Exhibit 1.01 to Form SD
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report for the Reporting Period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
This Conflict Minerals Report (this Report) of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the Company) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the Rule) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
The Rule requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures, or contracts to manufacture, products and any of the minerals specified
in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. The specified minerals, which the Company collectively refers to in this Report as the Conflict Minerals, are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan),
cassiterite and wolframite and certain of their derivatives. The Covered Countries for the purposes of the Rule and this Report are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic,
South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. As described in this Report, certain Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of products that the Company contracts to manufacture.
This Report contains forward-looking statements that are made based on known events and circumstances at the time of this Report. Statements in this Report
which express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including statements related to the Companys compliance efforts and expected actions identified in this Report.
These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, among other matters, the Companys customers requirements to use certain suppliers, the Companys suppliers
responsiveness and cooperation with the Companys due diligence efforts, the Companys ability to implement improvements in its conflict minerals program and the Companys ability to identify and mitigate related risks in its supply
chain. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by the U.S. federal securities laws.
Description of the Companys Products Covered by this Report
This Report relates to products: (i) for which Conflict Minerals are, or have historically been, necessary to the functionality or production of the
product; and (ii) that were contracted to be manufactured by the Company during calendar year 2023.
These products, which are referred to in this
Report collectively as the Covered Products, were identified by the Companys internal global operations team, with input from the relevant component material vendors and contract manufacturers (collectively,
Suppliers). The Covered Products identified are the following:
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Battery-operated toothbrushes |
Approximately 8.7% of the Companys consolidated net sales in 2023 were derived from the sale of Covered Products.