Ecolab helps customers achieve ambitious business goals and environmental targets—especially in water conservation. With an unparalleled combination of science and service, we deliver exponential outcomes that benefit customers and communities. Fundamental to our approach is an understanding that real and lasting change is accelerated when economic and environmental benefits align with improved performance, operational efficiency and sustainable impact.
eROI Exponential Return on Investment
Quantified Results for Business Performance, Efficiency and Environmental Impact
Delivering Exponential Value
We call this our eROI outcome: the exponential value of business outcomes, operational performance and environmental impact.
Measurement is a critical component of our process to deliver exponential outcomes. Using our proprietary eROISM value approach, we measure our impact and quantify customers' return on investment.
We start with what matters most to our customers – performance – and link performance outcomes to environmental and social metrics and cost savings to demonstrate the triple-bottom-line benefits of sustainability.
Driving Profitability Through Smart Water Management
Water conservation is a critical component of helping customers achieve ambitious business goals and environmental targets. Ecolab has unmatched expertise in water management, so we know exactly how to develop an inception-to-implementation water strategy for businesses that want to drive profitability. Ecolab has advanced water stewardship in our own company, and we help customers worldwide implement sustainable water strategies that achieve exponential ROI. Learn why businesses can thrive when water conservation is done well.
eROI Success Stories
See How Ecolab Partners With Customers To Solve Their Most Difficult Challenges
June 2, 2026
Ecolab Innovations Support Four Seasons Global Impact
our Seasons is focused on increasing operational efficiencies while embracing environmental best practices across its po...
June 1, 2026
Ecolab Supports Nestlé as it Advances its Growth, Efficiency and Impact Goals
Nestlé is committed to achieving efficiencies that fuel value creation to accelerate profitable growth while supporting ...
May 29, 2026
Driving Business Performance and Circular Water Practices at Moeve’s San Roque Energy Park
Optimizing water use through circular solutions is a key goal for Moeve as well as a strategic priority for Spain, due t...
March 2, 2026
Helping to Power a More Sustainable Future Together with AES Andes
The AES Andes Ventanas plant achieved substantial savings in energy, costs, maintenance and labor via 3D TRASAR™ Technol...
March 2, 2026
Circular Water Reduces Costs, Water and Energy Usage for Linde Gases (Yantai)
Linde Gases (Yantai) was looking for solutions that would improve operational efficiencies, meet regulatory requirements...
March 2, 2026
Helping Sysco Drive Customer Performance and Impact
Working with Ecolab, Sysco deployed a suite of solutions aimed at increasing operational efficiencies, enhancing the gue...
March 2, 2026
Helping Sodexo Turn Business and Environmental Ambitions into Actions
In partnership with Ecolab, Sodexo North America has optimized its operations and achieved water, energy and waste reduc...
March 2, 2026
Water Savings for ADM Ethanol Facility
Ecolab’s CIP technology and associated chemistries led to more consistent fermentation and enhanced system performance a...
March 2, 2026
Sustainable Success at Marriott Vacations Worldwide (MVW)
MVW’s partnership with Ecolab has led to increased performance without tradeoffs.
March 2, 2026
Lotte Chemical Environmental Impact Goals
Nalco Water solution performed with a significant reduction in NOx.
Delivering on Our eROI Promise
Delivering on Our eROI Promise
Our eROI value approach quantifies what matters most to our customers:
- Business Outcomes: We help customers achieve their goals based on their key business drivers, while ensuring clean, safe and healthy environments.
- Operational Performance: We identify ways to improve productivity, operational capacity and compliance to ultimately reduce the total cost of operations.
- Environmental Impact: We help customers minimize impact on the environment to reach their sustainability goals. We measure the sustainable impact of our solutions against a set of sustainability indicators that align with customer key business drivers across a diverse set of industries.
Through eROIoutcomes, we quantify and communicate the exponential value of our solutions to customers and help customers measure progress toward their internal goals.
Simply put, eROIis the outcome of doing business with us.
eROI is the exponential value of improved business outcomes, operational performance and environmental impact we deliver for our customers.
Measurement is a critical component of our process to deliver exponential outcomes. Using our proprietary eROI value approach, we measure our impact and quantify customers' return on investment to link customer business performance outcomes to environmental and social outcomes and cost savings to demonstrate the triple-bottom-line benefits of sustainability.
Get In Touch with Us
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St. Paul, MN 55102
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