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New Sustainability Report Highlights Ecolab's Role as a Global Catalyst for Corporate ResponsibilityIn its new annual corporate sustainability report, Catalyst for a Better World, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) highlights how it helps customers reduce water and energy use, ensure clean hospitals, hotels and restaurants, and safely produce the world's food and energy. "Many companies have complex sustainability needs and aspirations," said Emilio Tenuta, vice president of Corporate Sustainability. "Our industry-leading expertise and solutions help them reduce water and energy use for everything from industrial water boilers and cooling towers to warewashing processes for restaurants and foodservice facilities. All of these individual interventions add up to a significant global impact." In 2017, Ecolab helped customers at nearly three million locations in 170 countries:
The 2017 sustainability report offers extensive case studies highlighting Ecolab's work with several global customers. Among other highlights:
Ecolab also aims conserve 300 billion gallons of water, equivalent to the drinking water needs of one billion people, by 2030. The company will accomplish this by reducing water use within its customers' and its own operations. Ecolab supports the U.N.'s sustainable development goal six, promoting clean water and sanitation, through its work with customers, within its own facilities and through a number of dedicated projects in communities around the world. Ecolab's 2017 Corporate Sustainability Report was developed in alignment with the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 core guidelines. The report summary and complete GRI Index are available at http://www.Ecolab.com/Sustainability. AboutĀ Ecolab A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources. With annual sales of $14 billion and 48,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and on-site service to promote safe food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com. Follow us on Twitter (News - Alert) @ecolab, Facebook (News - Alert) at facebook.com/ecolab, LinkedIn (News - Alert) at Ecolab or Instagram atĀ Ecolab Inc. (ECL-C) View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180618005556/en/ |