Axion, owned by Colgate-Palmolive, produces dishwashing pastes and liquids popular across Latin America and Asia. Positioned as an affordable everyday essential, it carries the same risks as its parent company’s model—palm oil linked to forced labour, gender-based violence, and environmental destruction.
Colgate-Palmolive is rated Medium Impact because its harms are systemic but less directly tied to military supply chains than the highest-impact targets. The company is implicated in animal testing where required by law, palm oil linked to forced labour and sexual abuse in Indonesia and Malaysia, and a heavy reliance on plastic packaging. Its supply chains have been tied to gender-based violence and exploitation on plantations, and watchdogs continue to flag widespread labour risks in raw material sourcing.
Politically, however, Colgate-Palmolive’s footprint is weaker than corporations that directly enable Israeli state violence, such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, or weapons contractors. Its complicity is more indirect, flowing through global investment networks and consumer markets rather than direct military contracts.
Boycotting Colgate-Palmolive still matters. It exposes how everyday products—oral care, soap, pet food—are entangled in labour abuse, ecological destruction, and political influence. The scale of its reach makes it a clear reminder that ordinary spending decisions can sustain or interrupt systems of harm.