Announcement

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited announced on 29 July 2026 that it has successfully completed its 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy and unveiled its 2030 SMILE Strategy, the next phase of its “We Make India Smile” journey.

2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Achievements

  • The flagship Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® program has engaged approximately 195 million children and families since 1991, including about 26 million children and families across 15 states since 2020.
  • In FY2025‑26 the company empowered more than 237,000 beneficiaries, primarily women, through financial and digital literacy programmes in 650 villages, enhancing financial inclusion and access to government welfare schemes.
  • 100 % of Colgate toothpaste manufactured in India has been converted to recyclable tubes, and the company maintained zero product recalls for over ten years while providing 100 % ingredient transparency on its digital platforms.
  • Under India’s Extended Producer Responsibility framework the company achieved 101 % plastic‑waste neutrality.
  • Carbon emissions from Indian operations fell 43 % compared with the FY2020‑21 baseline.
  • Renewable electricity supplied 60 % of the electricity consumed across its four manufacturing plants.
  • All four facilities retained TRUE Platinum Zero Waste certification, collectively diverting 7,607 metric tonnes of waste from disposal, of which 4,891 MT were recycled and 2,716 MT reused.
  • The company remained water‑positive at the country level, with 95 % of its packaging now recyclable, reusable or compostable.

2030 SMILE Strategy Targets

The 2030 roadmap sets the following quantitative goals:

  • Reach an additional 245 million children and their families through the Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® programme.
  • Reduce virgin‑plastic usage by 33 % relative to the 2019 baseline.
  • Design 100 % of packaging for recycling.
  • Source 100 % renewable electricity across all industrial operations.
  • Strengthen water‑resilience across priority value‑chain locations.
  • Achieve Net‑Zero emissions across the value chain by 2040, excluding Scope 3 optional emissions as defined by the SBTi Net Zero Standard.

Leadership Comment

Shilpashree Muniswamappa, Director – ESG & Communications, said the completion of the 2025 strategy marks a milestone coinciding with 90 years of the brand in India and that the 2030 SMILE Strategy builds on this foundation to create lasting value for consumers, the business and the planet.