Colgate-Palmolive Company sustainability score: 41/100
Colgate-Palmolive is a New York-headquartered multinational FMCG company founded in 1806, with $18bn FY2022 revenue. It manufactures oral care, personal care, and home care products sold globally.
More about Colgate-Palmolive Company
The company operates in a sector with high resource intensity and significant plastic packaging exposure.
Founded 1806Head office New York City, United StatesStaff ~34,000Revenue ~$20.1BWebsite ↗
Colgate-Palmolive has validated net-zero targets and strong renewable energy procurement, but emissions are rising in absolute terms and supply chain reductions are severely lagging. Deforestation remains a credible risk despite policy, and regulatory action for greenwashing on recyclability claims reveals a gap between disclosure and market reality.
Colgate-Palmolive Company scores 41/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified May 2026.
That places Colgate-Palmolive Company joint 384th of 934 companies scored, and joint 17th of 45 in FMCG / Consumer Goods.
What is Colgate-Palmolive Company doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Targets & Commitments and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 4/10).
Where Colgate-Palmolive Company lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water6/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Colgate-Palmolive Company's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Colgate-Palmolive Company's score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
35% of them were published by Colgate-Palmolive Company itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
11 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Colgate-Palmolive Company compare with other fmcg / consumer goods companies?
Where Colgate-Palmolive Company sits among fmcg / consumer goods peers.
Among the 45 major fmcg / consumer goods brands we've scored, Colgate-Palmolive Company is tied =17th of 45, with 4 others.
Who scores higher in FMCG / Consumer Goods?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Colgate-Palmolive Company.
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