Public data, as of October 2026

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Colgate-Palmolive Company

CLcolgatepalmolive.comLatest disclosure 2024

Colgate-Palmolive Company reported about 41 million tCO₂e for 2024, and 99% of it sits in Scope 3, in the value chain beyond the company's own operations.

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SBTi statusValidated Targets

Near-term status: Validated Targets. Net-zero status: Validated Targets.

Where insetting fits

Scope 3 is 99% of the footprint, the part of the value chain that supplier emissions reductions can reach.

Peer position

Scope 3 is 99% of the footprint, close to the peer median of 99%.

Voluntary retirements

Registry records show 770 credits retired for this company.

Emissions

How the reported footprint breaks down by scope and year.

tCO₂e, GHG Protocol scopes
Source: published disclosure, FY2024

Peer benchmark

How Colgate-Palmolive Company compares with its industry peers on Scope 3.

Peers: companies in the SBTi industry "Consumer Durables, Household and Personal Products", by Scope 3 share of the latest reported footprint.

CompanyScope 3 share%

Colgate-Palmolive CompanyThis company99%
The Procter & Gamble Company99%

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Reported emissions by year

Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3

FY2024

Scope 1, direct	206,0001%
Scope 2, purchased energy	121,000<1%
Scope 3, value chain	40,430,00099%
Total	40,757,000

Years without a matched disclosure stay open until a published source is matched.

Source document: colgatepalmolive.com

Scope 3 by category, 2024

12 categories itemized

C1Purchased Goods and Services7.3 Mt18%
C2Capital Goods129 kt<1%
C3Fuel and Energy Related Activities92 kt<1%
C4Upstream Transportation and Distribution1.4 Mt3%
C5Waste Generated in Operations23 kt<1%
C6Business Travel62 kt<1%
C7Employee Commuting49 kt<1%
C8Upstream Leased Assets0 t0%
C9Downstream Transportation and Distribution818 kt2%
C11Use of Sold ProductsLargest category29.4 Mt73%
C12End-of-Life Treatment of Sold Products1.2 Mt3%
C15Investments11 kt<1%

Climate targets

What the SBTi listing says about the company's targets.

Status as published by the SBTi

Primary SBTi record: Colgate Palmolive Company

Near-term targetValidated Targets

Classification: 1.5°C
Target year: 2030

Net-zero targetValidated Targets

Net-zero year: 2040

Linked SBTi records

Prosponsive LogisticsLinked SBTi recordCommitment to Set TargetsCommitment to Set Targets

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Voluntary retirements

Voluntary credits retired for this company on public registries.

Registry records naming the company as beneficiary

ProjectRegistryRetired inCredits retired

HFC Replacement (ACR975)American Carbon Registry2025770

These are voluntary market retirements, which sit outside the value chain. Inset credits retired on Carbon3 would appear as their own rows, linked to the supplier project.770 credits in total

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Peer median: 99%Scope 3 boundaries differ between reports, so compare shares with care.

Scope 3 position

Near the peer median

The company's Scope 3 share is 99%, against a peer median of 99%.

Disclosure coverage

6 of 6 disclose

6 of 6 named peers report all three scopes, so their Scope 3 share can be compared.

Research summary

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Related projects

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