Ecolab Inc. is co-sponsoring and presenting at  the Water Footprint Summit USA, held Feb. 26-27 in Miami. The  event will facilitate the sharing of best practices among leaders from  multiple industries.

The topic this year is "Making the Business Case  for Measuring and Reducing Corporate Water Footprints." Ecolab will exhibit at the event and Roger Tippett, vice president, RD&E  Water & Energy Management for Ecolab, will speak on "A Holistic Approach  to Water, Energy and Waste Reduction."

"Sustainability is a core issue for our food and beverage customers, and  helping them achieve their sustainability goals is a priority for  Ecolab," said Thomas W. Schnack, executive vice president, North America Food & Beverage and Water Care Services for Ecolab. "We leverage our  breadth of expertise in cleaning and sanitizing, water treatment and  effluent management to evaluate the entire plant and process flow to  identify, implement and maintain programs that reduce water and energy  consumption. That results in hard dollar operational savings in addition  to improving the environmental impact of the plants we serve."