Colgate-Palmolive
Facts
Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American multinational consumer
products company focused on the production, distribution and provision of
household, health care, and personal care products.
Headquarters : New York
Chairman and CEO : Ian Cook
President and COO : Noel Wallace
Founder : William Colgate
Founded : 1806 (it was a mere starch,soap and a candle business)
In 1898 B.J. Johnson company introduces Palmolive soap , today the
Palmolive equity is sold in 88 countries in 54 variants
Revenue : $15.5 billion (2019)
Values
Caring
The company cares about people: Colgate-Palmolive people, customers,
shareholders and business partners. Colgate-Palmolive 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-Palmolive 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.
Continious Improvement
Colgate-Palmolive 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, Colgate-Palmolive will become the best.
Brands
Oral Care
Colgate
Sorriso
Meridol
Toms
Elmex
Personal Care
Palmolive Naturals
Protex
Sanex
Softsoap
Gard
Speed stick
Lady Speed Stick
Irish Spring
Toms
Tahiti
Tender Care
Home Care
Brite
Suavitel
Murphy oil Soap
Ajax
Fleecy
Pinho Sol
Axion
Cuddly
Fluffy
Petcare
Hills
Awards and Recognition
Amongst
Top 50 employers, Readers Choice Careers and disABLED Magazine
Top 100 most Sustainable US Companies, Barron’s
Top Companies for Executive Women, NAFE
Awarded as the 2019 Energy Star Partner of the Year, Energy Star EPA
Vision
As we plan our strategies to sustain growth for the years to come, our core
values of Caring, Global Teamwork and Continuous Improvement will
continue to drive our future initiatives
Mission
Colgate-Palmolive 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-Palmolive people
live and work, and to be compliant with government laws and regulations.
Recent News
Colgate-Palmolive Company received a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
2019 Leadership Award in recognition of exemplary work and leadership in
the green building industry
https://investor.colgatepalmolive.com/news-releases/news-release-
details/colgate-palmolive-receives-2019-leadership-award-us-green
Colgate delivered to retailers the first tube recognized by the Association of
Plastic Recyclers (APR) -- Antiplaque & Whitening toothpaste under the
Company’s Tom’s of Maine brand
https://investor.colgatepalmolive.com/news-releases/news-release-
details/colgate-palmolive-ships-worlds-first-tube-recognized-recyclable
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) Group President, Latin America & Asia Pacific,
Panagiotis Tsourapas, will participate in a fireside chat at the Morgan
Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference on Wednesday, December 4,
2019 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
https://investor.colgatepalmolive.com/news-releases/news-release-
details/colgate-palmolive-webcasts-fireside-chat-morgan-stanley-global-0
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