Ecolab and EC3 Global Join Up - Analyst Blog

Recently, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) announced that it has teamed up with EC3 Global, a renowned certification, benchmarking and consulting services provider. The partnership will help the customers of Ecolab's hospitalization industry to achieve a higher degree of sustainability with the help of EC3 Global's EarthCheck Program.

The EarthCheck Program promotes sustainability by taking into account a hospitality operators' quantifiable data on indicators such as chemical use, waste to landfill, energy consumption and recycling. The data is then compared against industry best practices to determine an operation's baseline measurements, as well as how well the organization is performing relative to its competitors.

The coming together of the two organizations provides the customers with the most effective and customized approach for meeting their sustainability goals. Furthermore, the partnership will enable hospitality organizations across the globe to function in a more sustainable manner and reduce their overall environmental impacts on communities.

The agreement would allow the auditors of EarthCheck to scan the hospitality locations and provide guidance regarding areas needing further improvement. They would certify the operator's sustainability practices only when it observes that the international standards have been met.

EC3 Global is the largest certifier of sustainable travel and tourism operators across the globe. The EarthCheck Program, which boasts of more than 1,000 clients in over 60 countries, responds directly to the primary environmental problems, including climate change, waste reduction and non-renewable resource management. The benchmarking, certification and performance improvement systems under the program result in substantial savings of energy, water consumption among other things.

Ecolab, founded in 1923 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a leading provider of cleaning, sanitizing, food safety and infection prevention products and services. The company serves the foodservice, food and beverage processing, healthcare, and hospitality markets both in the US as well as internationally.
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