadership Network, the Asian Action Network, the LGBTQ&A, Latinx Leadership Network, the Colgate Women's Network, and the Colgate Abilities Network. 
• Diversity Leadership Councils: Colgate's DLCs are responsible for establishing inclusive frameworks for talent management and leadership practices. This year, we added Councils in Hill's North America, India, Latin America, and global supply chain. 
• Distinctions: We are proud to continue to be recognized by a number of leading organizations for our DE&I efforts. Check out our website for a sampling of our most recent honors. 

Community - we are committed to being an ally for positive change for underserved populations in communities in which we live and work. Some examples include, 

• Bright Smiles, Bright Futures: For 30 years, Colgate's flagship oral health education initiative has reached more than a billion children across 80 countries. 
• Colgate Women's Games: Since 1973, the Colgate Women's Games track-and-field program has helped girls and young women develop self-esteem, value teamwork and discover the importance of education. 
• MentorHER: Colgate is proud to be a title sponsor for MentorHER, an intiative where talented young high-school girls, college, and post-graduate women are provided critical funding, resources, and meaningful mentor relationships.
• Advancing Education for Black and African Americans: Colgate is deeply invested in the potential and advancement of Black and African American youth. Colgate has been an active partner of the United Negro College Fund since 1994. We also actively support the National Urban League and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
• Professional Associations: Colgate partners with a number of leading professional associations and organizations designed to increase representation and support for underrepresented groups. These include the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, the Hispanic Dental Association, the Society for American Indian Dentists, the Diverse Dental Society, the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), the National Organization on Disability, and the American Association for People with Disabilities. 

Supplier diversity - we continue to support minority and women-owned suppliers to enable the success of diversity-owned businesses

Communications - we continue to promote dialogue around DE&I to advance the culture change needed to achieve our vision

Click here to learn more about our DE&I strategy and read our first annual DE&I report. 

Colgate's Core Values

Our three fundamental values — Caring, Global Teamwork and Continuous Improvement — are part of everything we do. They are the foundation for our business strategy and are reflected in every aspect of our work life.

Caring
We care about people: Colgate people, customers, shareholders and business partners. Colgate is committed to act with compassion, integrity, honesty and high ethics in all situations, to listen with respect to others and to value differences. The Company is also committed to protect the global environment, to enhance the communities where Colgate people live and work, and to be compliant with government laws and regulations.

Global Teamwork
All Colgate people are part of a global team, committed to working together across countries and throughout the world. Only by sharing ideas, technologies and talents can the Company achieve and sustain profitable growth.

Continuous Improvement
We are is committed to getting better every day in all it does, as individuals and as teams. By better understanding consumers' and customers' expectations and continuously working to innovate and improve products, services and processes, we will become the best.

#Buildafuture at Colgate Palmolive

When you join us, you are not merely taking a job, you are taking the first step toward building a future to smile about. Our trustworthy household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainable vision make us a company committed to building a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet.  

We celebrate authenticity, diversity, and experimentation. Our caring culture fuels a workplace that drives inclusion and belonging for all. If you are passionate about working for a company that lives by their values and strives to make the world a better place, come #buildafuture with us.

Our Commitment to Development 

Colgate’s Culture of Caring: The Power of WE

Honoring our values of caring, global teamwork, and continuous improvement, we are committed to ensuring all Colgate people can maximize their potential. Some of our development offerings include, 

• Global Leadership: Discover and Create the Future is an innovative executive education and development program from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College focused on the global learning experience. Alongside high-potential executives from other leading global companies, nominated participants from a diverse cohort work to develop personal leadership skills. A distinguishing feature of the program is immersion learning within countries that have significantly changed the face of global business. Participants apply their learnings through an “Action Learning Project”, which they present to Colgate’s CEO, Noel Wallace.
• Colgate Leadership Challenge is Colgate’s key program for global, early-in-career, high-potential talent, focused on developing and retaining our next generation of global leaders. Participants engage with Colgate’s senior management to develop greater understanding of and connections to the company’s global organization, personal leadership skills, and an opportunity to work on an important strategic issue for the company.
• To support the development of our people managers, we provide BetterUp Coaching to 500 Colgate leaders annually. Participants receive personalized support to broaden and deepen their leadership skills and accelerate individual effectiveness and development.

Our Commitment to Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing

As a company, we support our employees and our communities around the world to fulfill Colgate’s purpose to reimagine a healthier future for all.  At Colgate, we recognize our responsibility to prioritize mental health, especially now, and we’re proud to put our employees first. We are proud to provide resources and opportunities to help our employees take care of their mental health, from facilitating a strong company culture that empowers colleagues to connect with each other to offering robust benefits that position mental health as integral to overall health. Some of these resources and benefits include,

• Access for all Colgate people, around the world, to an Employee Assistance Program
• Mental health awareness training
• Free health, fitness and well-being classes
• Ongoing flexibility in work schedules to reduce stress

Do you want to #buildafuture at Colgate Palmolive? Check out our careers site to see all open positions, more information about our hiring process, and frequently asked questions. 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Colgate, our values support our commitment to being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization. We believe that creating an organization of diverse perspectives will enable even more innovation and better decision making in order to accelerate business growth. 

We are committed. We are optimistic. We are building a brighter, healthier future for all. 

"Our goal is to make Colgate a place where everyone feels they belong, where we can be our authentic selves and achieve our potential as respected members of the team." - Derek Gordon, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

People - we are actively working to become a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable company

• Pay Parity: Colgate has long been committed to pay equity and its role in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Colgate conducts an annual U.S.-based pay analysis for gender and race, and also conducted a global gender-based pay analysis in 2020. Our results confirm that in the United States, Colgate has achieved statistical pay equity for gender and race. Globally, there is less than 1% unexplained difference in pay between women and men, and we are committed to continuing our work to close that gap. 

• Career Advancement: We invest in initiatives to ensure that Colgate people can maximize their potential. We offer a number of leadership development programs focusing on cultivating future Colgate leaders, including individuals from underrepresented groups. These include Advancing Critical Capabilities Empowers Leaders (ACCEL) for emerging Black and African-American leaders and the Velvet Suite Brand Leadership program for high-potential women. 

• Employee Resource Groups: Reflecting the Power of We, our ERGs propel employee engagement, fortify equity and inclusion, and drive business results. Some of our ERGs include the Black Leadership Network, the Asian Action Network, the LGBTQ&A, Latinx Leadership Network, the Colgate Women's Network, and the Colgate Abilities Network. 

• Diversity Leadership Councils: Colgate's DLCs are responsible for establishing inclusive frameworks for talent management and leadership practices. This year, we added Councils in Hill's North America, India, Latin America, and global supply chain. 

• Distinctions: We are proud to continue to be recognized by a number of leading organizations for our DE&I efforts. Check out our website for a sampling of our most recent honors. 

Community - we are committed to being an ally for positive change for underserved populations in communities in which we live and work. Some examples include, 

• Bright Smiles, Bright Futures: For 30 years, Colgate's flagship oral health education initiative has reached more than a billion children across 80 countries. 

• Colgate Women's Games: Since 1973, the Colgate Women's Games track-and-field program has helped girls and young women develop self-esteem, value teamwork and discover the importance of education. 

• MentorHER: Colgate is proud to be a title sponsor for MentorHER, an intiative where talented young high-school girls, college, and post-graduate women are provided critical funding, resources, and meaningful mentor relationships.

• Advancing Education for Black and African Americans: Colgate is deeply invested in the potential and advancement of Black and African American youth. Colgate has been an active partner of the United Negro College Fund since 1994. We also actively support the National Urban League and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

• Professional Associations: Colgate partners with a number of leading professional associations and organizations designed to increase representation and support for underrepresented groups. These include the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, the Hispanic Dental Association, the Society for American Indian Dentists, the Diverse Dental Society, the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), the National Organization on Disability, and the American Association for People with Disabilities. 

Supplier diversity - we continue to support minority and women-owned suppliers to enable the success of diversity-owned businesses In just over 20 years, we have enlisted over 140 diverse suppliers.  

Communications - we continue to promote dialogue around DE&I to advance the culture change needed to achieve our vision

• Learning: We make time for our employees to learn about DE&I through various channels. This includes our mandatory unconscious bias training, our annual Juneteenth programming, and our regular DE&I lectures and workshops.
• Listening: We offer regular forums for employees to provide feedback, including listening sessions, our Colgate Connect and Pulse surveys. 
• Leveraging Data: We understand that what gets measured gets done. As such, we actively collect, monitor, and synthesize our data to inform our strategy and track progress against our DE&I goals. 

Click here to learn more about our DE&I strategy and read our 2022 DE&I report. 

Sustainability

"We're committed to ensuring sustainability is integrated into all aspects of our company - from what we make to how we work to how we go to market." - Noel Wollace, Chairman, President & CEO of Colgate-Palmolive

Colgate-Palmolive is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet. With the Colgate brand found in more homes than any other, we embrace our extraordinary opportunity - and responsibility - to make the world a better place. 

"We drive change by setting measurable goals, innovating, collaborating, and including all stakeholders in our sustainability & social impact mission." - Ann Tracy, Chief Sustainability Officer, Colgate-Palmolive

• Driving social impact by being a best-in-class employer and responsible corporate citizen that champions health and wellbeing and advances diversity, equity, and inclusion for our people and communities. 
• Helping people develop healthier habits through greater transparency and sustainable products that improve their lives and homes - from oral and personal care to home care and pet nutrition
• Preserving and enhancing our environment by accelerating action on climate change, eliminating waste, decreasing plastic usage and conserving natural resources 

At Colgate-Palmolive, we fulfill our purpose to reimagine a healthier future for all people, pets, and planet through the commitments we make to sustainability and social impact - and the actions we take. Colgate's #SmilingPlanet campaign showcases what the future of our planet could look like if we adopt a more sustainable oral care routine. Because we know that when we care for the planet, the planet will smile back. 

Learn more about our commitment to sustainability here .

Innovation at Colgate-Palmolive

"At Colgate, we work at the intersection of science and creativity: that's where innovation begins. I'm proud to lead a team that's driven by purpose, fueled by passion, and focused on helping all people, all over the world, have a healthier future." - Pat Verduin, Chief Technology Officer

• We have purpose - we create innovative solutions to reimagine a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet. 
• We collaborate - we celebrate creativity, encourage experimentation, and empower each other to uncover the next world-changing idea.
• We invite input - we know that innovation can come from anyone - our people, partners, customers, consumers - anywhere, at any time.
• We are diverse - we leverage our varied identities, backgrounds, and skill sets to fuel Colgate's growth and fulfill our purpose

We are proud to be recognized for our innovations across our brands and product lines. Check our website for more information and updates!