Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Sved Gergely

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 4/1/2022

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

ECOLAB INC. [ECL]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1 ECOLAB PLACE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___X___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP & PRES - HC & LIFE SCI /

(Street)

ST. PAUL, MN 55102

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)*
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Restricted Stock Units	5/6/2020	5/6/2023	Common Stock	1855	⁽¹⁾	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/3/2020 ⁽²⁾	12/3/2029	Common Stock	2179 ⁽³⁾	$184.39	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/3/2021 ⁽²⁾	12/3/2030	Common Stock	3384	$221.41	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/1/2022 ⁽²⁾	12/1/2031	Common Stock	3263	$223.78	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Ecolab Inc. common stock. The units will vest, subject to continued employment, as to 100% of the grant amount on the third anniversary of the date of grant.
(2)	Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan. The option became or becomes exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to one-third of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. The date listed is the first anniversary of the date of grant.
(3)	The option covered 3,268 shares when granted, with 1,089 of the option shares exercised prior to Mr. Sved becoming a reporting person.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sved Gergely 1 ECOLAB PLACE ST. PAUL, MN 55102			EVP & PRES - HC & LIFE SCI

Signatures
/s/ David F. Duvick, as Attorney-in-Fact for Gergely Sved		4/8/2022
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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