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Ecolab Water for Climate™
Sustainability or Growth? Why Not Both?
Many companies have set ambitious climate goals. We often hear that prioritizing sustainability compromises profitability. But what if you can pursue both?
Our impactful programme, Ecolab Water for Climate, is designed to turn your climate commitments into local actions across your enterprise and advance sustainable business growth. Through our partnership, we provide you with tiered, outcome-based water solutions tailored to your industry.
Together, we help ensure businesses and their communities have access to the water they need to thrive.
Discover how you can use the power of water to grow your business — sustainably.
The Power of Water
Moving, cooling, heating and treating water across your facility requires energy. Ecolab has the expertise, resources and technologies to reduce your water usage, helping lower your energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Ecolab Water for Climate™ helps deliver on your sustainability and business growth goals with a four step approach:
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Understand Goals
- Publicly stated water and climate goals
- Approach to meet goals within operational constraints
- Site-level goals versus enterprise goals
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Gain Insights
- Asset level surveys and operational site assessments
- End-to-end engineering audits
- Blueprints to reach goals across the enterprise
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Implement Actions
Holistic, industry-specific water solutions with resources to manage implementation:
- Auditing
- Consulting
- Engineering
- Advanced chemistries
- Digital technologies
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Deliver Outcomes
Enterprise-wide partnerships with outcome-based pricing that drives:
- Reduction in water, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions
- Brand equity protection
- Operational/cost efficiency
Push What’s Possible With Water
Learn more about how we tailor the Ecolab Water for Climate programme to your enterprise.
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Ecolab Water for Climate in Food & Beverage Manufacturing
Lift Up Water Reduction Goals in Your Operations
Pressure is high in the food and beverage industry to address the water scarcity issue and maintain business continuity. It’s not enough to simply focus on the local water problem of the day. Instead, it’s critical to the success of your business to always push what’s possible with water—like you continuously push for better ingredients or packaging.
With Ecolab, you can:
- Design your water programme with the entire plant in mind
- Adapt what is working in one plant for every plant
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Ecolab Water for Climate in Data Centres
In a Connected Universe, Can Data Centres Keep Pace Without Water?
A connected universe means more data and more data centres to keep cool. And water is an efficient coolant. But in many places, water is already running out—which is why everyone is concerned with your water consumption.
When using water is your best option but you can’t use too much, you need to prioritize balance. That starts with pushing what’s possible with water so you can use less and explore other sources with confidence.
With Ecolab, you can:
- Vet all your cooling options
- Benchmark water and cooling efforts
- Align local water variance with your corporate goals
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Ecolab Water for Climate in the Primary Metals Industry
Galvanize Your Operations to Reach Your Water Reduction Goals
Water is vital to your entire production process, but water scarcity creates concerns about business continuity and trends are not improving. You need to differentiate against your competitors, achieve your ambitious growth goals and at the same time strive to reduce your water footprint.
To accomplish this, your site leaders need to be enabled to both achieve their production targets and deliver their water goals. Therefore, it's critical to the success of your business to push what's possible with water, just like you continuously push to maintain your critical assets.
With Ecolab, you can:
- Assess the impact of water in your operations
- Increase the speed and scale of your water savings initiatives
- Demonstrate your enterprise results to your stakeholders
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Ecolab Water for Climate in the Chemical Industry
Catalyze a Pathway to Achieve Your Water Reduction Goals
Boards and shareholders are applying ever-increasing pressure to address the impacts of climate change and water stress. Governments are continuously introducing water legislation. Your customers and their value chain want to work with industry leaders that demonstrate progress towards their sustainability and low carbon goals.
To achieve your ambitious growth goals while reducing your water footprint, your site leaders need to both achieve their production targets and be enabled to make smart investments to deliver their water goals. Therefore, it's critical to the success of your business to push what's possible with water, just like you continuously push to maintain your operational performance.
With Ecolab, you can:
- Assess the impact of water in your operations
- Increase the speed and scale of your water savings initiatives
- Demonstrate your enterprise results to your stakeholders
Ecolab in the Media
Read more about climate trends and industry solutions from various Ecolab leaders in top business publications.
1 Productivity savings are based on 59 food & beverage industry assessments and water system modeling. Actual results will vary based on individual site design and operation.
2 Uptime improvements are based on water system modeling, improved visibility that increases response time and improved water-related operational procedures. Actual results will vary based on individual site design and operation.
3 Improvements are based on water system modeling, site assessments and improved water-related operational procedures in the primary metals and chemical industries. Actual results will vary based on individual site design and operation.