FED Test - Ecolab Named Top 10 Enterprise-wide Honoree at GEN IMPACT Awards

Ecolab’s Employee Resource Groups are advancing innovation, empowering teams and enhancing brand reputation through inclusive leadership and authentic storytelling.

November 11, 2025

Ecolab recognized for excellence in inclusion and impact at 2025 GEN IMPACT Awards.

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Advancing Innovation and Inclusion

Ecolab’s ERGs are embedded in the business, contributing to innovation, talent development and community engagement. Highlights from 2024 include:

Inclusive product development: ERGs partnered with Research, Development & Engineering to ensure new products—such as hands-free dispensers—are inclusive for all skin tones and types.
Leadership development: The E3 ERG’s Leadership Development Exchange program led to higher promotion rates and increased retention among participants, helping build a stronger, more resilient workforce.
Cultural education: The HACER ERG launched “Hispanic and Latinos in the Workplace,” a learning module available to associates, rated 5 out of 5 stars. The program supports cultural awareness and strengthens trust with customers and colleagues.
Expanding inclusion: ERG Fairs hosted in Supply Chain facilities resulted in a 69 percent increase in ERG enrollments from this group, helping connect associates to enterprise initiatives and leadership networks.
Community impact: ERGs raised nearly $12,000 for organizations supporting underrepresented groups and contributed more than 4,100 volunteer hours.
Recognition and collaboration: Ecolab hosted the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit, bringing together leaders from more than 50 companies to share best practices and celebrate inclusive leadership.

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Ecolab Inc., a global leader in sustainability and provider of water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions, has been named a Top 10 Enterprise-wide honoree at the 2025 GEN IMPACT Awards. The awards recognize outstanding contributions from Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), Business Resource Groups and Engagement & Inclusion Councils.

The recognition highlights Ecolab’s commitment to inclusive leadership and associate-driven impact. These groups help drive business growth, build high-performing teams and strengthen the company’s culture.

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Ecolab’s success is rooted in a shared commitment to inclusive leadership and ethical business practices. Associates across the company are encouraged to be culture champions, promoting a workplace where everyone can grow, contribute and succeed. Through authentic storytelling and transparency, Ecolab’s message of inclusion and growth continues to reach hundreds of thousands of people, strengthening its brand reputation and global impact.

"“Our Employee Resource Groups are more than communities—they’re a reflection of who we are and how we lead. When we create space for every voice to be heard, we unlock innovation, strengthen our teams and build a culture where people and performance thrive together.”"

— Dexter Davis, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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A trusted partner for millions of customers, Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) is a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. Building on more than a century of innovation, Ecolab has annual sales of $16 billion, employs approximately 48,000 associates and operates in more than 170 countries around the world. The company delivers comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use. Ecolab’s innovative solutions improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, high tech, life sciences, hospitality and industrial markets.

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Through this partnership, CBRE clients will gain access to Ecolab’s proprietary water technologies and services—delivered alongside CBRE’s integrated real estate solutions. It’s a full-circle approach to water management that helps businesses unlock value and drive measurable impact.

“Water is central to operational impact and profitable growth for many businesses,” said Emilio Tenuta, Ecolab’s senior vice president and chief sustainability officer. “In manufacturing, up to 75% of energy flows through water systems. That makes water efficiency—and water quality—a powerful lever for climate resilience and business performance.”

Ecolab’s programs have already helped thousands of companies save billions of gallons of water, conserve energy and reduce emissions—demonstrating that sustainability and performance can go hand in hand.

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Water availability, quality and efficiency are top priorities for industries that rely on precision and uptime—like data centers and semiconductor manufacturing. Many of these companies already use smart water systems to protect operations and meet sustainability goals. The CBRE-Ecolab partnership helps align those goals with real estate strategies, creating positive environmental and economic outcomes.

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This news release and certain of the accompanying tables include financial measures that have not been calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”).

These non-GAAP financial measures include:

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Footnotes

Bloomberg Law, “AI Computing on Pace to Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says,” April 2024. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-computing-on-pace-to-consume-more-energy-than-india-arm-says.↵
Ecolab analysis of data from Lei, N., & Masanet, E. (2022) and Goldman Sachs (2024). ↵