World Benchmarking Alliance+CSI.3.B Identifying Business Partner Human Rights Risk and Impacts+Colgate-Palmolive Company+2024+Discussion

The company discloses that it engages in risk assessments and utilises external audits to identify and assess actual and potential adverse impacts on fundamental human rights in its supply chain and business partners. Further, the company states that its Supplier Responsible Sourcing Assessment (SRSA) program requires selected suppliers and business partners to complete a self-assessment focused on human rights. Also, it states that it employs the SMETA audit protocol to assess suppliers' compliance with labour issues. However, the self assessment and SMETA audits are not sufficient for the process(es) to identify its human rights risks and impacts in specific locations or activities through relevant business relationships. Also, no evidence found that the company describes the process(es) to identify its human rights risks and impacts in specific locations or activities through relevant business relationships.