Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:01.384 -- 00:00:06.487 Greetings and welcome to the Ecolab second quarter 2026 earnings release 00:00:06.487 -- 00:00:11.930 conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. 00:00:11.930 -- 00:00:15.332 A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. 00:00:15.332 -- 00:00:18.895 If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star 00:00:18.895 -- 00:00:24.098 zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. 00:00:24.098 -- 00:00:28.520 It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Andy Hedberg, Vice President, Investor 00:00:28.520 -- 00:00:30.759 Relations for Ecolab. Thank you, Mr. Hedberg. 00:00:30.759 -- 00:00:32.640 You may begin. 00:00:32.640 -- 00:00:36.021 Thank you, and hello, everyone. Welcome to Ecolab's second quarter conference call. 00:00:36.021 -- 00:00:39.743 With me today are Christophe Beck, Ecolab's chairman and CEO, and Scott Kirkland, our 00:00:39.743 -- 00:00:44.546 CFO. A discussion of our results, along with our earnings release and the slides referencing 00:00:44.546 -- 00:00:49.489 the quarter results, are available on Ecolab's website at ecolab.com slash investor. 00:00:49.489 -- 00:00:52.451 Please take a moment to read the cautionary statements in these materials, which state 00:00:52.451 -- 00:00:56.193 that this teleconference and the associated supplemental materials include estimates 00:00:56.193 -- 00:01:00.001 of future performance. These are forward-looking statements and actual results could 00:01:00.001 -- 00:01:04.324 differ materially from those projected. Factors that could cause actual results to differ 00:01:04.324 -- 00:01:08.688 are described under the risk factor section in our most recent Form 10-K a...