Colgate-Palmolive Co

Colgate-Palmolive outlines a structured approach to align its policy engagement with its climate strategy through a central team but does not disclose a dedicated oversight body or named individual for these activities. Specifically, "a central Colgate team engages with various external stakeholder groups (e.g. USEPA, TSC, ACI, AISE, USGBC, WRI, UNGC) and our internal stakeholders to ensure our direct and indirect activities that influence policy are consistent with our overall climate strategy." Progress on these climate change commitments is "reported on twice a year as part of our Environmental Performance and Sustainability progress report and our New Products Sustainability progress report," demonstrating a monitoring cadence. The company also "advises our U.S. trade associations of this policy to prevent the use of Company dues or contributions for any such expenditures" under its Political Contributions Policy to limit misaligned indirect advocacy. However, Colgate-Palmolive does not disclose any specific individual or formal committee tasked with reviewing the alignment of its lobbying activities, nor does it describe a process for addressing misalignment in trade associations' positions.