The
Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American worldwide consumer products company focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal care products. Under its "
Hill's Pet Nutrition" brand, it is also a manufacturer of
veterinary products. The company's corporate offices are on
Park Avenue in
Midtown Manhattan,
New York City.
Environmental record
Products of the Colgate-Palmolive company, specifically "Total" brand toothpaste contain
triclosan. This ingredient has a questionable impact on waterways and marine life.
Colgate consumes approximately 0.2% of the combined
palm oil output of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand,
[20] the cultivation of which is known for environmental impacts on a global level including:
deforestation, loss of natural habitats of
critically endangered species, and increased
greenhouse gas emissions.
Colgate-Palmolive, as a successor to
The Mennen Company, is one of about 300 companies held potentially responsible for
hazardous waste at the
Chemsol federal
Superfund site in
Piscataway,
New Jersey.
[21] Their involvement in this site may have contributed to the
contamination of an estimated 18,500 cubic yards (14,100 m3) of soil with
volatile organic compounds (VOCs),
PCBs, and
lead off-site. A proposed $23 million agreement with the government and state of New Jersey would require Colgate-Palmolive and the other involved companies to pay for the cleanup of this hazardous waste that is contaminating the soil as well as the
groundwater.
[22] The company completed a LEED Silver certified manufacturing plant in
Morristown, Tennessee, in March 2008 which was the first of its kind in the U.S. The new LEED silver certified plant in Tennessee produces the Colgate Total toothpaste.
[23]
Colgate Palmolive received the 2012
Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award.
[24]
Anti-competitive practices[edit]
Colgate Palmolive was fined by
Autorit? de la concurrence in France in 2016 for price-fixing on personal hygiene products.
[25]
Presence in Japan[edit]
In November 2016, Hill's-Colgate (Japan) Ltd. announced it will change its name to Colgate-Palmolive Japan Ltd. in 2017. In early 2018, C-P announced it is building an assembly plant in Japan. It is due to open in 2019, the 50,000 square feet facility will be inaugurated while 50,000 jobs or addition install 150 robots annually, producing Colgate toothpaste and toothbrush models. The company will entering the Japanese market in late 2018, replacing the retaining "Hill's-Colgate (Japan) Ltd.".
It will be the largest Colgate-Palmolive's manufacturing facility in volume, after China.
Daiichi Sekken Co., Ltd., a Japanese company, will manufacture some Palmolive products at its Izumi plant in late 2018.
SOURCE:
Colgate Palmolive
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