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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Colgate-Palmolive
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol CL)
Headquartered in: New York
Major Industry: household and personal care products
Specific Industry: personal care products
Penalty total since 2000: $65,101,896
Number of records: 23
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| employment-related offenses | $45,965,000 | 2 |
| safety-related offenses | $14,486,430 | 10 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $4,500,000 | 1 |
| environment-related offenses | $137,183 | 9 |
| financial offenses | $13,283 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| benefit plan administrator violation | $45,900,000 | 1 |
| product safety violation | $14,425,000 | 2 |
| consumer protection violation | $4,500,000 | 1 |
| labor relations violation | $65,000 | 1 |
| pesticide violation | $64,000 | 1 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page
here.
Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,900,000 |
| Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. | product safety violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,500,000 |
| Tom's of Maine Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,500,000 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | product safety violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,925,000 |
| COLGATE PALMOLIVE | labor relations violation | 2007 | NLRB | $65,000 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | pesticide violation | 2014 | CA-DPR | $64,000 |
| COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO | environmental violation | 2017 | PA-ENV | $17,423 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | environmental violation | 2008 | OH-ENV | $14,200 |
| Hill's Pet Nutrition Sales, Inc. | tax violations | 2016 | CT-AG | $13,283 |
| COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2002 | OSHA | $12,000 |
| COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO | air pollution violation | 2024 | NJ-ENV | $10,560 |
| TOMS OF MAINE | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $10,228 |
| Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. | air pollution violation | 2002 | CA-SCAQMD | $9,000 |
| COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $8,407 |
| COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $7,760 |
| HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $6,360 |
| HILLS PET NUTRITION INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $6,300 |
| COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO | air pollution violation | 2007 | NJ-ENV | $6,000 |
| Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. | air pollution violation | 2005 | CA-SCAQMD | $6,000 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | railroad safety violation | 2005 | FRA | $5,200 |
| HILLS PET NUTRITION | workplace safety or health violation | 2009 | OSHA | $5,175 |
| COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO | water pollution violation | 2008 | NJ-ENV | $5,000 |
| COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO | environmental violation | 2023 | NJ-ENV | $5,000 |
