Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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on our CFO. A discussion of our results, along with the earnings release and the slides referencing the quarter's 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 supplement 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 factors section in our most recent Form 10-K and our posted materials. We also refer you to the supplemental diluted earnings per share information in the release. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Christophe Beck for his comments. Thank you, Andy, and welcome to everyone joining us today. And I'd like to start by recognizing the strength and the resilience of the Ecolab team. Because in a year defined by persistent macro uncertainty that we've all lived through and shifting global dynamics, our team continues to deliver consistent double-digit earnings growth. And they focus on what matters most, our customers, our strategy, and our long-term goals is what enables us to perform at the very high level, quarter after quarter. And we've seen that in the third quarter with sales growth improved, fueled by extra rating pricing, up to 3% from 2% last quarter, while volumes increased 1%. This momentum was driven by double-digit organic growth in our growth engines, which is remarkable. and which includes pest elimination, life sciences, global high-tech, and Ecolab digital. Our core business, institutional specialty, and the rest of global water delivered solid growth. All of this supported by exceptional total...