How to Win

Earn Your Spot on the Trip

There are three ways to earn a spot for you and a guest on the Winners Circle Trip:

  • Instant Winners: Start the year off strong and secure a big win between January – August, and a trip spot will be held* for you and a guest – plus other perks!

  • Sales Boost:  From September 1 – November 30, you have the chance to win a spot on the Winners Circle Trip! There are four bonus spots available – one for each sector: Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Life Sciences, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Water. Winners will be selected in a random drawing during the January 2026 All-Hands Call.

    Winners will be drawn live by Christophe Beck during the January 2026 All-Hands Call. The more entries you earn, the better your chances!

    • Sector Thresholds:

      • Global Institutional & Specialty: $100K
      • Global Life Sciences: $300K
      • Global Pest Elimination: $100K
      • Global Water: $500K

      Example: A $200K win in Global Institutional & Specialty earns you two entries.

  • At the end of the year: High achievers within each sector will win their spot.

You must meet the qualifications to be eligible to earn the trip. See more details below.

Winners Circle Trip Rules and Eligibility

Qualifications

  • Participants must meet their Personal Performance Objectives as set by their respective sales management and group leader.
  • Participants must not have an OSHA recordable injury (where the associate was negligent) or a preventable vehicle accident during the program year.
  • Participants must have no Code of Conduct violations in the program year.
  • Participants will not be eligible to win the trip if there is a major loss of business (measured in the same manner as business growth) during the year for which the recognition trip is being awarded.
  • Participants must be employed up until the trip date and in good standing with the company.
  • Participants must achieve Sales Growth and GTW Targets.
  • Participants should continue to drive Total Value Delivered.
  • Participants must meet all additional sector criteria as applicable.

General Eligibility

  • Participants will be Corporate Accounts sales associates. Common eligible position titles include, but are not limited to:
  • National Accounts Manager
  • Corporate Accounts Manager
  • Key Accounts Manager
  • Global Accounts Manager
  • Titles will vary due to market and segment needs and individuals.
  • Sales management titles vary by region and group.
  • Participants’ names must be on the official Grow to Win roster, which will be updated quarterly by sales management within each group.

General Rules

  • Sales results will be considered using the applicable accounting quarters.
  • Ecolab may amend or discontinue the Grow to Win Program for any individual or in total at any time in its sole discretion without prior notification.
  • Participation in this program is not to be considered an employment and/or contractual agreement. Nothing in the program confers participants any right to continued employment or to receive a recognition award.
  • Interpretations, determinations and actions regarding administration will be made by the group selection team, whose decisions are final. Award eligibility due to a position transfer or promotion during the applicable period will be determined by the group selection team on a case-by-case basis.

Trip Rules

  • The final selection of trip winners will be determined by the group leaders.
  • Selected winners will win travel for two (winner and adult guest 21 years of age or older) on a group recognition trip in 2026.
  • Award recipients will be determined by annual sales reporting and confirmed by sales management.
  • All travel and merchandise related values will be grossed up for any applicable income tax and/or social tax reporting purposes and, therefore, will be covered by Ecolab, as allowed by law.
  • Trip winners can opt for high-value merchandise over the Winners Circle Trip if received and unable to attend. No cash equivalent award will be provided for those who do not take the recognition trip.

*Trip achievement is subject to final results. At the end of the year, final trip selections will be communicated.