Ecolab CFO sees value in growing hygiene focus
Dan Schmechel, finance leader of the US water treatment and cleaning giant, discusses how coronavirus has forced a global rethink on sanitation by Lawrie Holmes - February 1, 2021
Demand for a clean and safe environment will remain long after the coronavirus pandemic has been checked by the global vaccine rollout, predicts Ecolab CFO Dan Schmechel.
He says along with the long-term move to greater sustainability, the need for products and services focused on hygiene and infection prevention, will be a feature of society for years to come.
That opinion is borne out by the forward data Schmechel and his finance team have been developing about customer appetite for its range of environmentally-focused commercial products. “The demand for our infection prevention and hygiene products and services has significantly increased as a result of the pandemic,” he says.