o ensure the Company’s long-term success and sustainable business growth, Colgate is firmly committed to developing Colgate people at all levels of the organization. For Colgate people, leadership entails living the Company’s strong global values of Caring, Continuous Improvement and Global Teamwork, while managing with respect. Colgate people are accountable for not only the results they achieve, but also for how they achieve those results. Throughout Colgate, these values help build a strong culture based on integrity, ethical behavior and the commitment to do the right thing.

One way Colgate fosters personal leadership and inclusiveness is by conducting informal, interactive “town hall” style meetings at which local employees discuss business results and issues directly with members of senior management and generate innovative ideas. Ranging from as few as 10 people to more than 200, the “town hall” meetings are led by division or functional executives in offices and plants.

Technology is also enabling leaders to communicate better with coworkers. Senior executives use Colgate’s state-of-the-art, in-house webcasting studio to interact with employees worldwide, in a more personal and approachable way. Webcasting enables the Company to communicate a consistent message globally, while also allowing for two-way discussion with employees anywhere in the Colgate world.

Leadership at Colgate extends to being a leader in caring for our communities, which includes providing oral health education and preventive services to children and adults all over the world. The Company’s largest and most comprehensive global oral health initiative, “Bright Smiles, Bright Futures,” reaches 50 million children annually in 80 countries and in 30 languages. Colgate also partners with public health officials worldwide to reach millions of children annually with its “Clean Hands, Good Health” global hand-washing program, which features Protex antibacterial soap.

Another way Colgate is reaching out to communities in need is through its sponsorship of the dental clinic aboard the Phelophepa health care train, a unique mobile medical service which provides affordable access to health care for the people of rural South Africa. The only one of its kind, this mobile dental clinic provides oral health services, hygiene education, restorative procedures and extractions to approximately 10,000 patients each year in the most remote areas of the country. Also as part of this program, a Colgate dental educator and dental students visit surrounding schools to provide oral health education and free dental screenings while distributing Colgate toothpaste and toothbrushes.

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