Ecolab Named One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for Twelfth Consecutive Year by the Ethisphere Institute

Ecolab is one of only 12 companies to be named a World’s Most Ethical
Company every year since the recognition began in 2007

ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ecolab Inc. has again been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical
Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in defining and
advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Ecolab has been
named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies every year since the
list’s inception in 2007.

“We are honored to again be recognized by the Ethisphere Institute for
our commitment to operating ethically and responsibly,” said Ecolab
Chairman and CEO Douglas M. Baker, Jr. “Our 48,000 associates work to
make the world cleaner, safer and healthier, and strong business ethics
are critical to our long-term success.”

Ethisphere’s list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies recognizes
companies that exemplify transparency, integrity, ethics and compliance
in their business practices.

The World's Most Ethical Companies recognition is based upon Ethisphere
Institute’s Ethics
Quotient® (EQ) framework, which offers a quantitative way
to assess performance in an objective, consistent and standardized
manner. The information collected provides a comprehensive sampling of
definitive criteria of core competencies, rather than all aspects of
corporate governance, risk, sustainability, compliance and ethics.

Assessment scores are generated in five key categories: ethics and
compliance program (a 35 percent weighting), corporate citizenship and
responsibility (20 percent), culture of ethics (20 percent), governance
(15 percent), and leadership, innovation and reputation (10 percent).

To view the 2018 list of the World's Most Ethical Companies, visit: worldsmostethicalcompanies.ethisphere.com/honorees.

About Ecolab
A trusted partner at more than one million
customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene
and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital
resources. With 2016 sales of $13 billion and 48,000 associates, Ecolab
delivers comprehensive solutions 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.

About the Ethisphere Institute
The Ethisphere®
Institute is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards
of ethical business practices that fuel corporate character, marketplace
trust and business success. Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring
and defining core ethics standards using data-driven insights that help
companies enhance corporate character and measure and improve culture.
Ethisphere honors superior achievement through its World’s Most Ethical
Companies recognition program and provides a community of industry
experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA). More
information about Ethisphere can be found at: https://ethisphere.com.

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Contacts

Ecolab Inc.
Roman Blahoski, 651-250-4724
[email protected]