The primary responsibility for assuring Ecolab’s compliance with applicable safety, health and environmental (“SHE”) laws and regulations is vested in management. In order to monitor such compliance, the Board has established the SHE Committee to:

• review SHE policies, programs and practices, SHE risks, SHE statistics, pending SHE matters and industry best practices;
• review regulatory, environmental and health and safety trends, issues and concerns which affect or could affect Ecolab’s SHE practices;
• review and recommend to the Board with respect to implementation and compliance with policies with respect to Ecolab’s SHE practices; and
• review and recommend to the Board with respect to Ecolab’s Sustainability Report.

Committee Charter (01 December 2011)