June 18, 2010—Cleaning, food safety and infection prevention products and services provider Ecolab has partnered with EC3 Global, an internationally recognized sustainability organization that provides certification, benchmarking, and consulting services to the hospitality industry through its EarthCheck Program. The partnership will help hospitality customers around the world more easily achieve, measure, and verify the success of their sustainability efforts, according to an Ecolab press release.
Ecolab designs its products and programs to improve safety, conserve resources and reduce waste—from manufacturing, to use, to disposal. The company’s sales-and-service experts consult with customers to ensure all recommended programs are implemented in the most safe, effective, and sustainable manner.
EC3 Global’s EarthCheck Program further expands the sustainability offering by capturing a hospitality operator’s quantifiable data on such indicators as chemical use, waste to landfill, energy consumption and recycling. This data is then benchmarked against industry best practices to determine an operation’s baseline measurements, as well as how well the organization is performing compared to its peers.
Hospitality locations are audited by EarthCheck auditors, then provided guidance through EarthCheck regarding areas in need of improvement. If an operation meets international standards, it is eligible for EarthCheck certification, providing proof of its sustainability practices.
