THE SUSTAINABILITY INTERVIEW
“Success is articulated through the lens of growth and resilience”
Ann Tracy Chief Sustainability Officer Colgate-Palmolive through modern channels as well as community-based education. In Ann’ s view, oral health is not a narrow product issue, but part of general health and wellbeing.
Packaging and plastic reform Plastic is another priority area, because Colgate-Palmolive is a consumer packaged goods company and much of its packaging uses plastic. Ann says the company’ s aim is to eliminate plastic waste, while recognising that packaging reform has to work at industrial scale. The company is part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’ s Global Commitment, a voluntary business pledge to tackle plastic waste and pollution. Under that framework, Colgate-Palmolive has committed to making all of its plastic packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable, with a further target to reduce virgin plastic use.
The company’ s recyclable toothpaste tube was a major breakthrough. The old tube contained mixed materials, including aluminium, which made it difficult to recycle. The new tube uses a single plastic material and was designed to meet recyclability standards while preserving product performance.
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