Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Building a More Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

Ecolab’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) reflects our longstanding value of working together to integrate diverse perspectives to challenge ourselves, reach our goals and do what’s right.

Creating More Inclusive Communities

We’re leveraging our leadership position to exemplify how to listen and act on behalf of communities who have historically been left out. We work to:

Collaborate with external partners and community leaders to educate ourselves about relevant social and civic issues
Work to steer our suppliers toward equitable practices, and lobby governments for reform
Fund initiatives within communities to make change real at a local level

Man sitting down and smiling in power plant - Ecolab

Driving DE&I Through Courageous Conversations

Hear from Tina Grant, Human Resources Director, on advancing allyship through conversation.

Supporting a Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Workforce with Opportunities for All

We continue to take steps to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in our organization by:

Setting ambitious goals and reviewing our progress monthly
Continuing to provide equal pay across gender and race for associates who undertake the same work, at the same level, and with the same performance and experience
Integrating diversity and inclusion practices, training and diagnostics throughout all of our people processes, from talent selection to leadership development
Supporting a vibrant community of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to connect engaged, emerging leaders with professional development opportunities
Embedding DE&I best practices in training for all of our people managers, providing support and guidance for interviewing and selecting candidates

allyship in action

Following the death of George Floyd in our headquarters community of Saint Paul, MN in 2020, we pledged to provide more frequent opportunities for real conversations about race and to build a more inclusive culture across all our non-majority employee groups. Stemming from this commitment, we held two Day of Understanding events focused on race and gender.

In August 2020, we held our first Day of Understanding event to facilitate dialogue about racism against Black and African American people in the U.S. More than 4,500 associates attended a town hall and 1,800 participated in small group breakout sessions led by senior business leaders. And in January 2021, we continued the conversation with a focus on women at work, gender equality, allyship and inclusion drawing over 8,500 participants to a town hall and more than 3,500 to breakout sessions.

And, to help associates have ongoing conversations, build trust and be better allies to those who face discrimination, over one quarter of our global workforce has completed an online Allyship in Action training course.