| | JUNE 20178CIOReviewAt Ecolab, we have a powerful purpose: to make the world cleaner, safer, and healthier by protecting people and vital resources. We are guided by our vision to provide and protect clean water, safe food, abundant energy, and healthy environments. In partnership with our customers, we have set an ambitious goal to help conserve enough water annually in our customers' and our own operations to equal the drinking needs of more than 1 billion people by 2030, which equates to 300 billion gallons of water per year. Every day, we are working on the ground alongside our customers at more than 1 million locations, helping them identify risks and turn them into opportunities to do more using less water. We know that smarter water management, when done right, can transform business. Using less water can also result in producing better products, with improved productivity, reduced waste, and better returns.It is our job and our mission to help companies manage their business smarter, and in turn, we are always on the lookout for ways to make Ecolab smarter for our clients. We've partnered with two other companies to do just that. In collaboration with Microsoft and Trucost, a global leader in environmental data and risk analysis and part of S&P Dow Jones Indices, we recently introduced enhancements to the Water Risk Monetizer, industry's first publicly available financial modeling tool that Ecolab Helps Businesses Manage Water Risk with Azure Technology By Christophe Beck, EVP & President of Nalco Water, Ecolab Inc. [NYSE:ECL]IN MY OPINION
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