Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Greetings and welcome to the Ecolab second quarter 2026 earnings release conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Andy Hedberg, Vice President, Investor Relations for Ecolab. Thank you, Mr. Hedberg. You may begin. Thank you, and hello, everyone. Welcome to Ecolab's second quarter conference call. With me today are Christophe Beck, Ecolab's chairman and CEO, and Scott Kirkland, our CFO. A discussion of our results, along with our earnings release and the slides referencing the quarter results, are available on Ecolab's website at ecolab.com slash investor. Please take a moment to read the cautionary statements in these materials, which state that this teleconference and the associated supplemental materials include estimates of future performance. These are forward-looking statements and actual results could differ materially from those projected. Factors that could cause actual results to differ are described under the risk factor section in our most recent Form 10-K and in our posted materials. We also refer you to the supplemental deluge earnings per share information in the release. With that, I'd like to turn the call for Christophe Beck for his comments. Thank you so much, Andy, and welcome to everyone joining us today. While we delivered another strong quarter with accelerating performance across our business, Adjusted EPS grew 11%, driven by accelerating organic sales growth of 5%, stable organic gross margin, and continued strong productivity. This pe...