With these expanded, ambitious goals, we're working with customers and in our own operations to support a safe and healthy world with enough resources for all.
We’re helping our customers do more for people and the planet.
Help customers save 300 billion gallons [1.1 billion m³] of water each year, equivalent to the annual drinking water needs of 1 billion people.
Help customers provide enough high quality and safe food to feed 2 billion people for an entire year, preventing 11 million foodborne illnesses.
Help clean 90 billion hands and provide safe medical care for 116 million people each year, preventing more than 1.7 million infections.
Help customers become carbon neutral by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 6 million metric tonnes, preventing 10 million pollution-related illnesses.
Alongside the impact we make with our customers, we know we can make a difference through our own operations
Global water challenges are increasing. According to World Resources Institute (WRI), our world will experience a 56% freshwater deficit by 2030 if nothing changes. That’s why Ecolab aims to achieve a positive water impact. By 2030, we plan to:
To meet our commitments, Ecolab is:
Working with 16 sites to restore a 50% positive water impact in high-risk basins:
Working towards our 40% positive water impact goal across our portfolio by:
Joining the fight against climate change is no longer optional. Science-based targets provide companies with a clearly defined pathway to future-proof growth. Ecolab will halve carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and will achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
We will focus on:
To help meet our commitments, Ecolab is:
We believe that a diverse, inclusive and purpose-driven team is critical to the success of our individual associates, company, customers and communities. These goals are an intentional step to drive significant change to advance diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization as we seek to be as, or more, diverse as the markets in which we operate.
We will focus on:
To help meet our commitments, Ecolab took the following actions:
Learn more about our approach to building diverse and inclusive teams
Our safety goal is always zero incidents. But Goal Zero is more than a number. We place great value on training and education, both at our own facilities and at customer locations. We assess risk before we start work, identify and address safety issues, and remedy hazardous situations — at any Ecolab location and wherever we operate.
By 2030, we aim to:
Train and educate 100% of our associates to work safely 100% of the time.
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