World Benchmarking Alliance+CSI.4.A Assessing Human Rights Risks and Impacts Processes+Colgate-Palmolive Company+2024+Discussion

The company states that it conducts risk assessments and social compliance audits through the SMETA protocol at its manufacturing facilities and supply chain and discloses the general areas of noncompliance identified during audits, which include human rights. Further, the company discloses the salient human rights issues identified across its supply chain, which include freedom of association, forced labour, child labour, health and safety, hours and wages, harassment, land rights, diversity and inclusion. [Respecting Human Rights and Labor Rights: Modern Slavery Statement 2022, PDF 4] However, the compliance audits through SMETA is not sufficient for the process to assess its human rights risks. Also, no evidence found that the company describes its process(es) for assessing its human rights risks in its own operations or supply chain.