Ecolab is a leading company in the industrial and institutional hygiene market providing our customers with superior cleaning and sanitizing products, application systems and services. While our business is focused on the customer, we have equally ranked objectives to improve workplace safety and to minimize the impact of our products and processes on the environment. Our commitment to improve the quality of our products, systems and services and to protect the environment as well as health and safety of our employees and customers is guided by these principles throughout Europe: 

Legal Compliance
Our products, systems and services as well as our business operations shall always comply with relevant legislation. 

Principles and Objectives
• The satisfaction of our customers and formation of long term business partnerships are key objectives but also a prerequisite for the growth of our company.
• We adhere to the Sustainable Development Charta of the United Nations by applying Responsible Care principles in product development, technical operations and service processes at customer sites. 
• Specific quality and environmental objectives are defined and reviewed in the context of regular annual or project related business plans.

Responsibilities
Ecolab associates in Europe are empowered and expected to contribute to quality targets, prevention of environmental pollution and work safety within their area responsibilities as defined by job profiles and procedures. Definition of learning needs and follow up of training are regular managements tasks. 

The systematic approach
Ecolab is committed to maintain and continuously improve management systems in Europe covering quality, environment and safety. Failure prevention, risk minimization and systematic correction in case of deviation are key elements of the systematic approach. These management systems are guided by the European headquarters and shall comply with international certification standards for management systems and all relevant other regulatory requirements.